a CAPtivating new project

The objective of our new project is to make something out of a used bottle cap. My friend Sara and I collaborated after the preliminary sketching and did the project together. Below are some of her initial ideas.



Below are my preliminary sketches. The one we decided to execute is near the middle on the right. (The little cap man.)
Picture this..a cap..made into a little cap animal, man, alien. You name it. Once this simple idea came up, the possibilities were endless.
We sat together in class and sketched up a storm. We decided together to name them "Capples"--Its kind of like PEOple...only with a cap. So, capple.

First, we started with some wire off of last semester's time capsule project. If that isn't considered recycling, I just don't know what is.
Afterwards, we cut the wire and shaped it into little wire hands and little wire feet. Sara is a master at this!
Then comes the choosing of the bottle cap. (It is amazing how fast these things can accumulate.)
Ahh! This one is perfect.
More wire. Wire is a very crucial part of this project. It is what turns the cap from a regular ol' cap, to something that has personality.
We found that if you twist the wire together, it is stronger and better able to hold up the cap.
Next, one must punch some holes into the cap. This is where the wire goes through to become a limb.
Sara made little "peace" fingers.
Its a hippy! Groovy

He has spunk.
A couple of our Capples are functional. This little guy can hold business cards, notes, or pictures.
A mother, holding her young.
Another functional Capple holds my pen when I'm not using it. How nice of him.
A capple a day keeps the doctor away. Haha...get it?
This one holds dangle earrings.
Here is the whole gang.


We definitely had a blast with this idea. Like I stated previously, there is so much that you can make with this idea. We love how marketable Capples are. I have seen people pay for things like this, so I know there is a market for it. Our Capples are the epitome of good, clean fun and can really brighten up someone's day. This project has been one of my favorites so far. It is amazing to see how one can take something so mundane and change it to be something completely different. I guess that's "recycle" in a nutshell.