Aléa

Denim scraps assembled with Pleurotus mycelium, grown in soil. Photos @victorpoullain

Four years of Back to Dirt. Four years of Aléa. Two dirty chairs, grown from pleurotes mycelium and waste materials, are currently on view: Autres Vivants, Biennale Design Saint-Étienne until 6 July WETRANSFORM, Bundeskunsthalle Bonn until 25 Jan 2026

Experiment with Pleurotus djamor mycelium and white cotton canvas. Pigment transferred through the growth process, slowly dyeing the textile pink 🌸

Dream bag ✨ An open-ended collaboration with @celine___breton exploring knitwear fused with Pleurotus mycelium.

Nous avons le plaisir d’exposer Aléa Work, un studio fondé par les artistes Miriam Josi & Stella Lee Prowse. À travers une approche de co-création, elles considèrent la nature comme une partenaire plutôt qu’une ressource. Travaillant étroitement avec le mycélium, leur pratique explore la croissance, la décomposition et les déchets, en développant des méthodes de fabrication régénératives. Elles laissent aux organismes la place d’influencer et de façonner chaque création, brouillant ainsi les frontières entre l’humain et la nature. 🍄 📅 18 - 21 juin 2026 🕐 11h - 19h 📍La Gaîté Lyrique 📣 Accès libre et gratuit DA @theodavidgehin & @theo.schd

WORKSHOPS 2026 | « Color Experiments with Fungi » with @alea_work @stellaleeps @mimivert This immersive workshop explores color as a living, evolving process through fungi. Participants engage hands-on, dyeing with foraged mushrooms and natural pigments, as well as experimenting with mycelium to degrade and transform color in existing textiles. The unique ecosystem of Domaine de Boisbuchet provides a site-specific framework for exploration. Participants will forage, observe, and cast wild experiments in collaboration with each other and the landscape. These ten days offer an in-depth introduction to the world of fungi, their life cycles and material potential. Participants move between individual investigations and collective experiments, testing pigments, growing mycelium on textiles, and documenting color transformations. Challenging the common perception of mycelium as monochrome, the workshop reveals an underexplored fungal spectrum in which color emerges through interaction, time and material agency. 
Note: Full description on our website (link in bio) Aléa is an experimental design and material research studio based in Paris. Their work explores growth, decay and waste, with the goal to develop regenerative methods of fabrication while honoring beauty in the process. Situated at the intersections of design, biology, and agriculture, Aléa’s practice blurs the boundaries between disciplines. 📅 DATES: July 19th – July 29th 2026 🔖 EARLY BIRD | Until April 30, 2026 Booking via link in bio Curated by: Guillermo Gil @guillegilfernandez , Pablo Sevilla @sevillaisnotacity & Mathias Schwartz-Clauss ABOUT US | Domaine de Boisbuchet is an international center for design and architecture in rural France, organising hands-on, interdisciplinary workshops since 1986.

Studies from an ongoing collaboration with @celine___breton exploring knitwear fused with pleurotes mycelium. We grew this with a cotton backing to grow through and bond with the nylon, an experiment investigating interactions between organic and synthetic materials.

Never not growing bricks from toilet paper rolls… More detailed tutorial can be found deep within our reels 🤍

Mycelial pattern N.7 and Mycelial pattern details on view at @artopia__gallery Via Lazzaro Papi 1, Milan March 19 - May 8 This series explores the capacity of mycelium to transform dyes in dead-stock fabrics, unveiling unique co-created patterns, guided by folding techniques. Material partner @kupptextiles Porous Kinship curated by @maddalena.iodice In great company of @kesewa.aboahstudio @dimitra.charamandas @alberteagerskov @diana.policarpo Photo 2-5 Michela Pedranti

POUSH by  Aléa Work / Stella Lee Prowse & Miriam Josi Mycelial Pattern N.4 & N.5; 2025 Cotton deadstock fabrics & mycelium From TOAST x POUSH À Bientôt, 2025 curated by Eleonore Fichefeux & Victoria Neefs

A love letter to egg cartons

Denim dirty chair - oldie but a goodie ⚡️ Back to Dirt explores growing mycelium based objects in soil, skipping plastic molds and energy-intensive steps.