Bottle Glass Fusing Articles

One of the questions I get very frequently is “How do I make holes in bottle bottoms if I don’t want to drill?”  And I get it, drilling is only a tiny bit fun.  So, I did some experimenting and found I could fuse loops into my bottle bottoms.  While they aren’t the...

Removing labels from bottles before fusing is always a chore! I’ve found one way to make it somewhat easier is to do the bottles in batches. Start with a bunch of bottles, this is just part of my stash: Bottles ready to be processed I prefer to cut the bottles before...

Most bottle factories mark their bottles with a series of symbols and/or numbers.  These are called Punt Marks.  If you have bottles with identical punt marks, it is a pretty safe bet they came from the same batch, and would therefore be compatible.  Let’s have a...

Decals are a quick and fun way to add detail to your fused bottle projects.  Most low fire ceramic decals and low fire glass decals will work very well on bottles and float glass.  Most decals are water slide decals which means that they are a thin film image that...

Once you’ve mastered the basics of fusing bottle bottoms on molds, you can expand your glass practice and add colors to your designs. There are 3 main ways to add colors to fused bottle bottoms: Frits, Enamels and Mica. All of these have different processes, so we’ll...