When I first saw this image from Coastal Living magazine I remember thinking, I've seen that totally unique artwork before! The artist behind these portraits is Molly B. Right . Back in my HGTV days I remember seeing her work at the communal printer in the production office. One of my co-workers was researching a show that was going to feature her amazing and offbeat artwork. To me it was the most creative technique I had seen in art in a long time. Bottle caps as art, say what? Yes, those are bottle caps strategically placed to create a portrait.
The work is has a "magic eye" quality to it, up close you see all the details and texture and then when you look at it from varying distances it appears to be something completely different. Angie Hranowsky is a fan.
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viaMolly starts out painting a portrait on a sheet of metal and then she starts to glue the caps on top of the portrait.
A close up shows the detail of the bottle caps and the layering it takes to make the image complete. Right takes special care in affixing each cap so that no glue seeps out and shows.
Super close up- look at all those vintage bottle caps! The caps themselves are collectible pieces, produced between the 1930's - 1970's.
Sometimes she will add a transparent layer of glaze to enhance the colors and texture of the piece.
Each portrait measures 4'x5'
They can weigh up to 70lbs!
Right's interpretation of Botticelli's Birth of Venus
An iconic religious motif. The tradition of religious figures in artwork depicted on wood or metal motivated Right's work and as she explored working with other materials. Can you imagine collecting all those caps, sorting through them and then mapping out the design and placement? Phew! It is exhausting just thinking about it. 
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