yoav kotik sculpts bottle caps into hanging lights which look like draping hankerchiefs
yoav kotik is an israeli designer who currently has an exhibition called ‘in the spring’ at periscope gallery in tel-aviv. as his main material, kotik uses metal bottle caps from glass pop bottles and gives them new life. he bends, folds, cuts and presses the recycled material and transforms them into chandeliers, jewelry and small sculptures.
detail of kotik’s pendant light
recycled bottle cap flowers in full bloom
a detail of the metal caps which have been pressed and bent to form the flowers
dandelions
kotik also utilizes the inner side of the bottle cap in this chandelier designrelated yaov kotik at designboom mart tokyo 2007
more yaov kotik: http://www.kotik-design.com
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