Make a Mardi Gras mask from plastic gallon jug

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Make a mask from plastic gallon jug. Incredible! These could be sold as they are incredibly beautiful. Can we say Mardi Gras? See complete instructions from Goblin Art.com:

http://www.goblinart.com/2011/01/make-mask-from-plastic-bottles-happy.html

 

Artist Bio:

Monica J. Roxburgh is a maskmaker and sculptor originally from New Zealand, now residing in Portland, Oregon with her husband and son.

She made her first series of masks in 1995 as part of a BFA degree, then following a brief foray into physical theater and puppetry she opened the Goblin Art mask studio in 1999. Since then Monica has created and sold more than 3000 masks for art and craft shows, gallery exhibitions and internet sales.

She has worked on masks and props for film, television, theater, the fashion industry, and for book and album cover art. Notable clients include the Cirque du Soleil gift shop, the 2007 film The Wicker Man, and the British metal band Iron Maiden.

Monica scaled back her maskmaking in 2007 after becoming the parent of a wonderful, creative little boy, and she enjoys working on many art projects with him.

View Monica's personal blog The Magpie & the Mask, or view her Blogger profile

http://www.goblinart.com/p/artist-bio.html#

www.GoblinArt.com
Magnificent Masks & Quaint Curiosities

by Monica J. Roxburgh

Portland, OR

Retailers

Find my masks at Maskarade in New Orleans, and Mystique in Portland, OR

Find my wearable horns at Gumbo in Portland, OR

More retailer information here

Candle Powered Phone Charger

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http://lifehacker.com/5913239/charge-your-phone-with-a-diy-candle+powered-charger#

Charge Your Phone with a DIY Candle-Powered Charger

So the power's out, and you've broken out the candles to keep things well-lit—but your phone's about to die too, with no working wall outlet in sight! DIY weblog Tinkernut shows us how to power your phone with the heat of one of those candles.

This is one of those fun-but-only-mildly-practical projects perfect for a day off and a little science lesson. Essentially, you'll be using a Peltier device scavenged from a USB drink chiller, a can of cooking fuel, and a cheap AA phone charger to create the device. You won't need a ton of electronics experience to pull it off, either, so it's great for when you just feel like tinkering around. Of course, you could always charge it with the AA charger, but why waste a battery when you could charge your phone and light your house at the same time (not to mention roast a few marshmallows)? Check out the video to see it in action.

Candle Powered Phone Charger | Tinkernut

email the author: whitson at lifehacker.com

--- YouTube Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17VU2FkfDOM

Published on May 11, 2012 by gigafide

Learn how to make a cell phone charger using excess heat from an open flame. This also explains the concept of thermodynamics and the process of converting heat to energy.

Project Page: http://www.tinkernut.com/wiki/page/Episode_316

Parts List: USB Drink Chiller - http://goo.gl/cNfEc
Sterno cooking fuel - http://goo.gl/hSYWs
Emergency Cell Phone Charger - http://goo.gl/TvdY0

Bottle House on Instructables

Note: I'm going to build a house with sand and dirt filled bottles (called "bottle bricks.") I think cleaning up the community by stuffing the bottles with trash is also a good idea, and perhaps those bottles could be used for fences, garden walls and non-load bearing walls. Can't wait to try this! I've been collecting ideas, designs and techniques for years on my eco-architecture blog and now it's just about time! CT 

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This instructable tells you how to build a pavilion with these bottles.

1. Your first step is to collect as many discarded plastic bottles as you can..They can be of various capacities.

2. Next step is to find a place where you can get a hell load of dry sand (finer,the better).

3. Next process is to take the bottles, fill them with sand, sealed and then paste them with a mixture made of earth, clay, sawdust and a little cement to provide additional strength and durability.The following video shows how to fill the bottle.

4. Now you are all set.Always start with the pillar.You can have as many pillars as you want,but not less than 3.

5. Dig a cylindrical pit about 60cm in depth.The radius should be atleast 10cm more than the length of the bottle that you are going to use for constructing the pillar.

6. Make a cement bed(about 4cm thickness)in the pit.Insert an long iron/steel rod at the centre.Tie a long and strong thread to the rod. Now we are going to lay 10 or 11 bottles around this rod.For this,First lay a bottle on the bed such that the bottle is radially oriented towards the centre.(i.e.,the cap is oriented towards the rod).

7. Take the thread and make a knot around the neck of the bottle you just laid.Put the next bottle in similar way keeping in mind that the caps of the 2 bottles touch each other.Make a knot around the 2nd bottle also.Repeat the steps until you lay all the 11 bottles.You have made your first course of bottles.

8. Fill in the gaps between the bottles with rubble and cement.Make the next bed and continue this process till you fill the entire pit.Hurray!your foundation is complete.Leave it for a few hours so that the cement will solidify.

9. After you have made the foundation for all your pillars,you can start building the pillar.Lay the bottles like you did for the foundation,and you will see your pillars rising.You can put broken bricks or other construction wastes between the bottles so that they don't move.

10. Now if you want you can plaster your pillar with cement.This pillar is many times stronger much cheaper than an ordinary pillar made with bricks.

