Antique Vases For Head Bangers and Tableware for Trendy Urbanites.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibtuzUJzk7kWaxpt8T0Fkl9AiLl-YnMPpdMEL4GMzJ5Iy5JyOOdx7qT-FoWjpYGSswhBkcpd8vDknUx8ekV01jb6qaAgryQFOTya3-L7vc4PWuC0D15dBmZko3kf6ddaJ5o-N-kvbtVG0/s1600/Pierre+Blanc+ganged.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636282357839837890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibtuzUJzk7kWaxpt8T0Fkl9AiLl-YnMPpdMEL4GMzJ5Iy5JyOOdx7qT-FoWjpYGSswhBkcpd8vDknUx8ekV01jb6qaAgryQFOTya3-L7vc4PWuC0D15dBmZko3kf6ddaJ5o-N-kvbtVG0/s400/Pierre+Blanc+ganged.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 544px; height: 544px;" /></a><br /><br />This certainly ain't your grandmother's tableware. Well, okay, it is. Only with Pierre Blanc's added imagery of trendy pop culture icons and heavy metal bands. Roccocco and baroque china and porcelain plates, trays, amphoras and vases take on an edge not found in the average antique store.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8YK24uwrsMo2YjREjy_PotlKD875_uvcK-Mqj9MZTBLmimj4cURJbmv3cdsJBRrMbxcQQ5pga7K0LSHZecLc8s4lLx5J5BQdDriK9QRDmqd3HXtOykjitFevXm_vOvanGxLdvNbj79Rk/s1600/Picture+11.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635665977892467458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8YK24uwrsMo2YjREjy_PotlKD875_uvcK-Mqj9MZTBLmimj4cURJbmv3cdsJBRrMbxcQQ5pga7K0LSHZecLc8s4lLx5J5BQdDriK9QRDmqd3HXtOykjitFevXm_vOvanGxLdvNbj79Rk/s400/Picture+11.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 534px; height: 473px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: The inherently jarring juxtaposition of Metallica on a pale pink and gilded vase is like Meissen-goes-maniacal.</span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhshCDlnSfQMgZ2-tjaUrl23KJPKRlmyCXneBTDOQyvVpFi5_SEtkwHwVWz94VpLjZ_QXSSZKGxyGs4AULED8g7UcS_t_uyqNPOFIoPMfhPrb4eSAPchJ05KforNCJwVXsVmQNAuRAJABI/s1600/pope-ghetto-blaster.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635667746269940562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhshCDlnSfQMgZ2-tjaUrl23KJPKRlmyCXneBTDOQyvVpFi5_SEtkwHwVWz94VpLjZ_QXSSZKGxyGs4AULED8g7UcS_t_uyqNPOFIoPMfhPrb4eSAPchJ05KforNCJwVXsVmQNAuRAJABI/s400/pope-ghetto-blaster.gif" style="cursor: pointer; width: 523px; height: 506px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: Pairing the Pope with a Boombox is something you don't often see </span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhnondX-5TZ-UAwbDwkvgihoqkI5glKg6g14UhlRXZ5DgeQ8w1kEt50AzU6zcy_Sf9_jECZOZiNPVFddRadhRRJ67cstNNXT4jaQdhZRb73s1YHsg7acn7AD2a3Lj9JwgfmjBDd7s3og/s1600/DSC02446.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635658652535644610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhnondX-5TZ-UAwbDwkvgihoqkI5glKg6g14UhlRXZ5DgeQ8w1kEt50AzU6zcy_Sf9_jECZOZiNPVFddRadhRRJ67cstNNXT4jaQdhZRb73s1YHsg7acn7AD2a3Lj9JwgfmjBDd7s3og/s400/DSC02446.