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" Whether it&amp;#039;s used to construct a mural celebrating Michael Jordan&amp;#039;s admission to the Hall of Fame or to build a life-size elephant sculpture, the almighty bottle has come a long way. Not only has its availability, material diversity and stability made it a popular choice for artists, architects and environmentalists, but even marketers see the benefits of reusing everyday drinking containers to express themselves. Read on for eight incredible creations built with bottles. Grandma Prisbrey&amp;#039;s Bottle Village  In 1956, then 60-year-old folk artist Tressa &amp;quot;Grandma&amp;quot; Prisbrey began building this National Register of Historic Places landmark with recycled items she collected from the local landfill. The &amp;quot;upcycling&amp;quot; pioneer worked 25 years on 15 full-size structures (seven of which still stand), a mosaic walkway, shrines and wishing wells, all located in Simi Valley, California. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia.org.  Minnie Evans Sculpture Garden House  In 2004, local artists built this &amp;quot;chapel&amp;quot; with 4,000 bottles, in honor of folk artist and visionary Minnie Evans. Located in Wilmington, North Carolina, the chapel\u2014which features surrounding sculptures also made by local artists\u2014stands in Airlie Gardens, where Evans worked most of her life and exhibited her work. Photo by Chuck Carmack.  Dying for a Drink  For 2009&amp;#039;s Sculpture by the Sea, an annual three-week art demonstration held in Sydney, Australia, environmental public artist Phil Hall entered this large-scale piece, which was first displayed at the Sustainable Living Festival in Melbourne&amp;#039;s Federation Square earlier in the year. Hall made the sculpture to raise awareness of the critical global water shortage, using plastic water bottles, wire mesh, glass and plywood riot shields. Photo courtesy of Phil Hall.  Michael Jordan Mosaic  Using the limited-edition Gatorade bottles released in 2009 to commemorate Michael Jordan&amp;#039;s Basketball Hall of Fame induction, the PR team at Gatorade joined with some of Jordan&amp;#039;s fans and teammates to create this 19,000-bottle mosaic of the basketball legend performing his signature dunk. The piece was displayed in a Chicago park in July 2009. Photo courtesy of Gatorade.  The Plastiki  British environmentalist David de Rothschild is currently on the last leg of an 11,000-mile trip across the Pacific Ocean toward The Eastern Pacific Garbage patch, a floating landfill between California and Hawaii twice the size of Texas. His vessel is a 60-ft. sailboat made of 12,000 two-liter plastic bottles (and mesh), which he built with his team at Adventure Ecology, de Rothschild&amp;#039;s organization that mounts far-flung expeditions to environmentally sensitive areas in order to raise awareness. Photo courtesy of Adventure Ecology.  PET Flowers  Based in East Hampton, Long Island, biologist Laura Astor is known for her eco-fashion sense. From just one recycled Coca-Cola bottle made of PET (polyethylene terephthalate), Astor creates several flowers by first cutting the shape, using a heating device to mold the plastic, then painting and embellishing. Her work is available for purchase at Etsy.com. Photo courtesy of Laura Astor. Plastic Bottle Elephant  For the Glastonbury Art Festival in 2007, Greenpeace representatives Mike Sims, Beth Williams, Jenny Purret and Al Petfield worked together to build this structure with over a thousand empty milk jugs. Photo courtesy of Emma Campbell via Flickr.com.  Farm Fountain 4  Artists Amy Youngs and Ken Rinaldo created this &amp;quot;living artwork&amp;quot; in 2008 using 50 bottles. Originally displayed at New Zealand&amp;#039;s Te Papa Museum from June 2008 to June 2009, this personal hydroponics system\u2014for growing edible and ornamental fish and plants in a constructed, indoor ecosystem\u2014works as a functional chandelier, water fountain, garden and fish farm all in one. Photo courtesy of Amy Youngs via Flickr.com.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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