Flattened bottles- or what I do with the empties
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Slumped glass bottles- or what I do with the empties
My name is Jill Egan, I'm an artist, I work in lots of media such as overglaze painting, or china painting as it's often called, watercolours and glass slumping and fusing and jewellery making.
I thought it would be fun to show you how I recycle glass bottles using my kiln. If you want to see some more bottles visit my Etsy store www.etsy.com/shop/KilnFiredArt
Squashed bottles- no I didn't sit on them
Being an artist/ artisan, and someone who likes to recycle (and have the odd tipple in an evening) I found a great way to recycle empty wine and gin bottles, no I didn't sit on them, as someone at a craft fair suggested. I slump them in my kiln. They make great spoon rests, cheese boards, or they can be used for slicing lemons for that G&T.Friends love them and they are always a talking point so they make great gifts for the host when invited to dinner parties
How do I slump a bottle?
First of all you need to drink the contents of the bottle. I know this is such a chore!Then you wash the bottle and remove the labels and all traces of glue residue needs to be removed. Then dry the bottles in the oven.
Then I lay the bottles on the prepared shelves in my kiln.
The temperature 's rising!!!
The firing cycle takes many hours, the kiln is gradually heated to around 800C to melt the bottles. The glass is annealed which takes the stress out of the glass and helps prevent the bottles shattering The next day
The kiln is left to cool overnight. Not until you open it the next morning do you know if the bottle slumping has been a success or if the kiln gremlins have been up to their mischief Bespoke bottles
Weddings and special occaision bottles
I also slump customers own bottles.If you live in the Uk and would like me to slump your bottle then please go to my website
www.flat-bottles.co.uk and use the 'contact us' page to get in touch
My customer said:
"I've received my bottle. Absolutely brilliant! Thank you so much for all your help.
Jane"
Custom framed bottle
do you have a special bottle you would like framed?
If you have a bottle from a special occasion in your life, I can flatten it and frame it for you (UK mainland only)
Screen printed bottles
A custom bottle dish
A customer sent me a rather nice screen printed whisky bottle to be made into a dish. It has screen printed labels, this is a bit of a worry when firing as you are never sure if they will burn off or they are able to withstand the high temperatures. So far so good, this one worked. i think it make a rather attractive nut dish.
grey Goose is one that works really well.
My flat bottle cheeseboard made Etsy's front page.
I recently opened an Etsy shop to sell my work including flattened bottles.
Imagine my surprise to see my flat bottle cheeseboard on the Etsy UK front page.
This is the treasury ' In the kitchen' made by LittleMissPoppet
To go to Kiln Fired Art on Etsy and see what I have for sale in my shop click the link below.
I've recently listed some bling bottle cheese boards
www.etsy.com/shop/kilnfiredart
Drunken bottles
If you would like to see my experiments with making drunken bottles click on the image Etsy
Kiln Fired Art- my Etsy shop
Here are some of my bottles for sale on Etsy
Custom framed bottle- champagne, wine, beer bottle, special occasion momento | Price: $55
Do you have a special bottle, that you treasure? Maybe a champagne bottle from a wedding, anniversary, engagement, christening, or any special moment... (full description)
Melted bottle cheeseboard with knife- blue & gold glass with bubbles | Price: $18
Melted bottle cheese board made from a recycled optics bottle, blue and gold, complete with kitchen devils knife.
This listing is straight out of th... (full description)
Flattened bottle silver, turquoise, genuine flattened bottle, melted bottle, spoon rest | Price: $0
Flattened Bacardi bottle to use as a cheeseboard, or spoon rest, or use for serving foods, e.g. smoked salmon, canapes or sushi. Made from a recycled... (full description)
Flattened bottle cheeseboard with knife- turquoise blue, gold | Price: $0
Flattened bottle cheese board made from a recycled optics bottle, turquoise blue and gold, complete with kitchen devils knife.
Impress your guests w... (full description)
Flat bottle cheeseboard with knife- turquoise, silver, grey blue | Price: $0
Bottle cheese board made from a recycled optics bottle, turquoise silver and blue grey with kitchen devils knife.
This bling bottle cheeseboard will... (full description)
Flat bottle cheeseboard with knife- blue, silver, gold | Price: $0
Bottle cheese board made from a recycled bottle, blue, silver and gold, complete with kitchen devils knife.
These large bottle cheeseboards make gre... (full description)
Flat bottle spoon rest, cobalt blue, flat Harvey's sherry bottle, recycled bottle | Price: $0
Flattened bottle to use as a cheeseboard, or spoon rest, or use for serving foods, e.g. smoked salmon, canapes or sushi. Made from a recycled blue she... (full description)
Flat Gordon's gin bottle cheeseboard with knife- flattened bottle, melted bottle | Price: $0
Gordon's gin bottle cheese board made from a recycled genuine gin bottle, with kitchen devils knife.
This flattened bottle cheeseboard measures... (full description)
Flat Gordon's gin bottle cheeseboard with knife- flattened bottle, melted bottle | Price: $17
Gordons gin bottle cheese board made from a recycled genuine gin bottle, with kitchen devils knife.
This flattened bottle cheeseboard measures 26cm... (full description)
Web sites you might like
- Flat Bottles UK
- My shop selling flat bottles to use as cheesboards, spoon rests etc, and bottle dishes, candle holders, clocks.
- Kiln fired Art
- Hand crafted glass,and jewellery as well as hand painted china
- My blog
- see what I've been making recently
- Porcelain painters International Online
- Full of information about overglaze or porcelain painting
- Fired Art Jewellery
- My jewellery website
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ldgraham
Feb 3, 2012 @ 8:32 am | delete
- As a new member to Squidoo, the content in your articles are still amazing to me! I love the work you are doing, and enjoyed your ideas very much! I had never before thought about the use for empty bottles. Thank goodness there are people like you here!!!
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purpleslug
Dec 27, 2011 @ 1:03 pm | delete
- Great job telling and showing the step of slumping wine bottles.
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WooHue
Dec 17, 2011 @ 2:33 am | delete
- I always wondered how this work was done! Thanks for sating my curiosity. :)
Lisa from WooHue
www.woohue.com
woohue.etsy.com
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ladykida
Dec 10, 2011 @ 9:54 pm | delete
- Brilliant indeed!
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bakerwoman
Oct 1, 2011 @ 12:17 pm | delete
- I see some slumped bottles being sold as cheese boards in stores but did not know how these were made. Stumbling upon this lens enlightened me today. I reallly like the idea of slumping souvenir bottles from weddings, anniversaries, etc. Do you put the labels back after firing in the kiln? Thanks for sharing creative side. Blessed by a SquidAngel.
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