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Animal material 38
Bacteria 10
Biodegradable 138
Bioplastic 39
Bioresin 15
Board material 18
Circular 124
Cleaning 5
Composite 64
Dye 27
Fair Trade 3
Fibre 30
Glaze 11
Glue 7
Human material 9
Ink 13
Oil 7
Paint 8
Paper 13
Physical sample 59
Pigment 27
Plant-based 104
Polymer 15
Recyclable 62
Recycled 64
Recycled plastic 10
Regenerative 26
Textile 41
Vegan 58
Wax 3

All 244 materials

Photo of Earth pigments

Photo of smogware

Photo of Eggshell Ceramic

Photo of Organic Vegetable Glycerin to prevent cracking

Photo of In:between

Photo of Circular Materials

Photo of The irresistible illusion of finding a solution

Photo of Sémiophores

Photo of Back to dirt - A bio-inclusive process with mycelium

Photo of Slime mold network

Photo of Pulp it!

Photo of Re-Imagining Materials

Photo of This is Copper

Photo of Raw Linseed Oil for oil painting

Photo of Sea Stone

Photo of Let's (not) kick butt.

Photo of Color Amazonia

Photo of BacTerra

Photo of An inner-act

Photo of Materia Madura: Reflexión

Photo of Desintegra.me

Photo of Agar Agar 3-D printing gun

Photo of Reviving Fiberglass: Cocoon

Photo of Color Amazonia

Photo of Bio Ex-Machina - Biological meets Digital Computing & Robotics

Photo of Cheer Project

Photo of Orange Fiber

Photo of Textilised Traditions

Photo of Mushroom Mycelium Mask

Photo of Making Tempera

Photo of Various plant pigments

Photo of Sustainable Structural Colour from Bacteria

Photo of Inflaxuation

Photo of Not a banana republic

Photo of This is urine

Photo of Color Amazonia

Photo of Skin II

Photo of Imprintarchive - in bloom

Photo of Bone glue

Photo of Made by Rain

Photo of Viral Nature

Photo of Fish glue for priming, painting and gilding

Photo of G-R-O-W-T-H

Photo of Bacteria Dyes

Photo of The art of turning fish into leather

Photo of Red Ochre and a Wise Man

Photo of The Growing Lab / Mycelia

Photo of Hollow Earth

Photo of Can you see a forest in the palm?

Photo of Calgina Bodysuit

Photo of Compostable biomaterials

Photo of Blood Related

Photo of Co-Obradoiro Galego

Photo of Making ink from avocado seeds

Photo of

Photo of Mordant for Natural Dying

Photo of SEA ME RESEARCH

Photo of SEAmpathy

Photo of Wooden Textiles

Photo of Green Banana Paper

Photo of Hey Jute

Photo of Carnauba wax

Photo of EMBODIMENT VII Eos

Photo of Why did the chicken cross the road?

Photo of Plastigela

Photo of The Colour of Air

Photo of Shifting Perspective

Photo of PineResin

Photo of LABVA's native biomaterial palette

Photo of To the bone

Photo of Seafloor

Photo of Color is Alive

Photo of EGG-SHIELD

Photo of The Seaweed Gatherer

Photo of Solvent

Photo of Deflated Polystyrene (DPS)

Photo of Remake/Reprint Ceramics

Photo of Alimenta

Photo of Chrysalis

Photo of Color Amazonia

Photo of Color Amazonia

Photo of Organic waste material

Photo of Pulp Faction

Photo of Honext Material

Photo of The Heracleum Mantegazzianum re-valued

Photo of Ignorance is Bliss ceramic tiles

Photo of HIGHLIGHT COLLECTION

Photo of Materia Madura

Photo of Sphan | The land of rabbits

Photo of Ta.mi table

Photo of Seaweed vessels

Photo of Black Walnut Ink

Photo of Crangon Crangon Ceramic Glaze

Photo of Mother's Milk Cheese

Photo of The Sea Rises and Totally Still

Photo of OurCarbon

Photo of Hemp-it-yourself

Photo of Structural Skin

Photo of ExCinere

Photo of Milk paint

Photo of Plastex | Black matter

Photo of Eating at Conjunction

Photo of Bio Iridescent Sequin

Photo of From Peel To Peel - An experimental approach for packaging

Photo of Tomato filament

Photo of Hidden Beauty

Photo of Ulïètu

Photo of Chalk & Cheese

Photo of Reclaimed Oil Palm Project

Photo of Poppy Seed Oil for pigments and tools

Photo of Inner Values

Photo of Growing materials with mycelium

Photo of Incorporate

Photo of BetaWare

Photo of LIFORM: Living Megastructures

Photo of Packing Up PFAS

Photo of Color Amazonia

Photo of Walnut Oil for oil painting

Photo of From Insects

Photo of Mycelium Millennium

Photo of Wool: Re-Crafted

Photo of Triplex Stool

Photo of Plasticiet

Photo of Color Amazonía

Photo of GIRIA

Photo of Living Colour

Photo of Green Valleys

Photo of Temporary home for nature

Photo of Hair Matter(s)

Photo of De Algarum Natura

Photo of Myco Colour

Photo of CyanoFabbrica

Photo of Crafting Organic Waste For Fashion

Photo of Plastex | Waste matters

Photo of Carpet Matter

Photo of Bark pigment and bark tanning

Photo of Ventri Leather

Photo of Atelier Barb Bio Composite Collection

Photo of Medium

Photo of The Baby Bucha Project

Photo of A feast of nature

Photo of Kera-Plast

Photo of From the ashes

Photo of Eggware

Photo of Mogu Floor

Photo of Camellia oil against rusting of metal

Photo of CASKIA - Growing a Mars Boot

Photo of The Full Grown Project

Photo of The Growing Pavilion

Photo of Welcome: (a) ceremony (installation and performance)

Photo of Calcáreo

Photo of Make Weeds Great Again

Photo of From Insects

Photo of

Photo of Weaving Water

Photo of A Material Exploration Project: Polynewton Tile

Photo of Under (The) Line

Photo of A lighter delicacy

Photo of Crassosstrea

Photo of

Photo of Color Amazonia

Photo of Ostra, Biogun

Photo of Linseed oil soap for cleaning brushes

Photo of Rabbit Skin Glue for bookmaking, priming, painting and gilding

Photo of Endèmica

Photo of Lugae

Photo of Algae Palette

Photo of The Hop Project

Photo of Ott / Another Paradigmatic Ceramic

Photo of Color Amazonia

Photo of In The Spirit of Kamiko

Photo of Zero waste | Experimental packaging from algae-based material

Photo of Blood leather

Photo of Mogu Acoustic

Photo of How do you like your eggs?

Photo of Biobitumen—a greywacke love poem (2019)

Photo of Prefabricated Seaweed Thatch Panels

Photo of KUORI

Photo of Shell Homage

Photo of Urban Reef

Photo of Experimental seating object

Photo of PEELSPHERE

Photo of Red Mud

Photo of Woodio® material

Photo of Glutteny

Photo of Beachcombers

Photo of Plumenaire

Photo of

Photo of Japanese knotweed: reality, history, potentiality

Photo of HUID

Photo of Recoloured, a new way of recycling

Photo of Lupine in review

Photo of Color Amazonia

Photo of Bagru printing

Photo of Hide glue for priming, painting and gilding

Photo of Organic oil Wax for wood preserving

Photo of Calcium carbonate for natural dying

Photo of Loop Cocoon

Photo of Natural Impasto Medium to extend paint

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