Art of plastic bottles
Do It Yourself / / December 19, 2019
Most of us relates to plastic bottles as regular garbage, which also destroys the environment. Someone finds it practical application: for example, the bottle can make a heating pad, or a flower pot for seedlings, or the light bulb for the closet (Layfhaker already I wrote about it). And only a few are able to see in this plastic debris for food and inspiration from it to create something creative and even beautiful.
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Gulnur Ozgaldar, Turkish designer and architect, engaged art crafts from plastic bottles since 2008. Here You can find a gallery of her creations: pots, buttons, chandeliers, beautiful trinkets and different kinds of jewelry. Her motto is to give value to what devalued.
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Another example of creative bottle - "garden" creativity and decorative elements. Retired from the city Rogachev (Belarus) Eduard Moiseenko turned his house and land in a bottle museum of art, with palm trees, murals and even the Eiffel Tower. By the way, the tower, with all the seeming fragility, standing firmly even in strong winds and thus has no load-bearing structures.
In the primary source - interview with Edward D. - you can see his other design finds.
And more of the bottles are building real houses, and rather big. However, labor costs and also require considerable. Example from South America:
Detailed photo gallery dedicated to the construction, can be found here.
On the Internet, hundreds lined articles made from plastic bottles. Among them are toys for children, furniture, jewelry, rafts, houses for pets, all kinds of decorations for the home and garden, and even shoes:
Inspiring, is not it? No secret technique and expensive materials for such craft do not need. Only empty bottles, conventional tools and a little inspiration.
If the topic you are interested in and wanted to try their hand on the plastic field - here are some useful links: here cool curtains and garlands of the bottles with the instructions, here Community for all who care about the plastic jewelry. And more casket, ottoman and handbag for handy people.
Creative mood you! Share your links and ideas on the topic :)