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Clever!

I didn't even recognize those as plastic bottle bottoms! Very cool. May have to add it to the DIY project list ...

That looks really Neat!

Very CUTE!

Looks great!
Sounds tedious as hell!
What's a fast way to cut the bottom off a bottle?!

Oh wow! Maybe she marks and then cuts it with some power tool, to make a clean cut and fast.... Very interesting DIY project, except I don't drink water from bottles. It will take me forever to find enough material.

Those are gorgeous!

I made a chandelier out of plastic bottles last year. You can cut through the center of a bottle pretty easily with regular scissors, but around the base the plastic gets a lot thicker. I used a soddering iron to make holes very easily, so perhaps some heat-based cutting tool would work well? (I used something like that in way back in middle school... but I have no idea what it's called)

Seshat--are you thinking of the Dremel?

I love this. But I stay away from plastic bottles as much as possible....still, very cool.

ah... raid your recycling bins...or don't you all recycle there??

Peppy! I really like these.

Alana-- no, it wasn't a dremel. It was... sort of a heated wire? We were doing some art project with styrofoam and it melted it more than sawed through it. This was 10 years ago so I'm afraid my memory isn't too great on the subject.

What I did to achieve similar shapes when I worked with bottles was to cut the bottle straight as close to the bottom as I could with scissors, then cut slits between all the "petals" and fold the excess inside. I wasn't concerned with what the back looked like though so it's perhaps not the best method if you'd be able to see both sides.

And to get a lot of bottles, try going to your local recycling center.

Got to hit one of those marathons where some water company sponsors it with free water bottles every few feet and the people running just toss them off on the side of the road when finished.

Just don't run too fast to pick up the bottles and embarrass the marathon runners by out running them just to snag their water bottles.

One thing though, I just noticed on the bottom of my plastic bottle water that the bottom has many stamps, like codes for recycling. Embossed, not just stamped.

It doesn't look like the ones in the image above have that. Do they not code for recycling, or just not recycle, in the UK?

cool idea, but for 65 euro....thats just crazy! definetly a good diy project.

Neat! Wish it was glass though. Don't like the idea of so much plastic at home..

Bhavna

This looks very similar to the Skinna lights that Ikea sells.

very pretty, but how does one clean them?
shower?
today's sparkle, tomorrow's dust trap.
but i guess they can be recycled.