Casting with Recycled glass

[Cacglass]

I am new to the board and have been a long time fuser/caster and now work with recyled glass.  I am working on a public art grant using recycled glass (see myartgrant.blogspot.com).  I come across few artists working with such materials and I am trying to create a list of artists to share info between each other on this glass.  I do not need this for my grant purposes but I may create a page on my website or blog with links to such artists..

Thanks.

Cindy

 

[KathleenMK]

I’m very interested in ways to recycle bottles, jars, etc. into artwork or functional pieces. I’d love to hear details about what others have done.

Kathleen

[Decofusion]

I am interested in the recycling of glass.  In particular wine/beer bottles.  I have seen breadboards/cheese boards made from bottles – from what I understand the bottles are broken into pieces then placed into a mould.  I’m guessing the mould would be 4 pieces of fibre board placed together to make a square.  Once fused the piece is then well sanded – the result looking like marble.  Has anyone experimented with this method? I would like to know what kind of temp I would need to use.

[Stephen Richard]

You will need to use 850C for a long soak to get things flat and remove bubbles.  A bubble squeeze at ca. 700C – 720C would also help.  You will get a lot of devitrification, so the sanding is essential.

Stephen Richard

blogs at: http://www.verrier-glass.blogspot.com/   and  http://www.glasstips.blogspot.com/

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