This week's project is canisters made from repurposed wine bottles and turned wooden lids. Those of you that know us know we can generate a few wine bottles in the Micek household. Hey we love to entertain (and partake in cocktails). The project falls a little on the crafty side for me, but who knows maybe I was channeling my inner Martha Stewart. Regardless, the project makes me happy for a couple of reasons. First, it reuses something that I would normally toss into the recycle bin. And each time I did, I would often think to myself, self... "seems like there is something I could do with these." So I did and this idea of cutting off the tops and making them into canisters came to mind. I can't take credit for the idea as I'm sure I saw a photo of this while perusing pintrest. A second reason, and the most important, was the perseverance in cutting the bottles. My first attempt was a miserable failure, epic fail, like terrible. So it became my obsession to actually do this and do it well. Over the course of the last several weeks, I have tried no less than five different approaches with varying degrees of success. Voila... the edge of the bottle is clean and crisp without being sharp. If you ever try this, let me know as I'm becoming somewhat of an expert.
In other news, last week I shared a sneak peek of stacked walnut boards queued up to become a dining room table. The photo caused quite a stir (thanks fans!) so I thought that I would share some "work in progress" photos. This way you can follow along with its evolution. Personally this is the stuff that I love seeing with any of the creative individuals that I follow.
So behold a full scale mock up. It's rough but going to be a beaut. Its purpose is to achieve scale and accurate dimensions as well as to work through design and joinery concepts. This is an exciting phase of the creative process. Exciting for a variety of reasons, but the most touching was a chance to actually sit down at the mocked up table and have a glass of wine with its new owners and their designer. It was the first time for them to see their physical vision, and the reality of moving into their 'first' home came to life on their faces. Those smiles are what is real for me and what touches my heart. It makes everything matter.