Artisan Bottle Collection – The Botanical Series, Bodhi Del Mar
The Artisan Bottle Collection is an expanding treasury of home wares and artworks made from recycled beer, wine and spirit bottles (and the occasional peculiar jar). Each vessel is diligently collected, cut, shaped and sandblasted with original and charming designs to create curiously unique vases, sculptures and oddities. The collection sprung from a desire to breath new life into objects that would otherwise be destined for trash, and to demonstrate how a little creativity and thoughtfulness could help to perhaps reduce waste in many areas of our modern throw-away society. The artworks on the re-imagined bottles are almost always inspired by the natural world and I enjoy the contrast of organic, delicate designs being depicted on man-made objects of such rigidity. Bodhi Del Mar
Maidenhair Fern
Recycled glass jar (clear)
H:18cm x W:12.5cm x D:12.5cm
$170
Monstera
Recycled glass bottle (blue
H:21cm x W:8cm x D:8cm
$119
Cherry Blosson
Recycled glass bottle
H:22cm x W:8cm x D:8cm
$148
Water Lilly
Recycled glass bottle (clear)
H:11cm x W:10.5cm x D:10.5cm
$148
Monstera
Recycled glass bottle (green)
H:24.5cm x W:8cm x D:8cm
$148
Maidenhair Fern
Recycled glass bottle (blue)
H:17cm x W:8cm x D:8cm
$133
Bodhi’s works will be on display at the Judith Wright Centre from 31 August – 23 November, 2018 Flying Arts Featured Artists – Spring Exhibition
Bodhi Del Mar is a photographer and visual artist working from her home studio on the Gold Coast. Her disciplines include landscape, composite and mixed media photography, cold glass, stencilling and body painting.
Her admiration for Mother Nature and love for beautiful spaces that make you “feel good” inspire her work, exploring such themes as the profundity of the natural world and our choices as humans to exist either within or against it.
Bodhi’s embellished artworks are aimed to thoroughly delight and amplify a childlike curiosity and spirit – inspiring a more mindful heart and heartened mind. read more