Faber Futures: The Rhizosphere Pigment Lab as part of GROW YOUR OWN... at Science Gallery

Faber Futures by Natsai Audrey Chieza (UK), in collaboration with Professor John Ward (UK), is an on-going research project that aims to find design strategies that appropriate living bacteria in our material world. The project focuses on learning how to train Streptomyces, bacteria commonly found in soil, to produce pigment for the use in textiles. The bacteria have been found to yield a range of colours when controlled via the manipulation of their nutrient media and growing conditions. Faber Futures is the first collection of textiles produced by traditional screen printing methods but using dyes produced by bacteria.

The Rhizosphere Pigment Lab, a piece commissioned by Science Gallery, has been inspired by two things: the notion that practical scientific enquiry can be interpreted as a craft discipline; and the concept of rhizosphere microecology. The rhizosphere is the section of soil that is directly influenced by root secretions and associated soil microorganisms, and part of this piece's inspiration comes from examining the microbial ecosystem of a plant's root structure unique to that species.

GROW YOUR OWN: LIFE AFTER NATURE
25.10.13--19.01.14 at Science Gallery, Trinity College Dublin.

Find out more at sciencegallery.com/growyourown

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