• Glass,  Upcycling

    Cut and polished bottles

    Mostly bottles and jars from time to time. Various colours, shapes and sizes. Exchanged for pallets and building materials. Never sold any of them. Maybe the asking price was a little too much for some people. And it wasn’t cheap! To cut the bottles I’m using a jig, homemade, second generation, the first one couldn’t manage square bottles and jars. Removing the labels from the bottles is also a challenge. Water only works sometimes, but they’re there to help: This one looks like it’s been cut in half, not sure if this is the same bottle – probably 2 different…

  • bottle neck frame shelf
    Glass,  Upcycling,  Wood

    Bottle neck frame shelf

    100% upcycled pallet wood. This frame shelf is made from a single plank, cut into 4 pieces. That means it’s not so big, but it’s big enough to display 4 cut bottle necks. Cable clips were used to hang the frame. Not too strong, but for this particular project they did the job. Quick job with cutting the bottle necks. Quick grinding and polishing, little imperfections can be seen when the necks are lifted up off the shelf. This is how it looks on the wall. Ebony stained as most of my projects in this room. This project combines upcycling,…