Bottle cap art by Dee Henderson
Dee Henderson created this fabulous mosaic style table top and lamp for his son. What college student wouldn’t want one of these? it’s about 95% finished in these shots:
These are the steps Dee writes that he took to create this masterpiece:
- got a couple of kegs from Craig’s List (2 for $15)
- they were in pretty bad shape, but I got it looking pretty good, though the deeper gouges remain
- ran pipe with electrical in it and installed light fixture at top
- you will see has a “proto-type” shade made from Corona advertising
- the table top is made of the beer caps attached with mastic to 3/4″ plywood, and then grouted
- and last but not least, you turn it on/off with a pull chain that has a tapper handle on it
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4 opinions for Bottle cap art by Dee Henderson
freebird(Timaree)
Feb 21, 2008 at 11:45 pm
I can see how a college boy would love a table like this. What a great use for bottle caps! And what a lucky kid to have a dad who’ll make a table like this for him!
Rebecca
Feb 23, 2008 at 8:09 pm
This is too cool! Are you willing to make others for sale? I’m interested in one - just name your price!
Cyndi
Feb 23, 2008 at 8:26 pm
I’ll make sure Dee knows about your interest, Rebecca :-)
Dee Henderson’s new project
Jul 8, 2008 at 9:01 am
[…] that Dee Henderson shared some really fun bottlecap art awhile back, including a piece that utilized a keg to make a lamp for his son. Well, Dee is back at it! This time, it’s a 5L beer keg table […]
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