Art, Inspiration and General Musings

April 12, 2010

Air Supply


A couple of months back, I spotted a DIY tutorial on how to make an air-plant chandelier over at Modish. I liked the general concept, but decided to make mine a little different. Instead of using CB2's whirly hanging candleholders (which I still plan to use to make something similar to this bird feeder), I opted to use their teardrop diamond hanging vases. I purchased black gravel from my local aquarium, some air plants from Capital Nursery, and twine and a ceiling hook from a hardware store. I put it all together and this is what I got:

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow! That looks fantastic, Erin!

K.

Anonymous said...

So neat! Maybe I'll go make one too!

thezenofmaking said...

I saw the same post at Modish via the Ready Made blog, and now I'm completely obsessed with air plants! I'm planning to use lab glass and and wire for some of mine, which will either be awesome or a complete visual catastrophe.

Angeline said...

That looks great! I really like the teardrop shapes.

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