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 251px; height: 415px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirSUyqw6Fquz5-eYX3deD3p0_zU5BRn7gct1FyI2Rh4QxNAT0qJHXO4vvt9FaCB5l_tnEjNmdSy1YqpFXgc8IdHBv1YFrKBPKVURWWTXrpN8mB4QWlOWTH-kqArlTGGx5VepBwB1KTpmI/s1600/vase-metallica-rose.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635664015528016434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirSUyqw6Fquz5-eYX3deD3p0_zU5BRn7gct1FyI2Rh4QxNAT0qJHXO4vvt9FaCB5l_tnEjNmdSy1YqpFXgc8IdHBv1YFrKBPKVURWWTXrpN8mB4QWlOWTH-kqArlTGGx5VepBwB1KTpmI/s400/vase-metallica-rose.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 532px; height: 536px;" /></a><br /><br />Pierre also takes antique floral and gilded plates and applies the trendy urban imagery of guns, boomboxes/ghetto blasters, turntables, masked mexican wrestlers and muscle cars:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAWE-YUeraU4-zi1UZkF6X1VDXfJrU-3GH9KwZKNKLnaBjnlEHSiz_6PmW6D6qYdJCBuQvq3KMqhOROwxcOlJc8aBdyAfHQCMDiPKApbTRtc-ZmKSN5HH6IWCvtWukRysnul4zHMtTxY8/s1600/gun.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635661122262560418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAWE-YUeraU4-zi1UZkF6X1VDXfJrU-3GH9KwZKNKLnaBjnlEHSiz_6PmW6D6qYdJCBuQvq3KMqhOROwxcOlJc8aBdyAfHQCMDiPKApbTRtc-ZmKSN5HH6IWCvtWukRysnul4zHMtTxY8/s400/gun.gif" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 518px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9bUb1x0bzQ4xng_0g5qIicE6_N3AC5PBXPZIf5e3YkQf6BsBn4Bcu5486dnqEuPLtfG9ChszTs-iwTcDZIsR-6XxM4w3YKqvETxcWGQD3luYFyb-N3OxOWschBwJf3F6kFj7QX1pumuU/s1600/plat-gun-tole-or.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635661392439040338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9bUb1x0bzQ4xng_0g5qIicE6_N3AC5PBXPZIf5e3YkQf6BsBn4Bcu5486dnqEuPLtfG9ChszTs-iwTcDZIsR-6XxM4w3YKqvETxcWGQD3luYFyb-N3OxOWschBwJf3F6kFj7QX1pumuU/s400/plat-gun-tole-or.gif" style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 530px; height: 515px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.legaragepierreblanc.com/"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635665607379920418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdGAGe0b0_ubZ9M9UIJeQ3k6XVVQrQkmg7W872XwR6Ken6PxA1NDPgNhCk9xKR2AyFueaIRcJ4AKzbyt1IG8zJAusuMocrzm5YSftjBLMlc8R3mai2IV0IDI1g5-AyVhSVrWRZF48BM3s/s400/oscommerce.gif" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 55px;" /></a><br /><br />Pierre sells these pieces and more in his online store at <a href="http://www.legaragepierreblanc.com/">Le Garage, Pierre Blanc.</a>

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Palace Porcelain Stacking Tableware by Seletti's Selab + Alessandro Zambelli.

