Melting Bottles Into Ceramics

Then fire up a kiln and place some kiln resistant paper on the shelf you ll be using so the glass doesn t fuse to it when it melts.
Melting bottles into ceramics. If you plan on using your flattened wine bottle as wall art cut a small piece of 14 gauge wire twist it into a decorative shape or simply curve it and slip it into the opening of the bottle so that the top portion is still sticking out. Using a kiln you heat the bottle to extremely high temperatures and melt slump the glass to get the shape that you want. He made sure that they were all marked hdpe which stands for high density polyethylene. Melting glass in ceramics once upon a time when i was in high school my friend and i who had both decided to major in art education were given a lot of freedom to experiment in art class.
The wire will be fused into the melted glass and will allow you to hang the flattened bottle. Experiment with colors when crafting with melted plastic. Somehow one of us came up with the idea of sticking stained glass scraps into clay and melting it in the kiln. Glass has different melting points depending on what the composition of the glass actually is.
Pure silica needs fluxes to melt at lower temperature. Using different colors of plastic bottles can create interesting effects. For example to make gum drop christmas tree ornaments try pouring red and green plastic into shot glasses. If you want the glass bottle to melt into a certain shape place it in a mold before you put it in the kiln.
This imgur user collected leftover plastic bottles and bottle caps over the course of several months. To melt a glass bottle start by cleaning it and removing any labels and residue. You can use these flattened vessels as cheese platters or paint or hang them to create original art projects. You can create intriguing art by melting bottles flat.
To melt glass successfully and safely you must own a kiln. Appendix b glass melting point.