cool design!

108 is a very auspicious number, especially in Buddhism. It's also very interesting mathematically and has a relationship to the golden ratio. Is your use of 108 vials deliberate?

Dava V,

I wondered if anyone would notice.

Yes and No... It was deliberate, but not in any specific religious way. So as to say that I wouldn't want to offend anyone's religious beliefs.

love this- beautiful, simple design.

this is beautiful, simple, and interesting.

Four words: Droog Milk Bottle Lamp

Sorry, but it's been done and done very well. (Milk Bottle Chandelier by Tejo Remy, 1993.)

thank you modtramp...

SNOOZE-FEST, this has been done over and over for the last 20 years people, what is original about this???

You really need to add a zero stars option

Hey Guys, thanks for the comments.

This to me was an homage to the droog design. No doubt about it, but my way of getting there was a bit different.

This work is named "bottles of hope" after the bottles of hope project. It is a project where people decorate medical vials "to cheer up the lives of cancer patients going through the ordeal of chemotherapy." While the original bottles of hope project was mostly done with clay, I was inspired by the idea of using a a material that would normally have negative connotations to symbolize hope.

To read more on this project please visit http://bottlesofhope.org/

As someone who has shivered at the sight of those full bottles this is a beautiful way to take all the emotions and turn them into a symbol of hope.

Simple twist on a classic - beautiful!

Excellent, petesid... I was just getting ready to comment on your title, since I have worked with the Bottles of Hope project, and was a bit bothered by the phrase being used elsewhere. Thanks for mentioning it.

For those who don't know, Bottles of Hope are generally made from chemotherapy vials (washed after using, of course) covered artfully with polymer clay and other materials by volunteer artists then given away free to chemo patients. The bottle form often is obscured by the sculpture built around it. Sometimes messages are sealed inside.

Some are mind-bogglingly beautiful, some are witty, some are cute, some are, frankly, kind of lame, but all are made with the love and compassionate wishes of the artists. People have been making them for several years now, and it's a common charity project at polymer artist retreats and conferences. Kudos to the originators and artists who contribute!

I really like the design. I would own this!

Love it!!!!

Simply beautiful... and thoughtful!

I dig it. And hasn't everything been done before anyways? I like this new take on an old idea, and I love the lines of the piece.

(the artwork in pic 1 is fab too)

Thanks Pete Sid for your thoughtful response. A beautiful tribute.

Absolutely fabulous!!

The lamp brings light to people suffering or who have suffered from cancer. As I look at the picture I begin to cry, hoping that one day there will be no need for the vials.

This is lovely and has a nice sentiment behind it, but I feel like it's too much like previous designs.

There is meaning in this piece for any person who eats a meal under its light. Could be astral, or could represent fantastic recovery. Milk bottle, schmilk bottle.

Love the design, makes it more special with the meaning behind it! I want! :)

Remember when my uncle used to deliver milk bottles for a living as a kid. Great light fixture. Well thought out. Love the use of found objects used/placed in a different light!(pardon the pun) I would certainly place this over the dining table.

Beautiful! I can see this is with any decor and in almost any room. I can imagine it as unexpected beauty in an ordinary hallway or the only light in a comfortable living space. I really love this piece.

very beautiful. I could envision this in various settings. and the tribute is heartwarming and genius. don't listen to the naysayers, pete, keep it up.

THis isn't really all that original. Droog has already done this.
http://www.droog.com/products/lighting/milk-bottle-lamp---110v/

@Redbeard--did you read the comments before you posted? If you scroll up a bit you will see that someone else pointed this out -- and then the designer explained this is an homage to Droog.

Homage??? more like a total rip-off. I don't need to read the comments to see that.
That aside. I think it's interesting to use the smaller scale medicine bottles. I just think he could have taken the design a little further rather than simply replicating something that already exists. I look at this and all I see is a rip-off of the Droog light.

wow redbeard - who pissed on your breakfast?

take a step back and realise it was two ideas coming together. positive ones. let's hope you contain your poison to yourself.

nice take on droog, with a thoughtful and sensitive side. i no of no person untouched by the effects of cancer.

nice work and nice smile. :)