What something is made from is not separate from what it becomes.
Every Mocamar object begins with material that has already lived a life.
Material choice
The
form, the function and the way a piece is used still decide what the
material needs to do. That often means more testing, more variation and
fewer shortcuts. But it also means the material belongs to the object
from the beginning, rather than becoming a story added once the design
is finished.
Our core material
Years at sea.Decades in your home.
PA6 from recycled fishing nets is the material Mocamar was built
around. The nets come from Portuguese fisheries and are processed
into printable filament through a traceable European supply chain.
Origin
Portuguese fisheries
Previous life
Working fishing nets
Material
Recycled PA6 nylon
Why we use it
Strength, durability and mechanical performance
What makes it difficult
Density, lower translucency and demanding print conditions
Beyond our core material
Recycled PLA
Used where a design needs greater translucency or less weight.
Recycled Household Plastics
Sorted HDPE and PP from bottle caps and everyday packaging,
processed directly through injection molding where the design
allows it.
Material Compositions
Some pieces call for more than one material. Where the design
requires it, we work with recycled glass, reclaimed wood or
recycled fabric. The design decides what a piece needs, and we
look for a material that has lived before to provide it.
In development
The materialshould travel less.
We are developing ways to work more directly with waste streams
available closer to where we make. That includes turning
post-consumer PET bottles into printable material and processing
fishing nets sourced in the United States without first sending
them through an external filament supply chain.
Post-consumer PET bottlesUS-sourced fishing netsDirect material processingFewer intermediate stepsLocal waste streamsLocal production
“I don’t want Mocamar to make claims the work cannot support.
Making things still has consequences. Production uses energy.
Shipping has a footprint. Some components are difficult to recycle.
What I can do is be honest about them, reduce what we can and keep
improving what we cannot yet solve.”
Sebastian MöllersFounder and Designer
If you’re workingon this too.
We value exchange with people and brands who think along similar
lines — manufacturers, makers, designers and independent studios.
That can mean sharing materials, exchanging waste streams,
organizing beach cleanups or simply contributing knowledge and
experience.
If you’re working with recycled materials, or interested in
developing traceable filaments, we’d like to hear from you.
