What is Mushroom Sculpt?

Mushroom Sculpt is an exciting project using an emerging eco-material made from fungus, using waste products like straw and paper to make “mycelial blocks”.

Mushroom Sculpt will take scrap cardboard - donated by The Bound - and use it to build a pop-up bookshop inside The Biscuit Factory for the Late Shows. A bookshop grown from bookshop waste!

Award winning design...

Designed by Stuart Macalister of the award-winning architect firm Heatherwick Studios, the installation promises to captivate visitors with its innovative fusion of art, sustainability, and literature in what the team believes to be the first interpretation of this material into a functioning 'bookshop' structure.

More than a bookshop

Curated by Helen Stanton of Forum Books, the bookshop installation will feature a carefully curated collection of literary titles. Visitors can expect an immersive experience as they explore the intersection of literature and sustainable architecture within the unique fungal environment.

In addition to browsing the collection, visitors to The Biscuit Factory will have the opportunity to engage in a diverse program of supporting activities, including print exhibitions, book readings, workshops, and an exciting film screening at the nearby Tyneside Cinema.

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