ABSTRACT
This paper documents the use of agricultural waste materials and local, indigenous materials used in additive manufacturing, including: chardonnay grape skins, tea solids, cochineal, micaceous clay and wild soils. Each of these materials starts as something ubiquitous and plentiful, but must be transformed for 3D printing. The objects and enclosures discussed in the paper, including the Utah Tea Set and the Casa Covida, come from a place of design activism and contemporary concerns, they draw from the past to inform the future, and each object is seen as an opportunity to bring about change by making additive manufacturing more accessible, less expensive, and more ecological and sustainable.
