A Biomaking Activity Toolkit
SynBio and Me activities are built around a simple idea. We do not just use biology. We collaborate with it.
Create wearable projects such as jewelry, charms, and keyrings using Bio String, a flexible bioplastic fiber made from kelp alginate. Shape it wet, let it dry, then turn it into bracelets, earrings, charms, or mini woven pieces.
Activity 3:
Microbe Art Worlds
Create art through a two-part exploration of agar, microbes, and imagination. In Part I: Make a Microbial World (Miniverse), participants use agar as a creative material to explore scale, texture, and environment, building a tiny world inspired by unseen microbial communities. In Part II: Make Living Art (Microbe painting), participants use colorful engineered microbes on agar plates to create living artwork that appears and deepens over time. Along the way, learners discover how biology, care, and time shape what becomes visible.
Activity 2: Fungi Games
Shape living mycelium into game pieces, tokens, or tiles using molds. Over several days, the mycelium grows through the substrate, locking the shape together into a sturdy network of fibers. Finally, the pieces are dried and heat-treated to make them inert and durable.