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Matching on Coffee grounds · Kitchen waste
Properties we’ll match against: P01, P06. Sorted by how many of these properties each recipe uses.
12 recipes
Gelatine bioplastic
A cast flexible film made by dissolving gelatine with water and a plasticiser, then drying on a flat non-stick surface. Supports optional fillers, pigments and foraged powders without losing clarity.
Agar bioplastic
A vegan alternative to gelatine, using agar agar as the film-former. Sets firmly on cooling and dries to a tough sheet. Well-suited to foraged fillers.
Salt dough
Flour, salt and water kneaded into a dough, baked until hard. Forage adds texture, colour and smell.
Paper clay
A putty made from pulped paper and a starch paste. Dries to a lightweight, carveable solid.
Coffee leather
Coffee grounds bound with gelatine or agar, cast thin and dried slowly into a pliable sheet.
Tannin-and-iron ink
The classic iron gall ink. Tannins meet iron salts and darken to a deep grey-black that oxidises further with time.
Bark and hull tannin dye
A brown-spectrum dye from bark, walnut husk, or acorns. Naturally self-mordanting thanks to its tannin load.
Sawdust / coffee puck
A dense wood-like puck made from fine powder pressed with a hot binder. Close to pressed MDF but compostable.
Paper pulp brick
Recycled paper pulp pressed into moulds and dried into lightweight bricks or boards. A home insulation or craft base.
Leaf-mulch board
Autumn leaves blitzed with a binder and pressed into a soft, fibrous board.
Nutshell composite
Ground nutshell (walnut or hazel) pressed with a starch binder. Tough, dense, subtly marbled.
Recycled hand-made paper
Waste paper pulped and set in a deckle to make fresh sheets. Absorbent, deckle-edged, suitable for printing and drawing.