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Take them apart and they are six table settings of square dishes perfectly suited for eating upon.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil-W0i772yofrnDWtuaA_XoJ9ffKoGqxWFg4CRt4eFhZcuPjs0gB1NvQhIUi1aJSzMvmVIzX3EdXFzD7u8114Gij5xeTZRw_Tvbf47Tj6yo0_ny63ivMHtorOV3YLu2B2lZEphi11mN1rC/s1600/Picture+22.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532172399669363362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil-W0i772yofrnDWtuaA_XoJ9ffKoGqxWFg4CRt4eFhZcuPjs0gB1NvQhIUi1aJSzMvmVIzX3EdXFzD7u8114Gij5xeTZRw_Tvbf47Tj6yo0_ny63ivMHtorOV3YLu2B2lZEphi11mN1rC/s400/Picture+22.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 518px; height: 505px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMC5YR3NusUvVLIzfQj3CC3a5-UobrNunT5SrboNQFCwGvdGBQaK9x0o_j0q_2GNH6pO1JmT0IoilYJbwexTzimT8nNsn6E87gYM88wurKsRsJ1ZU0ihSnyYEiWxWcPvN639UAmejdYYjg/s1600/Picture+26.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532172052380738690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMC5YR3NusUvVLIzfQj3CC3a5-UobrNunT5SrboNQFCwGvdGBQaK9x0o_j0q_2GNH6pO1JmT0IoilYJbwexTzimT8nNsn6E87gYM88wurKsRsJ1ZU0ihSnyYEiWxWcPvN639UAmejdYYjg/s400/Picture+26.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 522px; height: 550px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8xEw2rqwjr5YJ_QKgLFw-4I7FvOEhzV32JuGNpk-tBnrSR5hCzLs70YeJAQ36uR5QIJ2RExJgoKYgZX_BgO2AVXeE8x99TV-7XgVffgUa3lizevWVykQtTTW-HtsYjQ_BE8QXHRiT1lom/s1600/Picture+27.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532171934395009570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8xEw2rqwjr5YJ_QKgLFw-4I7FvOEhzV32JuGNpk-tBnrSR5hCzLs70YeJAQ36uR5QIJ2RExJgoKYgZX_BgO2AVXeE8x99TV-7XgVffgUa3lizevWVykQtTTW-HtsYjQ_BE8QXHRiT1lom/s400/Picture+27.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 519px; height: 520px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWG2aw110uTp4HrJNvmeNCOWjqT7LU-em7bPnQqSwQaX6McVC8yC4QNEbBL10fOL-oLbNvoRJnZ3zxfe3jluAPv5Gl2n905GChjfeQH5iaAkQaBcgeiwer8BPHiZNsLLiw9DK-OLtK2ou8/s1600/Picture+30.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532172806638583794" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWG2aw110uTp4HrJNvmeNCOWjqT7LU-em7bPnQqSwQaX6McVC8yC4QNEbBL10fOL-oLbNvoRJnZ3zxfe3jluAPv5Gl2n905GChjfeQH5iaAkQaBcgeiwer8BPHiZNsLLiw9DK-OLtK2ou8/s400/Picture+30.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 487px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2jPiwOUV7mRN2cwX_8AnHARnzUOeTzbHdvcImLAVlT9ZZGLyoqgj6Zxq8mHtn0fzBDRx7CCwcAFGIIQ3LKW15tg7ETSu5bYApbrP1MGuzfI9KBwe574Rp66vVNLDtjF5-P0ffLALJ3WFZ/s1600/Picture+25.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532172199756343954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2jPiwOUV7mRN2cwX_8AnHARnzUOeTzbHdvcImLAVlT9ZZGLyoqgj6Zxq8mHtn0fzBDRx7CCwcAFGIIQ3LKW15tg7ETSu5bYApbrP1MGuzfI9KBwe574Rp66vVNLDtjF5-P0ffLALJ3WFZ/s400/Picture+25.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 508px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZLG0yXd-Beu69xVHFLxAAMHjCcjveg7mmEC3YC8tDRMV8wf6Wiw-Dhl0v_bCUW28TzEmxTfqrYPcEqKDeo_0nF2mYXekfq9O217Uj44CEGCeeo21x6lfZxfb2bx0Y2W4srp8LfAqeT_tO/s1600/Picture+33.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532173134657931490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZLG0yXd-Beu69xVHFLxAAMHjCcjveg7mmEC3YC8tDRMV8wf6Wiw-Dhl0v_bCUW28TzEmxTfqrYPcEqKDeo_0nF2mYXekfq9O217Uj44CEGCeeo21x6lfZxfb2bx0Y2W4srp8LfAqeT_tO/s400/Picture+33.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 519px; height: 486px;" /></a><br /><br />* Size (individual dishes--all dishes are square):<br />* Dinner Plate: 8.6" dia x 1" t<br />* Small Plate: 6" dia x .8" t<br />* Soup Bowl: 7" dia x 1.6" t<br />* Small Bowl: 4.3" dia x 2" t<br />* Salt+Pepper 5" dia x 2.5" t<br /><br /><a href="http://www.aplusrstore.com/product.php?id=521">Buy them here</a>

Palace Porcelain Stacking Tableware by Seletti's Selab + Alessandro Zambelli.

