Scottie dogs. My book Unsealed: The Art of the Bottle Cap features more than 200 examples of this mostly unintentional but sculpturally impactful artwork. Order via interestingideas.com, linked from my bio.

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The design of these three figures is quite common, and can be traced to Canada. On eBay they tend to be sold out of Canada or northern-tier states, and in the fourth image a Canadian source is printed on the base (Not all of these figures have this base). Meanwhile, my book about these pop-culture craft items, Unsealed: The Art of the Bottle Cap, is now available. Discarded caps from beer and soda containers inspired a quintessentially 20th century folk craft as creative individuals strung millions of them into baskets, figures, buildings, animals, chains, furniture and other shapes. My book features more than 200 examples of this mostly unintentional but artistically impactful sculpture. Order via interestingideas.com, linked from my bio.

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Well dressed, I’d say.

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