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Hairspray Can Turned Art: Filigree Tea Light

3 by Doug Gunzelmann on September 6, 2008

filigree tea light

This is an old hairspray canister that has been meticulously worked into a filigree pattern candle holder. Filigree is lace patterned metal work or jewelry styling that dates back in popularity to 17th century France. The beauty of upcycling or repurposing is the a little elbow grease and imagination (free and sustainable!) brings meaning and life to refuse. This tea light is available for purchase but perhaps more importantly serves as inspiration for an idea of your own.

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About the Author:

Doug is in perpetual motion and a self-proclaimed adventure junkie, that has had a longtime love affair with the great outdoors.

“I love being a part of the active world. The stuff that blows my hair back is adventure (all shapes and sizes), photography, mountaineering, Muay Thai, and seeing natural beauty in all its forms. The living earth is the framework on which I build my life and free time. My ideal trip would be BASE jumping at Sotano de Las Golandrinas in Mexico (closest I could come to skydiving through the jungle!). I work towards keeping it real, green, and healthy. ”

Doug is the co-founder of LiveOAK, although he says he didn’t know what a blog was until a couple months after he started.

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  • http://www.naturallyearthfriendly.com Brianne

    Wow. That’s intricate. I love how many artisans are creating amazing works of art and home decor out of reused and recycled materials. I just hope it doesn’t get too hot when there’s a candle burning. My cat’s get curious…

  • Karen

    I have the whole hairspray can. If someone knows anything about it please let me know.

  • http://www.lightingever.com lights

    the picture wake up my memory of the Ancient Oriental ,where has been very prosperity . the poople made many all kinds of arts , such as censer and other works have Hollow-out carve patterns .
    they are so beautiful.