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Recipe

Sawdust dough

A fragrant wood-scented dough bound with flour paste. Prints the grain of whatever surface you press it into.

Every A New Field recipe has been run in a domestic kitchen or community hall. Read the safety notes before you start and adapt for your venue.

What you’ll make

Warm brown, slightly rough, lightweight, hard when dry.

Flexible slots (flex around your material)

  • Wood filler

    Lignin-rich wood200g

    Stiff, dense wood particles. Holds shape when compressed.

    Examples Sawdust, fine wood shavings, pine-cone powder

    Note — Fine grade only.

Fixed ingredients

  • Flour paste · 250ml

Equipment

  • Bowl
  • spoon
  • rolling pin.

Refinements and variations

  • Add tannin powder (coffee or tea leaf) for a darker tone.

Source notes

Woodworker's traditional filler adapted for craft.