I think 'Bakelite', invented by Belgian-American Dr Leo Baekeland, was molded as a powder, originally with a woodflour-filler added to the phenol-formaldehyde mix. The high pressure / heat process required has made it uneconomic in competition with the more easily molded thermoplastics.
BTW it sets to polyoxybenzylmethyleneglycolanhydride!

Alan

Wood work but can't!