Fun and functional, this porcelain tableware is a collaboration between Seletti 's Selab and Allessandro Zambelli. When not in use the m...

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UPCYCLING: Stunning Bowls Made From Plastic Water Bottles.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1gF2qpz-QwQz_ZxWzKMQbcVjK9VIIaNRMw4a-kVTpaoKWKk8kYQOYpNpQPHUwXVpTfPitNqIIk3pVoZ5WvhoGJjk3k0uNvoodOXSj7SwPaTEuh9pyaEIlu6u4Tvqdr0h9fw6SjeXYm6JZ/s1600/recycled-bowl-hero.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512158077401637602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1gF2qpz-QwQz_ZxWzKMQbcVjK9VIIaNRMw4a-kVTpaoKWKk8kYQOYpNpQPHUwXVpTfPitNqIIk3pVoZ5WvhoGJjk3k0uNvoodOXSj7SwPaTEuh9pyaEIlu6u4Tvqdr0h9fw6SjeXYm6JZ/s400/recycled-bowl-hero.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 467px;" /></a><br /><br />Artist Gülnur Özdağlar creates elegant and unusual looking bowls transformed from PET bottles. She calls this process "upcycling". Her aim is to substitute with labor and artistic value the characteristics that the material loses during transformation, thereby obtaining a product of higher value. The collection is named <span style="font-weight: bold;">Tertium Non Data </span>(translated from Latin means: the third is not given) and is an alchemic term which refers to the process of combining two disparate elements to create a new, third element.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVU1wEApJ8d5AfOOg4PCHzEIDfnfjNEMa5rNPY5E2z8LwSH-fR78wr3xBighG0kaL0iyypoCqLQ_w0iwoq1HGICknwB_uNz5-gG3lAGR5vx72wkEbzBjateu2dZoHxBYHbv8Okv7LXfpwn/s1600/recycled-bowl9.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512145009140882162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVU1wEApJ8d5AfOOg4PCHzEIDfnfjNEMa5rNPY5E2z8LwSH-fR78wr3xBighG0kaL0iyypoCqLQ_w0iwoq1HGICknwB_uNz5-gG3lAGR5vx72wkEbzBjateu2dZoHxBYHbv8Okv7LXfpwn/s400/recycled-bowl9.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 517px;" /></a><br /><br />In this case the new, third element is a collection of diaphanous, attractive tabletop bowls that resemble organic creatures like jellyfish and sea anemones. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCTlaTKo_siEvUQqqXeWDblKhfreqKFKqt_KcE5Uo_kI8cTFQWd3trstxsXxYq2HaXUusZ9Gyd5C7dviTXPATtHlVPcZSwR_hSmZugqdKjNzlVUdtczUkvEsYjeJcgDv_719AfhqVjs7n0/s1600/bowls1.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512144507825769522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCTlaTKo_siEvUQqqXeWDblKhfreqKFKqt_KcE5Uo_kI8cTFQWd3trstxsXxYq2HaXUusZ9Gyd5C7dviTXPATtHlVPcZSwR_hSmZugqdKjNzlVUdtczUkvEsYjeJcgDv_719AfhqVjs7n0/s400/bowls1.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 404px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgNCd9y8ufjzmuyznUQ90LG1_HTykuDDXZpufSlY4puckWBniU7tgwrU5CNpiigS7Mczp8smSTdSHORUWIoT-zgkI0SHK0XTSYsiigqbUrRxF8nCdGF90J0clic0XNzhTV1r6FUJkD88nB/s1600/bowls2.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512143809714742914" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgNCd9y8ufjzmuyznUQ90LG1_HTykuDDXZpufSlY4puckWBniU7tgwrU5CNpiigS7Mczp8smSTdSHORUWIoT-zgkI0SHK0XTSYsiigqbUrRxF8nCdGF90J0clic0XNzhTV1r6FUJkD88nB/s400/bowls2.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 481px;" /></a><br /><br />The elegant perforated and ornate bowls are created from a regular PET* water bottles. What looks like a flower at the base of the bowls, is the indent from the base of the bottle. If the bottles have a bluish tine, the formed bowls do as well.