Much of the glass we throw out is not recycled because different glass has different melting points and recyclers onlymelt the most common containers.Artists use old and new glass to create unique pieces of home decor.
Glass Bottle Windows
悬挂窗由餐盘、酒瓶底部、高脚器皿底部和彩色玻璃宝石组成。背景是各种有纹理的手工吹制玻璃,边缘是由几个不同的淡紫色凹玻璃盘子组成。
The window is comprised of highly textured bottle, vase, serving plate and stemware bottoms along with a variety of antique pressed glass jewels and objects. The background is a variety of clear textured glasses and the border is composed of pale lavender “Depression Glass” plates. 26″ x 25″, $3,000.
这扇“绿色底部”窗户安装在佐治亚州西蒙斯岛的一户人家中。为了使窗户个性化,客户要求加入他们在当地海滩上找到的“海玻璃”。在边框上添加了蓝绿色的盘子碎片和珠宝,使窗户的颜色范围有海洋的感觉。
在这个马萨诸塞州的厨房窗户里,几瓶残留的药瓶与更典型的食物主题融合在一起。药瓶指的是这对夫妇在健康服务行业的职业生涯。窗户安装在门上,挡住了明亮的泥浆房的视线。
Bottle bottoms and more… “Each panel contains vintage/antique glass from chandeliers, lamp parts, you name it. I am always scouring the antique stores and flea markets. I then foil each and every piece with copper foil and solder the panel on both sides. I use old window frames that I’ve also collected and replace the glass with the artwork I create.”
Glass Bottle Art For Sale
Stained Glass Light Up Wine Bottles With Lights, handpainted byThe Bottle Art Company, Santa Ana, California.
Handmade Stained Glass WindowbyPieces of Home Mosaics在俄勒冈州的贝克市。使用彩色玻璃,翻滚玻璃和瓶子。
A soldGorgeous Stained Glass Panel from Recycled BottlesbyHolli Boyle Stained Glassin Gary, Indiana. Made from recycled beer and soda bottles. “First, you have to drink the beer,” says the artist She still has other pieces of art for sale.
Recycled Glass Bottle Panels
Alison sells work in numerous shows throughout the central states, check her website for show schedules.alisonsstainedglass
回收玻璃面板。肯特·桑迪·拉森著。Similar pieces by Kent can be found on theEar Of The Wind website.
21 Amazing Pieces Of Recycled Glass Bottle Art
1) Glass Bottle And Dish Tree
Glass Bottle and Dish Tree by Alison Fox, Illinois. Found atalisonsstainedglass.com.
2) Green Bottle Bottoms
Green Bottle Bottoms by Nikki Root, Utah.Custom Glasswork: By Nikkishowcases other unique recycled pieces of art.
3) Rainbow Ammonite Paperweight
This paperweight has a beautiful combination of orange and yellow glass. The slight hint of blue also helps to contrast the warmer colors.
4) Bottle Bottom Transom
A recycled piece namedBottle Bottom Transom by Nikki Root.
5) Mixed Bottle And Plate Bottoms
Mixed Bottle and Plate Bottoms by Nikki Root, Utah.
6) Bottle Bottoms In Blue
Bottle Bottoms In Blue by Nikki Root, Utah.
7) Recycled Milk Bottoms
回收牛奶底部。肯特·桑迪·拉森著。Originally found at earofthewind.com, you can look atmore art by Kent here.
8) Glass Bottle Wall Art
回收玻璃和墙板,这位艺术家开始用玻璃“叶子”创作。
9) Recycled Glass Window
Three dimensional recycled glass window, 47 x 14″
“The sharp edges of the glass are ground down, copper foil is wrapped around the ground edges, and then the pieces are fit together and soldered. After the bulging form is designed and soldered, the window is anchored into the frame, flipped over, and the glass is built out and soldered in the opposite way to give it the undulating surface. Installed in Joshua Tree, CA. ByKent Sandy Larsen.
