Basically, I am looking for cheap 1/4 sheets of bamboo that would be able to be used or cut down to size to use in a laser cutter. Our laser cutter is a Epilog mini 24 with 40 watts, so it can handle the normal size sheet that acrylic comes in. Any companies, stores, websites etc. that I can get cheap bamboo in 1/4 inch thick sheets would be greatly appeciated.
As for the curious as to why -I'm still in school and just started a project that requires you to design and produce a prototype that will be evaluated for a competition. This year the theme is simply using green materials. Personally, I love using our laser cutter and after recently discovering it had preprogrammed setting for 1/4 inch bamboo I decided to try to build my whole project and the packaging it has to be presented in out of bamboo. I chose bamboo because its extremely renewable, cheap, and its biodegradability. I am also open to other green materials that are relatively cheap I could get in 1/4" sheets. Thank ya'll for your time and help.