you may have read my post last week about my glass adventure
now that Mother's Day is past,
I can show the results
(these were gifts)
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these are the bottles before firing:
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| (left) balsamic vinegar bottle (center) bacardi rum bottle (right) run of the mill wine bottle |
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the process
(known as "slumping)
involves heating the glass bottle in a kiln up to 1400 degrees
and then gradually bringing the temperature back down
doing this flattens the bottle nicely:
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| (left) balsamic vinegar bottle (center) wine bottle (right) rum bottle |
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the fun part was decorating them:
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for the rum bottle, I decoupaged the reverse side with a postcard image and old book text
then I added the faux sailor knot around the top:
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for the wine bottle and the vinegar bottle,
I added copper wire and beads around the bottle neck
and I also wire wrapped a cheese knife
the wine bottle makes a perfect cheese plate:
if this looks like fun to you,
look for local ceramic or stained glass shops
sometimes the "paint your own" ceramics places have classes just for this
it's fun - and makes a great gift!
