September 16, 2012 - Bottle Cap Siding

CaliforniaMama · 09-16-2012, 10:54 AM

Russian pensioner Olga Kostina lives in the very rural, isolated Russian village of Karmarchaga, located about 50 miles southeast of Krasnoyarsk, and in the Siberian Taiga. She collected colorful plastic caps and nailed about 30,000 of them into place to create all kinds of mosaic designs and patterns across the facade of her house.

She decorated using repetitive geometric patterns and portraits of cute animals that live in the surrounding forest. She had enough bottle caps to also decorate other structures in her neighborhood.

via My Modern Met

Trilby · 09-16-2012, 04:32 PM

That is just so damn cool.

monster · 09-16-2012, 05:36 PM

There ya go, Tril, something to do in your cronehood

infinite monkey · 09-16-2012, 07:41 PM

BigV · 09-16-2012, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by infinite monkey

hm.. not the monkey I thought would be interested first.

limey · 09-17-2012, 03:54 AM

Please note that is her house, not her garden shed. She was probably also after additional weatherproofing as well as artistic effect ...

newtimer · 09-17-2012, 07:58 AM

"...very rural, isolated Russian village..."

How did that little village end up with so many bottle caps in it? And where are the bottles?

limey · 09-17-2012, 09:02 AM

The bottles have been reused, over and over again. If for "bottle" you read "bottle and/or jar" there are very many more products preserved in jars in Russia, whereas cans tend to be the vessel of choice in the West. IMHO.

Happy Monkey · 09-17-2012, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by BigV

hm.. not the monkey I thought would be interested first.

My issue is that I am very particular in my beverage choices, so if I want a variety of colors, I have to wait for the bottler of my beverages to change their caps.

Sundae · 09-17-2012, 02:24 PM

Just FWIW, when I was in France, they asked me on purchase whether I would be returning the bottle I bought.
Given I was 15, it was a bottle of pop, but it made a difference to the price. Baffled me completely (thought my French was at fault) but the daughter of the shopkeeper was called in to explain in English. Still baffled.

We got something like 5p if we brought bottles back to the off licence window at the local pub. Two bottles equalled a big bag of sweeties! But not money off at the point of sale. Still not sure how that works, might have misunderstood, but she was a very pretty lady.

sandypossum · 10-22-2012, 12:35 AM

I love it! I've been collecting plastic bottle caps for years - mainly from milk bottles and soft drink bottles, mainly from other people, mind you, and all part of my mission to find some sort of use for anything that goes into the non-recyclable rubbish bin. Later I'll tell you what I'm crocheting with the truckloads of baling twine we get from the hay bales. But I digress.

I have wanted to use the caps to make the scales of a giant fish. Originally I wanted to nail them onto something as well, but we don't have any wooden buildings on our farm. As is common in our part of Australia, our house is cement sheet clad, and the sheds are either cinder block or corrugated iron. Not many wooden houses here in general.

BUT... I have only just realised that I could nail them onto the big wooden fence posts along our boundary! Hmmmm. Now to think up a pattern that is more than just barber shop poles.

I also have thousands of metal beer bottle caps to use. Maybe I could make shiny gold poles as well? Throw some ideas at me and I will post the photos when I've done it.

ZenGum · 10-22-2012, 12:47 AM

Stones with faces ... made from bottle caps!

sandypossum · 10-24-2012, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

Stones with faces ... made from bottle caps!

If I could I would! But they had so much detail. They'll just end up looking like giant emoticons.

BigV · 10-24-2012, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by sandypossum

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BUT... I have only just realised that I could nail them onto the big wooden fence posts along our boundary! Hmmmm. Now to think up a pattern that is more than just barber shop poles.

I also have thousands of metal beer bottle caps to use. Maybe I could make shiny gold poles as well? Throw some ideas at me and I will post the photos when I've done it.

I Ching hexagrams in the traditional vertical pattern.

sandypossum · 10-27-2012, 02:52 AM

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Originally Posted by BigV

URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Ching#The_hexagrams"]I Ching hexagrams[/url] in the traditional vertical pattern.

Oooh, now there's an idea. And it made me think of morse code as well. I could say something really rude. Maybe it's time for some caffeine.

09-16-2012, 10:54 AM	#1
CaliforniaMama I wonder . . . Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Left Coast, a pretty good place to be. Posts: 1,278	September 16, 2012 - Bottle Cap Siding Russian pensioner Olga Kostina lives in the very rural, isolated Russian village of Karmarchaga, located about 50 miles southeast of Krasnoyarsk, and in the Siberian Taiga. She collected colorful plastic caps and nailed about 30,000 of them into place to create all kinds of mosaic designs and patterns across the facade of her house. She decorated using repetitive geometric patterns and portraits of cute animals that live in the surrounding forest. She had enough bottle caps to also decorate other structures in her neighborhood. via My Modern Met

09-16-2012, 04:32 PM	#2
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	That is just so damn cool. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

09-16-2012, 05:36 PM	#3
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	There ya go, Tril, something to do in your cronehood __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-17-2012, 03:54 AM	#6
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Please note that is her house, not her garden shed. She was probably also after additional weatherproofing as well as artistic effect ... __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

09-17-2012, 09:02 AM	#8
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	The bottles have been reused, over and over again. If for "bottle" you read "bottle and/or jar" there are very many more products preserved in jars in Russia, whereas cans tend to be the vessel of choice in the West. IMHO. __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

09-16-2012, 07:41 PM	#4
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002

09-17-2012, 07:58 AM	#7
newtimer Operations Operative Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 479	"...very rural, isolated Russian village..." How did that little village end up with so many bottle caps in it? And where are the bottles?

09-17-2012, 02:24 PM	#10
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Just FWIW, when I was in France, they asked me on purchase whether I would be returning the bottle I bought. Given I was 15, it was a bottle of pop, but it made a difference to the price. Baffled me completely (thought my French was at fault) but the daughter of the shopkeeper was called in to explain in English. Still baffled. We got something like 5p if we brought bottles back to the off licence window at the local pub. Two bottles equalled a big bag of sweeties! But not money off at the point of sale. Still not sure how that works, might have misunderstood, but she was a very pretty lady. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

10-22-2012, 12:35 AM	#11
sandypossum tri-continental dag hag Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 247	I love it! I've been collecting plastic bottle caps for years - mainly from milk bottles and soft drink bottles, mainly from other people, mind you, and all part of my mission to find some sort of use for anything that goes into the non-recyclable rubbish bin. Later I'll tell you what I'm crocheting with the truckloads of baling twine we get from the hay bales. But I digress. I have wanted to use the caps to make the scales of a giant fish. Originally I wanted to nail them onto something as well, but we don't have any wooden buildings on our farm. As is common in our part of Australia, our house is cement sheet clad, and the sheds are either cinder block or corrugated iron. Not many wooden houses here in general. BUT... I have only just realised that I could nail them onto the big wooden fence posts along our boundary! Hmmmm. Now to think up a pattern that is more than just barber shop poles. I also have thousands of metal beer bottle caps to use. Maybe I could make shiny gold poles as well? Throw some ideas at me and I will post the photos when I've done it. __________________ you're never too old to have a happy childhood

10-22-2012, 12:47 AM	#12
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Stones with faces ... made from bottle caps! __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

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