10) Window From Glass Beads And Bottles
Recycled bottle bottoms, glass beads, sanded glass pieces and decorative glass pieces glued with E600 craft glue onto an old single pane window. By Teena Stewart. Was available to purchase atMarketplace.
11) Glass Window By Teena Stewart
Recycled bottle bottoms, glass beads, sanded glass pieces and decorative glass pieces glued with E600 craft glue onto an old window. By Teena Stewart. You can purchase other work by Teena atAmazon.
12) ‘Light Box’ Table
Mosaic, ‘light box’ table, with ‘St Peters organic Ale, kiln fused, green bottles, 61cm wide. Antique, up-cycled wood table & recycled glass panel inlay, four LED strip lights, illuminate the Central panel and gems around the edge, very effective at night, magical!! By Nikki Ella Whitlock. To see more of her work go tonikki-ella-whitlock.co.uk.
13) Psychedelic Rose Window
Recycled glass bottles and traditional stained glass form a four foot rose window. By Justin Tyner, Philadelphia. Some of his artwork can be foundon Glass Artists.org.
14) Old Bottles #2
Old Bottles #2, 1992. Bottles, brass, 25″h x 20″w. By John Bassett,basglas.com.
15) Three Stalks
Three Stalks, 1981. Glass, brass, 15″h x 18″w. By John Bassett, also found onbasglas.com.
16) Melted Glass Bottles
熔化的玻璃瓶Erwin Timmers。ecoglassart.com
17) Glass Bottle Border
Glass Bottle Border at the Mano Poderosa Jardin. Image by Dee Kincke.flickr.com
18) Up-Cycled Glass Bottle Garden Edging
Glass Bottle Border in garden! More pictures here:thegreenbacksgal
19) Small Glass Sculpture
Blue and white pieces of glass combine in this beautiful piece by Tony Cavallero.
20) Beer Bottle Walkway
Beer Bottle Walkway by pammiejoandfriends, Kansas. 750 bottles created 15 feet of path.pammiejoandfriends.blogspot.com
21) Hanging Flower Vases
Hanging glass bottle flower vases. Super wedding decoration idea. See:www.eatdrinkchic.com
Recycled Glass Bottle Lamps
Recycled glass lamps (note the upside down wine bottles) by Whimsical Wonders: Darla Murray and Bridget Smith via:almosteveryword.blogspot
“Relite” lamp shades made from recycled glass, stained glass and or, fused glass.
玻璃被打碎,放入一个岩石玻璃杯和/或窑获得效果。
Light blubs are CFL or LED. They were $35 – $90. Now you can view or contact the creator Mellony Ballard atberriecreative.com
‘Relite’ recycled glass lamp shades on reuse bases. Other projects by Berrie Creative can be found on theirFaceBook page here.
Close-up of a Berrie ‘Relite’ – Love it! As seen onfacebook.com/berriecreative.
Recycled hanging glass lamp by Wolf Art Glass & Pottery,
Austin, Texas: wolfartglass.com. You can find similar lamps onEtsy.
Recycled Glass For Your Garden: All 5 Stars On Etsy
Hand-Painted Hummingbird Feeder
This specific rain catcher is sold, but Storm Dancer Designs hasothers available here.
Recycled Bottle Air Plant Holder(style may vary slightly)
Recycled Glass Bottle House
Manuel Rapoport在阿根廷巴塔哥尼亚的Bariloche用100%回收的原料建造了一座房子。用锡罐做屋顶和壁板,用合并的威士忌瓶做窗户。designopatagonia.com
Recycled Glass Videos
How to make bottle cheese plates
The bottles are carefully put in a kiln, slowly heated to temperatures around 1400 degrees, cooled, and turned into cheese boards, spoon rests, etc.glassbyerica.com
How to make a glass cup from a bottle
Although the video maker used a torch and electric grinder, you can do it with just a glass scorer and sandpaper.
