It’s hard to believe these beautiful cascading flower chandeliers and room dividers are made from recycled plastic drink bottles.
The artist is Michelle Brand, an eco-designer based in Manchester, England. Her work is in direct response to environmental problems and inspiration evolves from the unseen beauty of common objects. “Once a plastic bottle is empty it is perceived as redundant and is thrown away. I wanted to challenge this wasteful paradigm,” she explains.
Her work highlights societies throw away culture and the need to provide additional resources for recycling within our cities and towns. Every bottle base in her designs represents a bottle that has been creatively diverted away from a landfill. The beauty of her designs is not only its aesthetic quality but also the importance and development of closed sustainable feed back loops. Michelle supports the philosophy of slow design, which is the counter balance for today’s fast consumer society.
Her artwork includes lampshades, window screens, and room dividers, decorative LED indoor lights, cards and jewellery. Michelleʼs award winning designs have been exhibited and commissioned internationally. Recently she received the Gold Award in the Environmental Section of British Female Inventors and Innovators Awards 2007.
Visit: www.michellebrand.co.uk
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Great job.
written by conniepengtan@yahoo.com , February 18, 2010
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I like your work. I am also looking into recycling all those health drink bottles that my daughter has
taken through high school. I am interested in art, flowers, recycling and making something that is not only decorative but also practical ( so that you do not have to buy that item from the stores).
Since we are getting more cold weather, I was wondering if it could be used to keep ourselves warmer indoor and outdoor.
Thanks for you interest and work.
written by conniepengtan , February 18, 2010