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EACH DROOP LIGHT IS MADE FROM A RECLAIMED BOTTLE. BOTTLES ARE HEATED IN A KILN TO A TEMPERATURE WHERE THEY BEGIN TO SLUMP. STEEL STRUCTURES AND INSULATING FIBER PAPER STOP PORTIONS OF THE BOTTLE FROM DEFORMING. IN THIS WAY CERTAIN DETAILS OF THE ORIGINAL BOTTLE ARE PRESERVED WHILE OTHERS ARE SIMPLY MELTED AWAY.
EACH BOTTLE REACTS DIFFERENTLY TO THE HEAT, THUS CREATING A SNOWFLAKE AFFECT.
NO TWO BOTTLES EVER LOOK THE SAME.
IN THIS NEW ERA OF AMERICAN LIFE MANUFACTURING HERE IS AT A MINIMUM AND NOSTALGIA HAS ARISEN FOR OBJECTS OF A CRAFTY NATURE. A RECLAIMED BOTTLE WAS USED IN THIS INSTANCE TO REPRESENT THIS CHANGE. IT IS A STATEMENT OF CRAFT AND MANUFACTURING.
Droop Light [2007]
Kyle Cuniff
Glass and Shade
$180
