Sustainable Sculptural Lampshade Making Course

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Sustainable Sculptural Lampshade Making Course

Learn how to make your own sculptural lampshade out of living materials!

Umbrellus

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2 x 2.5 hours

4 to 30 guests

$125 - $900 ($125 for General Admission; $255 for Grow Together Duo Ticket; $400 for Design Studio / Small Team Package; $900 for Regenerative Group Package (10+)) (Afterpay available)

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What you'll do

Join us for a deeply immersive, two-part series where you’ll design and grow your own sculptural lampshade using mycelium, the living root structure of mushrooms. Together, we’ll explore what it means to work with materials that grow, breathe, and return to the earth.

In the first session, you’ll shape your own unique mycelium piece using a curated set of reusable moulds, natural textures, and earth-friendly tools. You’ll learn how to care for it over time, allowing it to grow into form in your own space.

In the second session, we return, not just to complete the story, but to celebrate it. You’ll bring your piece back to Space2b, where we’ll host a living exhibition featuring each maker’s design alongside the latest pieces from the Bior Illume collection. We’ll reflect, share process, and celebrate the quiet beauty of regenerative design in community.

Course overview:

Workshop 1:

Design and Grow Your Own Mycelium Lampshade
2:00pm – 5:00pm
Space2b Social Design, 144 Chapel St, St Kilda

Workshop 2:

Bior Illume Showcase – A Celebration of Regenerative Design
2:00pm – 4:00pm
Space2b Social Design

Who it’s for:

Interior designers, architects, and sustainability enthusiasts
Creatives and crafters interested in biomaterials
Anyone curious about circular design, earth-friendly living, or tactile storytelling

The journey behind the workshop:

“What I’m creating is not just about materials, it’s about remembering. Indigenous cultures have always designed with the earth, not over it. The mycelium we hold in our hands was shaped by this land long before us. This workshop is an invitation to return to that wisdom.”

– Aliet, Founder of Umbrellus and Bior Illume

What you'll get

All workshop materials
A custom reusable mould for shaping your mycelium lampshade
Eco starter kit (hydration spray bottle, reusable cotton bag, recycled instruction card)
A printed step-by-step drying and finishing guide
Insight into Umbrellus’ regenerative design work in shelters, interiors, and climate-resilient infrastructure
A handwritten thank-you note with a quote and message on biodegradable design
Participation in a public showcase and collective reflection

Knowledge required

Open to anyone interested!

What to bring

Just yourself and your curiosity
Optional: a mould or object from home you'd like to use for shaping
An openness to work slowly, intentionally, and collaboratively

Session repeats

This class series runs over 2 consecutive sessions, which are 3 weeks apart.

Suitable for

This class is great for a birthday or hens party.

This experience would also be a creative gift for her or gift for mum.

Location

Space2b Social Design, Chapel Street, St Kilda VIC

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Your teacher

Umbrellus

Women-owned

Hi, I’m Aliet, founder of Umbrellus, a design studio creating regenerative infrastructure using living materials like mycelium and agricultural byproducts.

Bior Illume was born from a quiet realisation: while our shelters and public spaces were being reimagined through Umbrellus, our intimate spaces, the corners of our homes, our moments of stillness - deserved the same care, the same connection to nature.

Bior Illume brings that philosophy indoors through sculptural lighting grown from living materials. Each piece becomes a gentle reminder that the things we live with can be alive, regenerative, and made with intention.

I didn’t start with a science degree or a formal design background, I started with a deep reverence for nature and a desire to create in a way that felt honest. Mycelium became my medium because it embodies quiet strength. It grows from waste, repairs broken systems, and disappears back into the earth when its work is done. There’s so much wisdom in that cycle.

I created these workshops to share that experience with others. We don’t just make lampshades, we enter into a process of slowness, reflection, and care. These sessions are as much about listening as they are about making.

Over the past few years, I’ve taught at wellness spaces, design studios, and mission-aligned organisations including Space2b Design, and Radiant Sol Yoga. Our lamps are currently on display at Project Project in Collingwood, as part of a growing partnership rooted in local craft and sustainable design.

I love teaching because something special happens when people reconnect with nature through their hands. No two lamps are ever the same, and that’s the beauty of it. You're growing something living, sculpting light with the earth itself.

If you’re curious about circular design, material storytelling, or just looking for a different way to spend your weekend, I’d love to welcome you into this practice.

Let’s grow something beautiful, together.

With love,

Aliet

Founder of Umbrellus & Bior Illume