... more:
http://www.instructables.com/id/New-Innovation-in-Construction-using-Waste-Plastic/step2/Step-I/

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Bottle Boat PET

Estréia Pet Barco do Bolinha - Video 1 - Pedro Osório - RS (Portuguese)

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Uploaded by IuriBotelho on Mar 1, 2010

Estréia do Pet Barco do Bolinha na cidade de Pedro Osório -RS

Boat pet.PET cylinders 400. / Barco de garrafas pet.PET

 

Barco de garrafas pet.PET 400. 

Uploaded by 8998lucas1 on Aug 10, 2010

Barco com grande estabilidade, feito com 400 garrafas.
Bairro Sans souci..cidade - Eldorado do sul,RS
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amigo, parabéns pela atitude super ecológica! estou pensando em usar sua técnica para construir um caiaque. gostaria de saber quantas garrafas (aproximadamente) você utilizou, e se elas são da mesma marca (formato). outra curiosidade é em relação ao arrasto, a hidrodinâmica não fica prejudicada devido ao formato das garrafas na água (já que o fundo é feito de garrafas)? sei que são muitas perguntas, mas realmente fiquei impressionado com seu vídeo. 
Abraços, gabrielmanga84

(google translate from Portuguese) =  

friend, congratulations on super ecological attitude!'m thinking of using his technique to build a kayak. I wonder how many bottles (approximately) you used, and whether they are the same brand (format). Another curiosity is about to drag, the hydrodynamics is not prejudiced because of the shape of the bottles in the water (since the background is made of bottles)? I know there are many questions, but was really impressed with your video.

hugs, gabrielmanga84

 

Plastic Bottle PET Wall Garden / Botella de Plástico PET Wall Jardín

Organic and ecological / horta orgânica e ecológica : meio ambiente e reciclagem

Uploaded by nado178 on Jun 19, 2009

Wall PET bottles / Muro de garrafas PET

Wall PET bottles / Muro de garrafas PET

Plastic PET Bottle house - Spanish & English

Finally I discovered instructions for building plastic PET bottle houses in Spanish and English! Can't wait to get started!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wPMpzpAYqg&list=UUNJL8KvqonJSkwbKVXA73xg&index=6&feature=plcp

Casa construída com garrafas PET - House built with bottles. 

Conscious Cook / Cocinar Consciente

Cocinar Consciente / Conscious Cook (photo on Facebook)

I want to build this kitchen SOON.
My dream kitchen is within reach!

La Bioguia

https://www.facebook.com/pages/La-Bioguia/104438892938868

La Bioguia

www.labioguia.com

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La Bioguia - guía biorregional alternativa /

Translate from: Spanish

alternative bioregional guide

Tecnologías Apropiadas / Appropriate Technologies
Instructions in Spanish, so we can use them here in Guatemala:
http://labioguia.com/labioguia/archives/category/tecnologias-apropiadas

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http://labioguia.com/labioguia/archives/394

Tecnologías apropiadas – Cocina

Día 30 Agosto 2011, en Tecnologías Apropiadas, por La Bioguia

Las cocinas sin humos y ahorradoras de leña prometen mayores eficiencias y menos humo, resultando un ahorro en tiempo y trabajo, reduciéndose la deforestación y con beneficios significativos para la salud. Las Briquettes pueden convertir los residuos orgánicos en combustibles, ahorrando dinero y/o tiempo de recolección, preservando así los bosques.
Las cocinas solares son adecuadas para varias situaciones, en función del clima y del estilo de cocinado.
Las hornillas cohete mejoran la eficiencia energética y reducen la contaminación del aire en el interior.

  

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 Appropriate technologies - Kitchen
August 30 2011, Appropriate Technologies for the Bioguia

The smokeless stoves and firewood-saving promise greater efficiency and less smoke, resulting in a savings in time and labor, reducing deforestation and significant health benefits. The Briquettes can convert organic waste into fuel, saving money and / or time of harvesting, preserving forests.

Solar cookers are suitable for various situations, depending on climate and style of cooking.

The rocket stoves improve energy efficiency and reduce air pollution indoors.

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Glass bottle walls

http://www.inspirationgreen.com/glassbottlewalls.html

see this link.... wonderful photos and ideas, including great comments. Finish post later!

Original link from Cynthia Davis and friend on FB:

Patricia Swearingen Hecker This is The Bottle Chapel at Airlie Gardens, North Carolina a tribute to Minnie Evans. Here's the link to more cool bottle walls

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Patricia Swearingen Hecker http://www.inspirationgreen.com/glassbottlewalls.html

Glass Bottle Walls

inspirationgreen.com

glass bottle buildings, glass bottle building inspiration

Cut Wine Bottle in 30 seconds with a perfect Edge!

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Wine Bottle Cutting 30 seconds Perfect Edge Bottle Cutter GreenPowerScience.com Bottleneck Guitar Slide

Uploaded by GREENPOWERSCIENCE on Feb 28, 2010

 

http://www.greenpowerscience.com/BOTTLECUTTING.php3
This is the ONLY glass cutting method that cuts bottles perfect every time. A flaming string is not good. A blow torch is a BAD IDEA. Glass hammer will not work well.

http://www.greenpowerscience.com/BOTTLECUTTING.php3

I talked to a few people who have cut 1000's of bottles, they say "you cannot get a perfect cut, top will always be ruined" Not true. Perfect bottle cutting 95% of the time.

