Afternoon sunlight reflects off cobalt blue bottles shaped like violins, cats and grape clusters on iron-rebar tree branches in Cindy Norwood’s back yard. She kneels to adjust a perfume bottle ...

Bottle trees are rare, though. We knew they had to be out there somewhere and, sure enough, ... Wood posts with large nails or rebar rods can stand in for trees.

I got a dozen of ’em, no two alike, ranging from homemade cedar tree trunks festooned with wine bottles to inexpensive 4- and 7-foot rebar trees provided by Mississippi Prison Industries to ...

One of my favorite gardening traditions is the bottle tree. Whether they are actually trees or yard art made of wood and dowels or metal rebar, the sight of colored bottles catching sun in the ...

Bottle tree sculpture is what we’re talking about today. ... Decorative bottles (5) 1/2″ rebar, 36″ long; 16- or 18-gauge copper wire; Assorted large glass or acrylic beads; ...

The welded rebar was adorned with replica dog tags bearing the names of veterans to mark National Vietnam War Veterans Day. The tree took over 1,000 hours to weld according to Stacey Buckner, who ...

They likely won’t be happy in my saying the best bottle tree skeletons of sure-to-last rebar (you can find the necessary bottles at flea markets and online) I know of are sold at the imperiled ...

Present-day bottle trees often consist of a metal "tree" structure made of rebar or steel. ... The bottle tree was brought to the Americas during the slave trade in the 1700s.

SALEM, Idaho — A 9-year-old Idaho girl who died after a piece of metal impaled her head when she fell from a tree was able to save four lives and someone’s vision through organ donation ...

The bar frame’s bottom rebar was set in concrete that was 12 inches deep. This keeps the bar from getting knocked over. Step 3: Stack the bottles. The bottles were set in the frame using mortar mix.