Stuart Haygarth has a way with flotsam.
Over 1800 water bottles confiscated at the the Stansted Airport, London were used to create this chandelier, Drop, that was displayed at Design Miami last week. The artist transformed the bottles, giving them the appearance of frosted glass, by cutting off the bases and turning them in a cement mixer with sand and water. {source}
He is best known for his Tide Chandelier - a small edition of chandeliers constructed out of objects that washed up on a specific stretch of the Kent shore. {source}
The Millennium Chandelier is a small edition of chandeliers - each constructed out of 1,000 exploded party poppers collected on January 1st, 2000 in the streets of London following the millennium New Year's celebration. { source }
