Retiree, 77, turns heads with community artwork using 80,000 bottle caps in Singapore' Bedok

Sim Boh Huat, 77, with his colourful bottle cap artwork located adjacent to Block 26 New Upper Changi Road. - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE, Dec 24 (The Straits Times/ANN): Crouching down on his knees, a man in a batik shirt gingerly hammered another bottle cap into the cement, working on a mosaic artwork in the middle of an open neighbourhood square in Bedok.

The artist, retiree Sim Boh Huat, said he empties his mind and simply lets intuition guide his work, which has bottle caps forming the shape of Singapore, framed by bright flowers.