Awhile back I shared my new obsession with bottle cutters. One of the reasons for the obsession was that I really wanted to experiment with the material, and I had the idea to make a wind spinner.

I love the wooden wind spinners that look like they transform their shape as they spin. I thought: “Could I do that with recycled materials?” Turns out I can! The bottle string is light and strong and fairly easy to shape with a little heat. And if anyone else wants to make a cool looking spinner with recycled materials, I made a video to show how I did it.

Not only is the spinner fun to watch in the wind, I hung it near the coop to scare away aerial predators and wild birds that may be carrying avian bird flu. (That is my story and I’m sticking to it. It is not at all that I have a fixation with kinetic sculpture.)