Well,
it’s been a long time that I’ve shared my recent updates and activities and my
list of excuses doesn’t seem to end :P. It’s been a busy season of festivals
and holidays… and since I’m based in Goa, we have a dozen of festivals lined up
like the IFFI, the St. Francis Xavier feast, Christmas and tons of weddings!
And if you happen to visit Goa during this wintery festival time, you’ll find a
lot of glitter around you with festive lights and lamps everywhere – the
streets, the markets, the beaches. And I’m so inspired by all the glitter and
the light bulbs around me that I’m just trying to stock up as many ideas and
stuff stocked up so that I can make lighting for Christmas!!
My recent
project is also based on lighting where I’ve up cycled beer (breezer) bottles
to make beautiful lighting. Here's a sneak up of the bottles before I would lay my hands on them...
Basically, What I’ve done with these is – got the base
layer of the bottle cut to use it appropriately for lighting, got the bottles
painted with ceramic paints (because they’re more durable than glass paints and
give a deep color on glass). And finally, for the lighting I’ve used tea-light
candles as well as rice lights to light up these. Check out the pictures below
to see more…
A few snapshots in broad day light:
And here are the snapshots with the actual plethora of lights..
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| A Magenta colored bottle lighting inspired by morrocan art. Love the colorful reflection created by the design. |
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| A Yellow colored bottle lighting in a mosaic and spiral design. Notice how the dark borders create the bold shadows with the fine ripples created by the spiral design. |
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| A turquoise colored bottle lighting with an abstract leaf design. |
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| My favorite of the lot! Plum colored bottle lighting inspired by a morrocan design. Also, notice the reflections it creates is totally mind blowing. In fact i did not expect to get such an effect upon lighting. I was totally surprised! |
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| The lot together creating a beautiful plethora of lights |
I've also tried lighting up these bottles using rice lights and here's how it looks...
A more vibrant version of the bottle lighting decor.
And that's all for these week. I plan to create a chandelier or a hanging lantern of these bottles which I would share it in my future posts. For more pictures do visit my Facebook Page and do not forget to like us if you love our stuff!!
Till then, take care and Happy Crafting!
Karen Vaz
