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Friday, March 11, 2016

an impressionist landscape

A photo posted by Emma Cotter (@rettocamme) on


Just finished this challenging impressionist landscape bottle cap tapestry. Commissioned by a couple to commemorate their 25 years of marriage and the five States they have lived in together, I was asked to use primarily bottle caps from MI, CT, NY, NC, and PA. The landscape itself was inspired by views of North Carolina's Mountain-to-Sea Trail - I used photos that had been posted to their website's interactive map for reference.

I ended up using well over 50 varieties of bottle caps - probably about 75% from the States that had been requested. I have not altered the existing colors in any manner.

























for more of my bottle cap tapestry work-in-progress and installation pics, please visit this Flickr album: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rettocamme/albums/72157627238328853

most of my available works are listed on Etsy: www.rettocamme.etsy.com

for commission inquires, please email: rettocamme@gmail.com

Saturday, August 30, 2014

a bottle cap tapestry for Spirited


In 2014, Baketender Kimberly Wetherell commissioned
Emma Cotter of RETTOCAMME Inc to create a
 custom bottle cap tapestry for the event room at Spirited:
a "dessert speakeasy" coming soon to Brooklyn!

 digital mockup and test layout with Spirited's logo

 sorting bottle caps by color

 sewing the caps together with steel wire

 tapestry in progress hanging off work table 

 verso of the completed tapestry

installation in Spirited's event room - August 2014


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