BOTTLE CAPS...
Sometimes smelly, often dirty, smooshed, flattened, bent, could be rusty,
and are VERY plentiful.
Sally says "There's gotta be SOMEthing fun to create with bottle caps".
She's discovered something fun.
Check it out.
Sally has more ideas, so keep coming back !
About Sally
Bottle Caps! Sometimes smelly, often dirty,
could be rusty . . .
WHY does Sally have a passion for Bottle Caps?
She says, "Cuz they are plentiful, colorful, creatively different, and come in varying shapes & sizes. Even bottles of wine, tea, juice, or jars have some sort of metal cap that can become art. The BEST part? She is enthused to recycle something that would otherwise end up in the trash".
"Sally's Bottle Cap Art" includes peace signs, stemmed flowers, picture frames, magnets, & wine glass identifiers. She's also detailing various sculptures with bottle caps & wood-burned designs, including little rustic bird and folk houses from old wood, made by her bro-in-law, Claude.
How does one get inspired to use such an art medium?
A few years ago, Sally received a clever mobile of driftwood, beads & bottle caps, created by Susie
(aka Thelma), her husband's 1st wife.
(Yes, the 1st & 2nd wives of Tom are GOOD friends!)
Sally then felt inspired
to collect bottle caps.
The 1st project was screwing bottle caps to a wood fence, reading "TOM 4", attempting to entertain 10 year old grandson, a 4th generation Tom,
who was visiting from San Diego, with his dog Otis.
The bottle cap creativity took off from there.
Husband Tom states he's often leery to fall asleep in his chair
for fear Sally will screw a bottle cap to his forehead!!
Bottle caps adorn the 50 foot long wood fence that cascades alongside the driveway to their cabin, in the Boulder Bay area of Big Bear Lake.
The designs are mostly of flowers.
People walking by are often intrigued by the sunshine-driven sparkle.
They are surprised, when coming up the driveway to get a closer look,
to see colorful bottle caps, THOUSANDS of them!
Sally gives tours of her outdoor work studio, the ongoing projects,
& the bottle cap inventory, sorted by color into cans, bowls, cupcake tins,
& old boxes...all re-purposed containers.
Husband Tom is Sally's sous chef
when it comes to
tools, surface prep,
& structural design.
Gallery
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PEACE SIGNS
Caps, in peace sign design, applied with screws onto round, painted wood. Porch friendly; subject to fade in full sun.
15 inch $45 18 inch $55
FLOWERS
Caps, metal can pieces, beads, assembled in
flower design, attached to twisted wire stem.
Looks kitsy-elegant in a vintage glass vase;
OR, funky-casual in a rusty can, empty wine bottle, or vintage soda bottle. Each flower is unique. $12
TABLE TOPS $50 to $100
FISH $65 to $110
CROSSES $25 to $85
PICTURE FRAMES
Caps, applied to various sized wood frames. $14 to $25
RUSTIC BIRD & FOLK HOUSES
Houses made from old wood, detailed with caps, paint,
& wood-burning. Each house is unique. $65 to $150
Favorite Suppliers
Folks wonder, Does Sally REALLY drink that much?! She claims, "NO".
Her inventory comes from waitresses & restaurant owners at various eateries, and from friends, mostly in Big Bear & La Quinta, California.
Virginia Lee's drive-thru
Rosa at Azteca Grill
Lorraine at Captains Anchorage
Tim, & his dog Noodles, walk
with Sally & her dog.
Tim contributes oodles of
Snapple caps. which hold up
well during the winter snow.
Tim is married to Karen, the
best realtor in Big Bear. www.yourbigbearhome.com
Paul, Brian, (& Dawn) at Jakes Pizza
Patti, one of the 11 Ladies, gathered 8 lbs (!!!) of bottle caps from her friend's cantinas while on her annual trip to Costa Rica. She carried them back to California in a soggy, stinky plastic bag. (How DID she get thru Customs?)
Ann, Sally's artist friend in the La Quinta Cove, supplies caps, & more importantly, conceptual inspiration!
Sally's friends, some known as The Ladies, & their friends, are always handing over bags full of caps (THEY must drink mucho).
VIEW A MAJOR COLLECTION AT...
www.bottlecaporama.com
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Big Bear Lake, Cailfornia
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Little Known Facts :
More steel in the U.S. is used to make
bottle caps than to manufacture
automobile bodies.
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