In addition to the dumplings shih makes ceramic versions of items you would likely find in an asian grocery store.
Melting bottles into ceramics.
The following will walk you through answering all the above questions with the hope that the mystery of using glass with pottery is removed and more ceramic artists will use it.
After a soak in hot soapy water you can usually scrape the glue off without much ado.
Aloha i am working on recycled pet plastic for art projects.
Using different colors of plastic bottles can create interesting effects.
I have read everything that i can find on melting clear pet and reforming it.
Place the bottle on its side and if desired stick a piece of 20 gauge twisted copper wire inside the neck.
A tool like a putty knife wallpaper scraper or an unwanted credit card can help.
Fold the felt in half with the glass in the middle.
If your bottles have labels that appear painted like corona or belvedere bottles you can melt your bottle with these still in place.
We used a hammer a piece of felt a rock and safety goggles when breaking up the glass.
I cut clear water bottles into small pieces and place on a cookie sheet and place in 500f degree oven.
Plastic baby food containers work well to store and sort the broken glass.
Any ceramic or glass kiln can be utilized for this.
We teach its use to our students our ceramic instructors artists incorporate it into their work and recently we started using it with children s projects.
To melt glass successfully and safely you must own a kiln.
Glass bottle slumping glass bottle slumping is becoming quite popular possibly because you don t even need to buy expensive glass you can re use the wine and beer bottles.
Experiment with colors when crafting with melted plastic.
For example to make gum drop christmas tree ornaments try pouring red and green plastic into shot glasses.
A kiln suitable for glass melting purposes will run you somewhere in the neighborhood of 4000 to 10 000 based on 2010 prices but if you turn your melted glass bottles into art and sell it you may eventually be able to recoup your expenses.
You will need a kiln that is able to fire to about 1500 degrees or higher.
Bags of rice cans and bottles of sauce.
My issue is it keeping it clear or at least translucent for the art projects.