Rush

Drayton








Milk Chair
London, 2025


Milk Chair emerged from a material study exploring the potential of a casein-based bioplaster created from surplus dairy. Unlike traditional gypsum plasters, this low-energy, non-toxic, and compostable casein-composite bonds naturally to wood, metal, fabric, and clay.

The chair's form was designed to challenge the material's structural limits, testing its capacity to hold around large overhangs, sharp points, and skeletal structures whilst accommodating different viscosities and finishes. The bioplaster exceeded expectations, revealing new possibilities for application.

Milk Chair represents a step towards a future where materials are not merely extracted and discarded but cultivated, evolved, and reimagined.

Milk, Pumice, Marble Dust, Charcoal, Hessian, Hemp, Steel, Clay, Wood
87 x 55 x 55cm
2025

Photographer: Johanna Stroud