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Recipe

Leaf-mulch board

Autumn leaves blitzed with a binder and pressed into a soft, fibrous board.

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

Rich russet, warm smell, lightweight, fragile.

Flexible slots (flex around your material)

  • Fibre

    Cellulose-rich powder500g dry

    Fine, dry, ground-up plant matter. Acts as filler and body in composites and doughs.

    Examples Fallen leaves, grass cuttings

Fixed ingredients

  • Flour paste or alginate · 250ml

Equipment

  • Blender
  • sieve
  • moulds
  • flat press.

Refinements and variations

  • Press-print with a leaf into the surface before drying.

Source notes

Garden-waste experiments, adapted from paper-making.