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Our 55th Session takes a look at Label, Coaster and Cap Art. Our host, Curtis Taylor at Hop Head Said …, expounds on his topic Label, Coaster and Cap Art, and describes how to participate:

On September 2, bloggers from around the world will converge at HopHeadSaid to write about the fabulous world of beer art found on coasters, labels and caps. I am guessing that I am not so different from other beer enthusiasts – I like to collect beer labels, bottle caps and coasters. I think they are perfect souvenirs from beer travels or drinking sessions. Judging by the size of my collection you could say that I have had many enjoyable drinking sessions over the years!

Now it is time to dig through your stash and share your favorite label, coaster or cap art.

Posting Directions:

  1. Choose your favorite label, coaster or cap art.
  2. Scan, download or take a picture of your label, coaster or cap art.
  3. Write a paragraph that explains your affinity to your entry. Your explanation can be as shallow as or as deep as you want.
  4. If the brewery name or beer name is obscured be sure to label your entry to give credit where credit is due.
  5. Please limit your entries to commercial examples. Homebrew labels will be a topic for another session.
  6. Extra karma points will be awarded to those who write about two or more categories (label, coaster or cap art).
  7. Post your blog entry on or before Friday, September 2, 2001 and e-mail your link to curtis [at] hopheadsaid [dot] com.
  8. Alternate posting method: Post your picture and explanation on my HopHeadSaid Facebook page and I will copy your post to the “official” location.
  9. I will collect the entries throughout the day and post them on this page: The Session: Label, Coaster and Cap Art.

They say you can’t judge a book by its cover, but what about a beer by its label, crown or coaster? Let us know what you think for the next Session on Friday, September 2.

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Today’s featured artwork is by an RN from Plano, Texas, who in in his spare time makes incredible works of art using crowns, or bottlecaps, as his medium. The one that I first saw was a bottle cap version of the famous work by Henri Matisse, Icarus. The framed bottlecap Icarus is 2.5 by 4 feet.

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And here’s one of his Warhol-inspired portraits of Marilyn Monroe.

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Here’s how he got into making bottlecap art, from his blog:

My work with bottle caps all started as a joke in college, but eventually became a hobby, and moreover a form of art that is quite interesting, stimulating, and rare. It is also keeping in theme with today’s mindset of reusing and recycling trash to make genuine treasures. I have many friends, relatives, coworkers, and favorite drinking/dining establishments who save bottle caps for me.

A friend of mine opened a bar in 2008, and I offered my first piece as decoration in the bare-walled establishment. After receiving copious and favorable feedback about my first piece, I decided to undertake bottle capping more seriously in 2009. I have completed several ‘spec’ pieces, in addition to selling my first piece in August 2009. In March 2010 I had a showing of all of my bottle cap artwork.

Here’s that first one he did, which was started n 2002 but not finished until 2006.

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I think this is my favorite of his originals, a mostly blue field with the sun in the corner.

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And finally, here’s another Matisse inspired piece, his recreations of Blue Nude, Souvenir of Biskra.

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You can see the rest of Harris’ bottlecap works at his portfolio, many of which are for sale.

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Bottle Cap Game

by Jay Brooks on November 6, 2009 · 4 comments

in Beers,Just For Fun,Related Pleasures

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I stumbled on this very cool beer bottle cap game. It’s essentially one of those simple memory matching games but uses crowns and flash technology to create a fun little game.

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You start out with 36 upside down crowns, after showing you them right-side up for a few seconds.

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Then you have to find all the pairs as it times how long it takes. You also get 100 points for each match found but lose 5 points for each wrong guess. You can also make it a little harder by clicking on one of the eight single color crowns to the right of the multicolored one to play a game using crowns of just one color, which is slightly more difficult to play.

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Fun stuff. Finally a time suck that I can pretend is really work. Give it a whirl.

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