One of the most stunning pieces at this year’s 100% Design was this gorgeous recycled plastic bottle chandelier by Michelle Brand. Composed entirely from cut-off bottle bases, it lit up the floor at (re)design‘s Lighten Up exhibition, which showcased a selection of innovative lighting designer-makers who are ‘switched-on’ when it comes to tackling domestic lighting design solutions.
Michelle Brand Cascade Lamps at HauteGreen 2007
This looks really cool. Especially from a distance where you can’t really see what it’s made of and how it’s formed.
I don’t usually like designs made out of recycled garbage as they ALWAYS look so lame and you’d never dream of having something like it in your home, but this really is pretty.
As for many 60s born Brits, I can well imagine Valerie Singleton making one of these on Blue Peter! Especially approaching Christmas, though yours would never look as good as hers, of course!
I don’t know if I’d want one of these hanging in my dining room but I could see the attraction of them in public places such as shopping centres or modern art galleries and the like. I suppose they could be sold as self-assembly kits which would make them popular.
Plus, it would get the message out about recycling. People will see that ‘garbage’ isn’t always just garbage. It still has value, can still have a purpose. Valuable lessons for all of us today.
Steve N. Lee
author of eco-blog http://www.lionsledbysheep.com
and suspense thriller ‘What if…?’
Agreed with Steve, it looks nice from a distance. I can imagine the blurring / lighting effects of a camera are also helping it out, it can’t look very good as a centerpiece if people are real close to it. If I had high cielings somewhere maybe.
Tyler J . Lee
http://www.tylerjameslee.com
I love it. I can see smaller versions of the designs fitting well in domestic homes.
Beautiful! However, I can’t help but wonder how the plastic doesn’t melt if close to the bulb and the light is left on for a while…
LEDs would work, Kristen M.
I really dig this… I have been thinking up something similar for a little while.
I can appreciate the concept but I’ll take this stuff more seriously when people like Al Gore have this hanging in their own homes.
Does she debur the sharp edges of every piece to make them safe and unlikely to cut someone? When you redecorate, and you will, do these get tossed into a landfill or are they carefully taken apart for recycling? Let’s really think this through and see if the concept is really “green” or if it’s just a postponement of the inevitable . . . to the dump it goes.
Your creation is fantastic !!! Really, you have done a great job and recycled a whole lot of waste into a beautiful thing!! I think, it’s a wonder. I would love to try it at home and would let to know about site to see the original one.
the chandeliers from plastic containers are very interesting, keep it up. however, I am a student sculptor and am working on using plastic and glass container waste for a chandelier and I need guidance and direction as to how best I can successfully achieve my aim. thank you
I think this is absolutely ingenious and something I might try myself
Hi I am trying to get hid of Michelle brand, I have contacted green has twice with no response, does anyone have her contact details? Thanks
ALl I can say is wow, I wish all of our purchases of recycled plastic turned it into such an innovative artistic product
Peter Bissada
http://www.westcoastplasticrecycling.com