Many consider wine bottles as trash and throw them away while there are some who recycle these bottles to create stunning pieces of artwork. /VCG Photo 

A Chinese artist named Liu Xiaoqi from Dandong City in northeast China’s Liaoning Province has built a goblet-like sculpture using 1,000 blue and white porcelain wine bottles. /VCG Photo

Although it took only one week in the construction of the structure, Liu spent over a year to collect the bottles from donors across the country. /VCG Photo

In order to improve the sculpture’s ornamental value, Liu dismissed his first thought of using beer bottles and instead chose Chinese white liquor bottles with beautiful paintings portraying ancient Chinese women. /VCG Photo