Re-lights from artist Jerry Kott are stunning handmade lights and lamps created from recycled wine bottles. “I started experimenting with empty wine bottles simply because I had them and I like wine,” explains Kott.
He adds, "The project has evolved and now covers a range of reuse of empty containers that we discard with little regard.” Kott’s wine bottle lights have been sold around the world and featured in numerous art and design magazines.
Collecting the bottles is quite easy as fellow wine drinkers and art patrons save their bottles for Kott. “ I have been known to empty a few myself if a specific color is needed,” he explains from his farm in Pennsylvania. “I have a large array of bottles to choose from but do have limitations in combining the bottles for the lights because the diameters have to match.”
The Re-lights are created by hand-cutting bottles, polishing the edges, permanently creating the glass frosting and affixing the glass pieces together – all labor is done by hand. “The time involved varies by the amount of sections-color blocks combined to create each work,” Kott explains. “Obviously, the multi-stripe works are tedious in the amount of cutting and polishing but I believe that they are worth the effort.”
Kott emphasizes quality over quantity and each Re-light is a signed work of art.
Visit: http://www.jerrykott.com/
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