Monday, May 10, 2010
Bottle Chandelier!
As far as obsessions go, I'm a big fan of bottles. I love knowing that designers put a lot of thought into ergonomics and aesthetic appearance, all the way to the glass etching and thinking about how light hits the faces of their products. This makes them appealing to consumers. Some of my favorites to look at are perfume bottles, wine bottles, water bottles, and lotion bottles. My initial/present idea is to collect a bunch of these different kinds of bottles, cut them up, and make big bottles from the pieces, and these are going to hang from the ceiling. I also want to put bottles within my handmade bottles, and illuminate them with leds or christmas lights. Tons and tons of bottles! Here are some pictures for inspiration:
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Rachel-
ReplyDeleteThis sounds absolutely beautiful...I'm not sure if you need to break and re-make the bottles. I like the idea of seeing a crazy range of bottle sizes from little (imagine the tiny drinking bottles on airplanes/ vintage medicine bottles) medium sized and then large (like wine bottles) whatever you end up doing it will be amazing!
Talia
Sounds good, Rachel... I'm happy that you want to invest time in making this project... If you experiment with lightly sanding the surface of the glass, you might also paint on the glass... Or... stickers for sure or sticky paper would stick and could bring another element perhaps...
ReplyDeletejust thinking outloud...