{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"2022 Archive of RENATURED, Marina Zurkow&#039;s Research Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022","author_name":"Marina","author_url":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/blog\/author\/admin\/","title":"Materials research","html":"We are starting <a href=\"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/classes\/fungus\/\">The Fungus Among Us<\/a>, a 7 week course at ITP.\r\nOne of my goals is to\u00a0build a materials library to test\r\n\r\n- species differences\r\n- color (in the substrate, after the material has grown)\r\n- sealants\r\n- pliability\r\n- thinness\r\n- carvability\r\n\r\nusing\r\n- natural dyes,\r\n- varnishes,\r\n- fibers,\r\n- beeswax\r\n\r\ngrowing in burlap - shaped\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>smeared onto burlap (blended first w\/substrate)<\/li>\r\n\t<li>impregnate burlap with just the grain spawn<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nuse bamboo skewers to create armatures\r\n\r\nA slurry in a 3D printer nozzle\r\n\r\nWhat other alkaline substrates are useful besides coffee chaff and oat straw?\r\nHow thin can the material be?\r\nHow flexible?\r\nWhat organic materials can be introduced into the substrate that extend its elasticity, density, porosity?\r\n\r\nCan you grow more mycelium on \"dead\" (baked) inoculated substrate? This would\u00a0allow you to repair or add new parts later\r\n\r\nAre there protocols for this kind of r + d?","type":"rich"}