PROJECT #4: SHROOM FORCE 1

I really initially just wanted to create a sneaker from that mycellium kit; either a carved out version or an exact replica by way of vacuum former. But alas, time and money restrictions didn’t enable it, and I was left to interpret a moldy sneaker by impressing legit chunks of the mushroom mulch onto my beloved G FAZOS (slang for Nike Air Force 1 Shoe). This isn’t without, of course, first ensuring the tactility of my beloved beaters with cling wrap. The resulting piece is one my friend Erin refers to as a clog, which I quite like, because it transforms my beat up, off-white, dog-shit-ridden sneaker into something of a suburban mom or super eurocentric, foreign to me, something I don’t know.