As part of the Maker Change project, I ran biomaterial lamp workshops at FAB Casa del Mig and FAB Casa Rellotge. Participants designed their lamp panels in Illustrator and Inkscape, then brought them to life through laser cutting.
The real material was plant-based biomaterial made from simple at-home recipes. Everyday kitchen ingredients became colourful panels that glow when lit: no factory, no plastic, just curiosity and a bit of kitchen chemistry. Everyone left with recipes to keep experimenting at home.
Nothing was wasted. Laser-cut off-cuts became a second round of making, models, jewellery and keychains, so repurposing was built into the process rather than tacked on the end.
