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Drinks Cans Food Cans (Lg) Food Cans (Sm) Bike Parts Beer Barrels

Paper Sheets Paper Envelopes Magazines

Household Items Capsules

Negatives Tea-Lights

Pistachio Shells

TV Cable Computer Cable

Drinks Bottle Tops Milk Bottles Yoghurt Pots Food Containers Crisp Packets Egg Boxes Sweet Tins/Wrappers Straws and Glasses Spoons & Cups Drinks Bottles Detergent Bottles Shampoo Bottles Carrier Bags Bubblewrap Vinyl Records Household Items Polystyrene

Spirit Bottles Wine Bottles Beer Bottles Water Bottles Condiment Bottles Jars

Nylon Tights Swim Costumes T-shirts Clothing Soft Toys Car Parts Feathers Lace Denim Calico

Shredded Paper Paper Envelopes Paper Sheets Newspapers & Mags Plates & Cups Books

Reclaimed Furniture Pallets Garden Waste Dowels Coffee Stirrers Cork

Packing Boxes Cereal Boxes Shoe Boxes Tetra Packs Food Packaging Puzzles Tubes

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The recycled plastic of the Reef is beacon sending out the message of reusing.
It utilises the properties of plastic to create a visually pleasing object that also has a strong environmental message.

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Collect the P.E.T bottles your drinks of choice until you have 36.

Remove all labels and any glue residue attached to the bottles.

Pre heat your oven to roughly 100c (gas mark 1/4).

Remove the top section and slice the bottles in half.

Now remove the bottom section so you are left with a clean half pipe shaped form.

Using a piece of scrap paper as a tray, insert the plastic forms into the pre heated oven.

After five minutes remove them from the oven. At this point they should have curled up on themselves forming organically shaped spirals.

Allow the spirals to cool and then used your epoxy resin to glue the two together, ensuring the wider Neck ends are on the same side.

Continue this process until you have baked 35 of your bottles. Allow the glue to dry.

Continue combining all your 35 baked plastic spirals, aiming to create one large structure. Some may need support while the glue fixes.

At this point you will want to examine the lamp, and see if there are any holes that let glaring light through, and if it does insert a spiral into it.

Take your last bottle and remove the bass, then slice the body into equal strips and adhere them to the back of the structure.

Now decide what way up your lamp will stand and remove the bass. Now insert your light element and glue it to the neck of the bottle.

Insert your bulb, plug it in and decide wether it will be a corner lamp or desk lamp.

final lamp.

Materials and Equipment List

Materials and Equipment List

36 pet, plastic bottles. A cutting board and scalpel Epoxy resin An oven A scrap piece of paper, The innards of a lamp or (a plug, length of cable, bulb, switch and bulb socket.)

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Comments (1)

November 17, 2011

The end product is highly decorative and looks desirable, however the finishing of the product has to be improved to allow it to be sold.