Artistic Recycling: Amazing Uses for Leftover Bottle Caps
34Posted on October 13, 2008 by Paula Mitchell Bentley in Art
People are slowly becoming more aware of their effects on the planet and environments around them. As we awaken to the realities of pollution and other serious environmental issues, we need to find ways to solve our “man made” problems. Upcycling is a way of converting our garbage into other things which can be used and enjoyed again.

These sculptural pieces by Rick Ladd evoke a baroque furniture feel to the pieces. The complexity and inventiveness of the bottle caps make this ordinary chair and mirror into fine works of art worthy of showing in any gallery.

These colourful pieces also by Rick Ladd are part of his baroque style furniture series utilizing bottle caps as means of transformation. The mounting of the clock faces on both the dresser and the chair add a certain grace to the pieces while still feeling very heavily baroque. He has recycled thousands of bottle caps from his local bar into artistic, sculptural furniture which has been shown at many galleries and museums.
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[...] Artistic Recycling Amazing Uses for Leftover Bottle Caps Posted by root 16 minutes ago (http://greenupgrader.com) The complexity and inventiveness of the bottle caps make this ordinary chair and mirror into fine works of c jordan 14 oct 2008 great piece reply to this comment this is truly amazing reply to this comment lena brown 2008 greenupgrader all rights reserved Discuss | Bury | News | Artistic Recycling Amazing Uses for Leftover Bottle Caps [...]







Liane Schmidt
14. Oct, 2008
Incredible stuff!!
Blessings.
Sincerely,
-Liane Schmidt.
tom
14. Oct, 2008
Brilliant!
I adore you!
angel beni
14. Oct, 2008
very intresting,
it is good to know that we can make something beautiful out of garbage
RJ Evans
14. Oct, 2008
This is amazing stuff! Just goes to show that whatever we throw away - however small - has some intrinsic value somewhere else!
Paula Mitchell-Bentley
14. Oct, 2008
I’m so glad you guys like this! It’s amazing what people can do when they really set their minds to using less and especially, discarding less. We should really look twice at what we’re throwing away each day and decide if that is really the best choice. Thanks everyone!!!
Emily James
14. Oct, 2008
Hi,
I LOVED this-very cool
Rookie Expert
14. Oct, 2008
The ones by Rick Ladd are mindblowing, they look so ornamental! Superb article, inspires us to stay green.
Louise Stone
14. Oct, 2008
Brilliant!!! I want to have a go!
The Seeker
14. Oct, 2008
Love it! You come across some of the most amazing stuff. I really enjoy reading your blog.
C. Jordan
14. Oct, 2008
great piece.
C. Jordan
14. Oct, 2008
Great piece,. Tere are some talented people about
thestickman
14. Oct, 2008
Gave it a REDDIT nudge.
-Kewl!
-thestickman
CHAN LEE PENG
15. Oct, 2008
This is amazing!
Judy Sheldon
15. Oct, 2008
Great piece, thanks!
Lauren Axelrod
15. Oct, 2008
What an amazing show of art and creativity. Great piece Paula,
Paula Mitchell-Bentley
15. Oct, 2008
Thanks for being so supportive everyone! Glad you like it as much as I do.
Thorne
16. Oct, 2008
Wonderful!!! Great art, great idea and great blog!
Mcleotg
16. Oct, 2008
i think that that bottle cap work is magnificant but how about you check out my pictures their url’s are:
http://www.picable.com/Art/Photography/Dangerous-Hummer.299339
and
http://www.picable.com/Art/Digital-Art/Bean-Laden.299661
Pallavi
16. Oct, 2008
This is truly amazing.
Pallavi
16. Oct, 2008
This is truly amazing!
Lena Brown
16. Oct, 2008
Really cool! Great article….
John Knox
16. Oct, 2008
This is great. I’ve been collecting individual caps, but recycling my repeats, now I’m packrating them all for a big project. Check out the cork head — a mask made of corks:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/71531951@N00/51544548/
or the topographical map of Minnesota, in corks!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/71531951@N00/51544512/in/photostream/
Ashleigh
16. Nov, 2008
These are awesome!!!! My boyfriend has been collecting beer bottle tops for ages and has wanted to do something them….now he’s got some idea of what he can do!!! Just wondering though,what is the best way to attach them to something like a mirror or a table, etc?????
Chris
10. Dec, 2008
Amazing creations especially the portrait!
BoeZoe
19. Dec, 2008
This artist John Unger has got something good going on and I like it! Glad you found & featured his work. Wish I had his kind of talent too.