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl8ZrQtStJofZgeqxlIylLckCC58vBGxe7WZVupbCS7hHpW1ZmRTMWTrbGapIC5wa3tuZc6tjj-PlDp5sT2czz4Y1wmzkQhKYKqeFfNPOPyzh6D0j78WF30sEryza8UsLNLy4NAIgOP3mU/s1600/water-bottle+to+bowl.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512139872718507426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl8ZrQtStJofZgeqxlIylLckCC58vBGxe7WZVupbCS7hHpW1ZmRTMWTrbGapIC5wa3tuZc6tjj-PlDp5sT2czz4Y1wmzkQhKYKqeFfNPOPyzh6D0j78WF30sEryza8UsLNLy4NAIgOP3mU/s400/water-bottle+to+bowl.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 522px; height: 396px;" /></a><br /><br />Gulnar delicately heats and forms the edges of the bowl to create undulating forms and embellishments like flowers and petals.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXjcbdHYtHYS3gBPKgw5374p66qnybYlhIWutn4cwJmaq-Cxcu4wyJdn4IsDnDL_55rp8SEcQ5w7OyWKExJw2pi5GjazNLPIPO36FM0puegxYYex1O7mwhZML6Xl8F83H4KYmobQ3U8uOD/s1600/forming.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512151191752645410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXjcbdHYtHYS3gBPKgw5374p66qnybYlhIWutn4cwJmaq-Cxcu4wyJdn4IsDnDL_55rp8SEcQ5w7OyWKExJw2pi5GjazNLPIPO36FM0puegxYYex1O7mwhZML6Xl8F83H4KYmobQ3U8uOD/s400/forming.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 524px; height: 337px;" /></a><br /><br />The bowls can be used as pet bowls, storage containers, jewelry holders or just as lovely objet d'art. She also makes upcycled jewelry as well.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">*PET is Polyethylene Terephthalate, which is a thermoplastic polymer. It can be re-formed by heating. After heating process, it becomes more stiff, rigid, durable and glassy. It becomes even stronger and crystallized when perforated.</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimwKk3CzyMskqSIma4cqP08AciomBYTx7cKj5IU6I-xG6q3ejAtDE1SKq9AeONhnOO8LOCmtaQ-WbLLS8An8LVWHx5nif81nqAMTOiL664g3YpAisoiJirF9t1siMY6lXh2JQslqkxkVXq/s1600/OG.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512146313048976530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimwKk3CzyMskqSIma4cqP08AciomBYTx7cKj5IU6I-xG6q3ejAtDE1SKq9AeONhnOO8LOCmtaQ-WbLLS8An8LVWHx5nif81nqAMTOiL664g3YpAisoiJirF9t1siMY6lXh2JQslqkxkVXq/s400/OG.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 189px; height: 282px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: artist Gülnur Özdağlar with her daughters.</span></span><br /><br />Gülnur Özdağlar studied architecture at the Middle East Technical University and has been active as an architect since she graduated in 1986. She has participated in architectural design competitions, together with various groups, and many of her designs have been recognized with prizes.In addition to being active as an architect, she has also worked in the graphic design and photography fields, and many of these projects have been published in foreign countries in magazines and books. She has received prizes in international competitions of digital art.<br /><br />•<a href="http://www.gulnurozdaglar.com/">Her website</a><br />•<a href="http://www.blogger.com/%20http://gulguvenc.blogspot.com">Her blog</a><br />•<a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/make-an-art-bowl-from-pet-bottle/">Learn to make your own bowls from PET bottles with her "how to guide" on Instructables</a><br />•<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/gulguvenc">Buy her jewelry or bowls and more at her etsy store</a>

UPCYCLING: Stunning Bowls Made From Plastic Water Bottles.

Artist Gülnur Özdağlar creates elegant and unusual looking bowls transformed from PET bottles. She calls this process "upcycling"....

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