NIRIN at Home: Coffee Grounds
Inspired by Ibrahim Mahama's 'No Friend but the Mountains 2012-20' learn three ways used coffee grounds can be repurposed
By Biennale of Sydney
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Coffee Body Scrub
Ingredients:
½ cup coffee grounds
½ cup brown sugar
15 ml of coconut oil
1 tsp vanilla extract
Mix together and use in the bath or shower to exfoliate your skin.
Air Freshener
What you will need:
Stockings
String (something to tie off the stocking)
Funnel
Coffee grounds
Steps:
1. Use knee high stockings, or cut full length stockings at about knee height, and stretch around the funnel.
2. Push the grounds to the foot of the stocking and create a ball shape.
Tie off using the string.
3. These can be placed in fridge to reduce food odour as well in other areas around the house or even your car!
Fertiliser for the Garden
Sprinkle your used coffee grounds around your garden or in any plants you have around the home. Some minerals found in coffee, like nitrogen and calcium, are great for stimulating plant growth.
We’d love to see how you use these resources at home. Post your stories and photos with the hashtag #NIRINathome.
For the 22nd Biennale of Sydney, Ibrahim Mahama presented a large scale immersive installation, dressing the entirety of the interior Turbine Hall at Cockatoo Island with charcoal jute sacks. Explore Mahama's No Friend but the Mountains at Cockatoo Island.