Glass Bottle Recycling. Reduce Reuse Recycle.
Make glasses from bottles.
Glass Bottleneck Guitar Slides.

DIY Bottleneck, Slide & Lap-Style guitarist.

http://www.greenpowerscience.com/BOTTLECUTTING.php3

Buy this bottle cutter directly from GreenPowerScience.com on their site. $45.00 USD + shipping. They ship worldwide. 

And they sell excellent glass glue: 1/4 oz. bottle --- USA $12 + shipping. Video:

ULTRA VIOLET CURE GLASS GLUE
Cures in regular sunlight, NO SPECIAL LAMP NEEDED!!!
For glass-to-glass and glass-to-mirror applications we prefer BOND Ultra-Violet Glass Glue. It has a light color, low
odor, and low water absorption, works like a charm in minutes and is absolutely permanent. BOND UV Glass Glue is
available in 1/4 oz. bottles since a little goes a long way. 1/4 oz. will cover approximately 160" sq (will seal 300 wine bottles)
Glue in a re-closable plastic bottle with applicator brush.

Solar Distilled Water, Water Filtration System

SOLAR DISTILLED WATER FRESNEL LENS WATER FILTRATION SYSTEM CLEAN DRINKING WATER
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Uploaded by GREENPOWERSCIENCE on Apr 26, 2008

These Water filtration systems offer an alternative to water damage cause by several causes. This solar distiller can creat water deliver of .5 GPH
http://www.greenpowerscience.com/

There are a lot of websites that quote the same incorrect information regarding distilled water in soda and mineral leaching. If this were true, and it is not, would be leached and water with sugar, or artificial sweetener would become heavy. If you are concerned, add 10mg Na to each liter. Also, eating food with water, all minerals are mixed with fluid in the stomach converting distilled water into mineral water. Distilled water is not magic, if you add a splash of milk to tea made with distilled water, you now have 10x the calcium of regular mineral water.

http://www.eves-best.com/distilled-water-myths.htm

Distilled water is very good for you. The only areas it may cause a problem is developing nations that have near famine conditions. For the rest of the world who usually ingest 15x the sodium recommended, distilled water leaches salt first. ONLY IF you are salt deprived (extremely rare) will distilled water leach excess potassium and or calcium.

You would need to drink about 2 gallons in 10 hours for there to be a problem.

If heavy sweating, water of any kind is only a thirst quencher or temporary fluid fix. Most people can afford 7 pounds of sweat (near gallon) replaced with only water before electrolytes become an issue. At that point, electrolytes are needed regardless of water type ingested. Mineral water has very small trace minerals and represents a small fraction of where K, Na, Ca is absorbed in the body. For you to get your average daily requirements of Ca and K from water alone, the water would taste terrible.

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Make a Cement Bowl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvB-caf_k4U&feature=uploademail

FRESNEL LENS 64" spot Solar concrete crusher Solar can melting 

NOTE in video: Fill one bowl with pure Portland Cement halfway and press a second bowl down until the cement squirts out. Let it set for 24 hours. Add water after setting and firm to harden the cement.

At 2:01 min / 7:29.

I want to make the concrete bowl in the video. I have no experience with concrete, so have questions. You wrote (at 2:01 min):
"Fill one bowl with pure Portland Cement halfway and press a second bowl down until the cement squirts out. Let it set for 24 hours. Add water after setting and firm to harden the cement."
Are you saying to fill a bowl with wet Portland Cement & then_ add more water after 24 hours setting? How much water afterwards? Fill the entire bowl with water to "firm the cement?"

CommentsSurvey 1 second ago

Response:

Hi,
Pure portland cement vs adding sand creates a stone like structure vs cement deck. Builders mix because of cost and also decks should have rough surface for wet no slip etc. The lower the sand to cement mix the higher the strength rating. Bowls are small volume so one 80lb bag can make many. Cement is endothermic when hardening. once the_ molded material is firm (cure in the shade higher humidity) about 36hrs. spray with water. After 72 hours fill with water or sink in water.

GREENPOWERSCIENCE in reply to CommentsSurvey (Show the comment) 6 minutes ago

You wrote: "after 72 hours, fill with water"... how long to keep water in the bowl? When to empty and let concrete bowl dry out?

Response:

Sink in water for 1 hour. Remove and allow to dry for 24 hrs. Then you can place in the sun to dry. The water anneals (sort of annealing usually refers to heat) the cement allowing slower cure time and a better cross linked structure preventing tiny cracks/fissures. Bubble holes can be filled with cement. Wet the bowl first prior to smoothing layer as this provides better adhesion. 24 hours is fine if your mixture was perfect. Most add too much water. Depends on humidity and weather.

GREENPOWERSCIENCE in reply to GREENPOWERSCIENCE (Show the comment) 10 minutes ago