by Jodi McRaney Rusho | Bottle Glass
Sometimes I get lucky and get a very unusual bottle in the stash. Last fall, when this one turned up in my bottle donation box, I was pretty excited about it. I thought it would make an awesome dish with the skull on the inside. The first thing I did was cut the top...
by Jodi McRaney Rusho | Bottle Glass
Here’s a fun project to do with our bottle bottom rocket mold. Step 1: Kiln wash the rocket mold Step 2: Mix 1/2 teaspoon white Float Fire frit with glow powder: You can test if you have enough glow powder by simply turning off the lights Step 3: Fill the...
by Jodi McRaney Rusho | Bottle Glass
Occasionally in the very mixed bag of bottles that ends up in my studio, there will be an oval shaped one. Oval shaped bottles slump well, there isn’t much chance of them rolling about on the shelf. But, they are also wonderful for making other things. If you...
by Jodi McRaney Rusho | Bottle Glass
Recently one of my tutorials was picked up by a lifestyle website list, the best things to do with recycled wine bottles. There were lots of ideas, but some of the instructions were sketchy, so I thought it would be fun to show you how I would do it. Today...
by Jodi McRaney Rusho | Bottle Glass
A lot of bottles get cut up around here, somewhere around 60 a week, and I’ve never been able to figure out what to do with the shoulder section of the bottles. I usually just pitch it into the city glass recycling system, which is fine I suppose. But it would...
by Jodi McRaney Rusho | Bottle Glass
Yet another use for the versatile Triangle Bead Mold kit. Even if you don’t make jewelry, you might want to buy one of these, they are pretty darn cool. What we are doing today is using the whole length of the bead mold to make long triangular bar beads that...
