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Recipe

Paper pulp brick

Recycled paper pulp pressed into moulds and dried into lightweight bricks or boards. A home insulation or craft base.

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

Grey-brown, matte, lightweight, paintable.

Flexible slots (flex around your material)

  • Fibre / powder

    Cellulose-rich powderCellulose-rich fibre500g dry paper

    Fine, dry, ground-up plant matter. Acts as filler and body in composites and doughs. Long plant fibres. Gives tensile strength to papers, pulps and composites.

    Examples Waste paper, cardboard, cotton lint

Fixed ingredients

  • Flour paste · 200ml

Equipment

  • Blender
  • sieve
  • bucket
  • moulds
  • press boards.

Refinements and variations

  • Add hemp or nettle fibre for stronger boards; add pigment for colour.

Source notes

Papermaking tradition adapted upward.