8th
grade Sculpture students, Art club, and some 7th graders made this
free standing chandelier based on the work of Chihuly. Chihuly creates large hand-blown glass
sculptures such as the one below. The
sculpture is made of about 350 recycled water bottles and is made in the school
colors of Blue, Red, and Gold.
The
process:
1. Students
cut off the bottoms of the bottles and painted the insides.
2. They “splayed” the bottles with heat guns to melt
the plastic to stay in a spiral shape.
3. Next, they toggled the bottles together and tied
them with twine.
4. Then, the bottles were tied to an armature base,
made from chicken wire wrapped around a tomato cage.
For more information about Chihuly, go to http://www.chihuly.com/
