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Matching on Wood shavings · Workshop / garden

Properties we’ll match against: P02, P16. Sorted by how many of these properties each recipe uses.

9 recipes

DoughBeginner20 min active24 h total

Sawdust dough

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

Drawing mediaBeginner20 min active4 h total

Charcoal drawing sticks

Thin willow twigs cooked slowly in a sealed tin until they become charcoal.

Composite (pressed)Intermediate45 min active72 h total

Sawdust / coffee puck

A dense wood-like puck made from fine powder pressed with a hot binder. Close to pressed MDF but compostable.

Composite (pulp)Beginner60 min active96 h total

Paper pulp brick

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

PaperBeginner60 min active24 h total

Recycled hand-made paper

Waste paper pulped and set in a deckle to make fresh sheets. Absorbent, deckle-edged, suitable for printing and drawing.

PaperIntermediate180 min active72 h total

Plant fibre paper

Paper made from retted plant stems. Stronger and more textured than recycled paper.

Grown compositeIntermediate60 min active240 h total

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.

PaperBeginner35 min active12 h total

Tea-leaf paper

Spent tea leaves pulped with a smaller portion of waste paper, set in a deckle and pressed dry into thin, fragrant, tea-coloured sheets. The leaves give colour and texture; the paper gives strength.

Composite (pulp)Beginner30 min active24 h total

Cardboard pulp tile

Corrugated cardboard pulped and pressed into a thicker, sturdier board than recycled paper. The corrugations break into long, locking fibres that give the dried tile real strength.