HYPHAL BODY DRAWS INSPIRATION FROM HYPHAE, THE BRANCHING FILAMENTS OF MYCELIUM THAT SUSTAIN ENTIRE ECOSYSTEMS. THE SCULPTURE ELEVATES THESE FUNGAL NETWORKS AS BOTH MATERIAL AND METAPHOR, INVITING US TO RETHINK HOW WE CLOTHE OURSELVES AND CONNECT WITH THE LIVING WORLD. GROWN FROM MYCELIUM ON AGRICULTURAL HEMP WASTE, THE CELLULAR TILES ARE MOULD-FORMED, DRIED, AND PRESERVED. THE EMBOSSED SURFACE EVOKES TEXTILE AESTHETICS WHILE CHALLENGING FASHION’S EXTRACTIVE PRODUCTION AND HIGHLIGHTING OPPORTUNITIES TO DESIGN WITH AND FOR LIVING SYSTEMS.

WHILE THE SHIRT FORM SYMBOLICALLY WEAVES THE HUMAN BODY INTO THE FUNGAL NETWORK, IT IMAGINES US AS FRUITING BODIES WITHIN LARGER SYSTEMS OF INTERCONNECTION. 

MATERIALS | MYCELIUM, HEMP SHIV, HEMP TOP, HEMP YARN, WHEAT PASTE STARCH, BAMBOO.

CONCEPT, DESIGN AND REALISATION | JESSIE CURRY

PHOTOGRAPHY | OLIVER DIXON AND JESSIE CURRY

PARTNERS | LIVING MUSHROOM TILES BY THE CALEY BRO’S, MYCELIUM TILES BY MAGICAL MUSHROOM CO., AND HANGTAG OF MYCOWORKS REISHI AURA LEATHER. 

LOCATION | LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM