Art from Bottle Tops...
El Anatsui mostly uses aluminum seals from the tops of liquor bottles, but also incorporates flattened or rolled bottle caps as well. All are meticulously wired together.
El Anatsui - "Rain Has No Father" colorcreates.blogspot.com
In 1999, the artist happened upon a bag of bottle caps thrown in the bush. He inquired, and found that the local distillery removed the metal caps and seals from used liquor bottles before refilling the containers. And so a steady source ensued.
El Anatsui www.eatdaily.com
With the help of numerous assistants, Anatsui flattens the seals and folds them into strips that are then woven together with copper wire.
El Anatsui
It takes almost two months to finish one sculpture.
El Anatsui - aumultiples.blogspot.com
El Anatsui - representingplace.wordpress.com
Thousands of strips of aluminum taken from the seals used on liquor bottles.
El Anatsui - C-Monster www.flickr.com
El Anatsui www.eatdaily.com
El Anatsui was born in Ghana before its independence in 1957, but since 1975 he has lived in Nsukka, Nigeria where he is a professor of sculpture at the University of Nigeria. Image by Nash Baker. www.africancolours.com
El Anatsui: When I Last Wrote to You about Africa, the artist's first career retrospective. The exhibition features some sixty works in wood, metal, ceramic, painting, print and drawing. September 25 - January 22, 2012 at The University of Texas at Austin. March 18 - July 29, 2012 at North Carolina Museum of Art. September 2 - December 30, 2012, Denver Art Museum. February 2 - April 28, 2013, University of Michigan. For a slide show of works in the show: thephoenix.com
Bottlecap Giraffe - Unidentified, 1966, the Smithsonian - americanart.si.edu
Plastic Bottle Top Portrait by Mary Ellen Croteau www.maryellencroteau.net
Bottom is detail of nose area.
Chuck Close by Molly B. Right www.mollybright.com
The bottle caps overlap and date from the 30′s to the 70′s. Transparent washes of glaze are often used to further define the image. Most of the portraits are 4′ x 5′ and are on sheet metal.
Medusa by Molly B. Right www.mollybright.com
Philip Simmons by Molly B. Right www.mollybright.com
Great Blue Heron - Molly B. Right www.mollybright.com
Bottle Cap Mosaic with help - send this company an image of what you would like to create, they will send you back a template, you supply and attach the caps! www.tilemosaicmaker.com
Bottle cap painting, Vendetta, Portland via www.apartmenttherapy.com
Gilbert Whyman - Bottle tops on mesh. anthonywilsonsculptor.blogspot.com
Plastic Bottle Cap Mosaic. A 100m2 mosaic from approximately 90,200 discarded plastic bottle tops. Created for the world cup during 14 June 2010 – 13 July 2010. More pics: www.suchinitiative.org
Aaron Buehring - fineartamerica.com
Robert Melee, Enamel, plaster, bottle caps on wood - www.andrewkreps.com
Rick Melee - Redefined Gradual Substitution, 2000 enamel, plaster, beer bottle caps, on wood 25" diam, 20 X 30 inches www.edwardwinkleman.com
Tom Denninger - tomdeiningerart.com/statistics
Barcade, Brooklyn, NY pic by Joshua Reid www.flickr.com
Kipps Bay Decorators' House
Tin can top panelling made by Clare Graham, in area designed by Matthew White
and Frank Webb. www.nytimes.com Close up below...
Kipps Bay Decorators' House
Tin can top panelling made by Clare Graham, in area designed by Matthew White and Frank Webb. www.nytimes.com
Bottle Cap Window
Desire some privacy?
Cover the window in bottle caps, keeping them in place with plexiglass. 88milesperhour-willard.blogspot.com
Bottle Cap Table
Bottle Cap Backsplash
travelobsession.wordpress.com
Phoenix Commotion Home
Beer bottle cap floor. Image by Miro Dvorscak
www.bestofremodeling.com
Rick Ladd - www.motley-focus.com
Bottle cap do.
Photo by Eric Lafforgue.
www.ericlafforgue.com
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