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Matching on Sawdust · Workshop / garden
Properties we’ll match against: P01, P16. Sorted by how many of these properties each recipe uses.
13 recipes
Sawdust / coffee puck
A dense wood-like puck made from fine powder pressed with a hot binder. Close to pressed MDF but compostable.
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.
Sawdust dough
A fragrant wood-scented dough bound with flour paste. Prints the grain of whatever surface you press it into.
Coffee leather
Coffee grounds bound with gelatine or agar, cast thin and dried slowly into a pliable sheet.
Charcoal drawing sticks
Thin willow twigs cooked slowly in a sealed tin until they become charcoal.
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.
Mycelium composite (home-scale)
Mushroom mycelium (from a grow kit) binds sawdust, hemp or straw into a solid, plastic-free shape after a week or so of growth.