It is a process that takes plenty of time and patience. Artist Willie Cole created a chandelier out of 3,000 recycled water bottles, each with an image of the Buddha printed on a plastic sheet inside.
"I had a dream about a chandelier that had a Buddha in every bottle, so my first chandelier was a Buddha chandelier, and it's actually my favorite," Cole said.
"The struggle between beauty and ugliness is embedded in my chandeliers: trash as treasure as teacher," he said in a press release.
In addition to addressing the global issue of single-use plastic bottles, Cole also wanted to underscore the need for fresh drinking water while acknowledging the damage caused to the environment by its disposal.
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