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Nifty Plastic Bottle Cutter for Upcycling Plastic Bottles into Jewelry!  More Recent Articles  Search The Beading Gem's Journal Nifty Plastic Bottle Cutter for Upcycling Plastic Bottles into Jewelry! Upcycling is a great way to reuse unwanted material such as plastic bottles. The Plastic Bottle Cutter is a nifty tool for turning plastic bottles into strips which then can be used in many ways.  As twine, as a rope and also as a craft material.  This French project is still within the fundraising period but the Kickstarter project has already reached more than 20x the original goal.  It is clear many people can see a lot of functional and creative potential in this device. Watch the video and see how fast strips can be made with the tool. The inventors also show how you can apply heat to obtain pretty twists in the plastic strip.  Wrap something up with the plastic twine, apply heat and the strip will shrink and tighten. The tool can be used to cut strips of varying widths. One very useful application is in the garden. But the creative fun lies with crafting from the examples here : One outstanding designer I featured before is French artist, Florie Salnot. I wrote about her stunning Plastic Gold designs. She worked with a nonprofit organization trying to help Saharan refugees earn a living. She came up with a way of using plastic bottle strips, hot sand, and a simple template. Read more about the project and see more designs here.  Check links below for more inspiring upcycled plastic bottle jewelry designers. Plastic Gold Necklace Design by Florie Salnot Before You Go: Gorgeous PET Upcycled Jewelry by Gülnur Özdağlar Recycled Plastic Water Container Jewelry Inspirations and Tutorials How to Make Recycled Water or Pop Bottle Jewelry ______________________________ Original Post by THE BEADING GEM Jewelry Making Tips - Jewelry Business Tips           Share Your Comment! Share Your Comment! Related Posts Upcycled Leaves from PET Bottles for Jewelry Making Easy Wire Circle Ring Tutorial Eco DIY Mandalas from Old CDs, Beads and Broken Jewelry   • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • More Recent Articles Fragrance Polymer Clay Jewelry by Lixori Winner of the Mastering Peyote Book Giveaway Little Windows' $50 Resin Supplies Giveaway | Pressed Flower and Sticker Feature Wire and Bead Animal Art Inspirations and Tutorials by Yulia Chasovskikh How to Bead Crochet a Ring using Elastic Tutorial How an Amazing Medieval Arcade Gem Setting is Made! Winner of the Leather Corded Fusion Ties Book Giveaway   Contact Me • Past Issues • Join This List • Unsubscribe     Click here to safely unsubscribe from "The Beading Gem's Journal." Click here to view mailing archives, here to change your preferences, or here to subscribe • Privacy Email subscriptions powered by FeedBlitz, LLC, 365 Boston Post Rd, Suite 123, Sudbury, MA 01776, USA.