ORIGEN | Materials
Recycled PET flake, washed and sorted in the ORIGEN studio

ORIGEN Materials

Made from what
the city threw out.

Every colorway below is a material before it is a product. We collect post-consumer plastic in Hudson County, sort it, shred it, and process it into printable stock in our own studio — then print, finish, and label each piece with what went into it. Order a sample and you get the material in the hand, not a swatch on a screen.

ORIGEN Green material, surface detail

Green #001

A deep, saturated green that holds its density under direct light. The most forgiving of the colorways across a large wall.

Polymer
PETG or bio-based PLA, selected per batch
Recycled
rPETG / rPLA subject to batch supply
Finish
Machine-drawn relief, hand-finished
Formats
350 × 350 × 20 mm · 600 × 600 × 20 mm
ORIGEN Cobalt material, surface detail

Cobalt #002

The darkest blue we run. Reads almost black in shadow and opens up wherever light rakes across the relief.

Polymer
PETG or bio-based PLA, selected per batch
Recycled
rPETG / rPLA subject to batch supply
Finish
Machine-drawn relief, hand-finished
Formats
350 × 350 × 20 mm · 600 × 600 × 20 mm
ORIGEN Sky material, surface detail

Sky #003

Pale and cool. The relief does most of the work here — shadow supplies the contrast the colour deliberately withholds.

Polymer
PETG or bio-based PLA, selected per batch
Recycled
rPETG / rPLA subject to batch supply
Finish
Machine-drawn relief, hand-finished
Formats
350 × 350 × 20 mm · 600 × 600 × 20 mm
ORIGEN Terracotta material, surface detail

Terracotta #004

Warm and earthen, the closest thing here to a fired clay. Sits comfortably against wood and unfinished plaster.

Polymer
PETG or bio-based PLA, selected per batch
Recycled
rPETG / rPLA subject to batch supply
Finish
Machine-drawn relief, hand-finished
Formats
350 × 350 × 20 mm · 600 × 600 × 20 mm
ORIGEN Onyx material, surface detail

Onyx #005

Not a flat black — a warm dark grey that keeps the print lines readable instead of swallowing them.

Polymer
PETG or bio-based PLA, selected per batch
Recycled
rPETG / rPLA subject to batch supply
Finish
Machine-drawn relief, hand-finished
Formats
350 × 350 × 20 mm · 600 × 600 × 20 mm
ORIGEN Bone material, surface detail

Bone #006

Warm off-white. The quietest option, and the one that disappears into a gallery wall until the light moves.

Polymer
PETG or bio-based PLA, selected per batch
Recycled
rPETG / rPLA subject to batch supply
Finish
Machine-drawn relief, hand-finished
Formats
350 × 350 × 20 mm · 600 × 600 × 20 mm
Recycled PET drawn into filament in the ORIGEN studio

Clear #007

Made entirely from single-use PET water bottles and left untinted, so the material still reads as the bottles it came from. Shown at Jersey City Arthouse Gallery for Creation from Destruction, the gallery’s 25th anniversary show.

Polymer
Post-consumer PET, collected in Hudson County
Recycled
Bottle stock, processed in-studio
Finish
Untinted, machine-drawn relief, hand-finished
Availability
Made to commission — enquire

Custom colour matching on request.

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