Recycled Beer Bottle Goggles

Posted on December 30, 2008 by Doug Gunzelmann in Clothes+Accessories

Beer bottles can be beautiful building block for upcycling, and if you are like me you might consume quite a few from time to time. Throwing them in the blue bin is the easy way out…why not make beer goggles a lasting reality without the failing liver? Make it your New Year’s resolution to upcycle those beer bottles into something truly beautiful!

“Using Stone Brewing Company’s Arrogant Bastard Ale and Rogue’s Dead Guy Ale, there is a nice theme of devil and skeleton running through the imagery.” We have featured buildings constructed entirely of beer bottles, beautiful jewelry made from beer cans, barley growing benches, and sustainably brewed beers. As I sit and write this I am enjoying an all natural Narragansett beer from Whole Foods. But it takes a true visionary to see beyond the can, bottle, and its contents to what could be. Look no further than Urban Spectacles to gladly craft beer goggles from any used beer can you send them.

Think creatively when choosing the bottles you drain as varied glass color and bottle shape will dictate the hand crafted 100% unique spectacles you’ll receive. Prescription lenses can be fitted in these frames and the nose bridge is cleverly crafted from the bottle’s spout. Even a matching necktie can be made for a little extra.

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beer can, bottles, glass, glasses, upcycle

4 Responses to “ Recycled Beer Bottle Goggles ”

trisha

30. Dec, 2008

Question…

How safe is it to wear these? what have you done to prevent the glass from cutting into the skin if pressure was applied? I wouldn’t want to give some one something that is going to cut him to ribbons.

please get back to me on this.

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Matt Embrey

30. Dec, 2008

Hi Trisha,

I imagine that they smooth the edges otherwise you’d probably see blood running down these people’s faces. To be sure you can email the creator, Scott. You can find his email here: http://www.urbanspectacles.com/contact.htm

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Aaron

31. Dec, 2008

I’m thinking that these are simply artworks. Anyone who actually wears glasses knows that their nose can barely hold up their current lightweight frames comfortably, let alone frames that are many times heavier. On a more serious note, the actual glass recycling facilities likely do a far more efficient job than individuals or even a beer bottle re-using company could, en mass. These are for fun, not for mass production. Bluntly, the time/energy/resources it takes to “re-use” the bottles (glass blowing seems required, or at least a few hours of time spent sanding, gluing, and finishing) likely hurts the planet more than simply recycling the beer bottles curbside. The website that shows them off, http://www.urbanspectacles.com, is not really portraying their use farther than that of a gag at a party. Fun idea, in any case.

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