Glass Bottle Lamps.How to: instructables.com
The Best Recycled Glass Books
Sculpture and Design With Recycled Glassby Cindy Ann Coldiron, features 40 artists and 125 sculptures in an exploration of the use of recycled glass as a medium for sculpture and creative design.
Recycled Bottle Lamps: Instructions, Project Ideas and Inspirationsby Nicholas Jager and Silke Jager.
Why Use Recycled Glass?
玻璃回收利用将废旧玻璃制品重新变成“新”玻璃制品。据估计,回收玻璃比用硅砂、石灰和纯碱制造新玻璃节省40%的能源。回收玻璃还可以减少20%的空气污染和50%的水污染。
Glass recycling is a much more efficient process than plastic recycling, since plastics are usually “downcycled” into a lower-quality form of plastic. Plastic water bottles, for example, cannot be recycled into new plastic bottles, but glass containers can be recycled indefinitely into new glass containers.
When glass is recycled, it is cleaned and separated by color. All other items, including plastic and metal caps, are also removed. Recycled glass is then crushed into a mixture called cullet, which is then sold back to glass manufacturing facilities.
Recycling glass:
- Saves raw materials – Over a ton of natural resources are conserved for every ton of glass recycled.
- Cuts CO2emissions – For every six tons of recycled container glass used, a ton of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, is reduced. From:gpi.org
Glass That IsNotRecyclable
Window glass, mirrors, glass cups or tumblers, ceramic, Pyrex, colored glass (other than green and the amber that beer bottles usually are), light bulbs (hardware stores may take light bulbs), windows and windshields, aren’t generally accepted by local recycling centers. That’s because these different glass products have a different melting point from container glass, so that your local recycling center may not recycle them.
Yet, some recycling centers send their glass to cement producers, where the glass is crushed and used as filler in cement products. One needs to contact one’s local recycling center to find out what kind of glass it recycles.
Sarasays
Exciting, ingenious, beautiful, intelligent.
Sharonsays
Inspiring for my own glass-work. The collection of topics on your website always takes me down a road that inspires in ways I never expected. I leave refreshed, inspired and hopeful. Thanks for the posts!
Cat Peterssays
Absolutely beautiful!
Sabinesays
Stunning art pieces!
Maddy Daviessays
Inspiring and beautiful.xx
Cherylsays
So beautiful! It really inspires me to continue on further with my stained glass hobby.
Della Badartsays
That was a wonderful assortment of recycled glass. With a little imaginatin we can do a lot. Thanks
Badartworld.com
Joanne Branagansays
You are PHENOMENAL. Your work is AMAZING!!
Such beauty you create with the talent God gave you.
真希望我买得起你的作品。
Maybe one of these days.
I am inspired!!
Sincerely & with much admiration,
Joanne
Enid Mirandasays
As an artist who uses recycled materials, I loved this site!!
Deborahsays
How do you attach glass to glass, or a pole, ect?
Marcisays
How do you harvest just the bottom of bottles and especially textured drinking glasses? Would a wet band saw do it? Or a wet tile saw?
Italia Juana Cuomosays
要做什么就做什么!!
Patsysays
There is a tore called GO GREEN in Ann Arbor, mich., that sells countertops made from recycled glass. My favorite is Cubist-made from recycled windshields, shower doors and other clear glass.
Anonymoussays
Beautiful things can be done with things considered just good for land fill!
Ruth Ann Andersonsays
I have challenged several friends to select one of recycled glass projects for their own enjoyment ,creativity,and ALSO for the recycling purpose.
I will be doing mine when we relocate to Florida from Texas by March.
I am thrilled to have found this website.
renee schneidersays
I am so very inspired by the wonderful pieces created in this sight. I especially love the pieces done with candy jar lids. Does anyone offer workshops or classes? Awe Inspiring work. You are now on my favorites spot. Thanks for the beauty. Renee
peggysays
By chance is there a class teaching this technique in So. California?
PATRIZIA PEDRETTIsays
veramente splendidi, e’ una goduria per gli occhi e per l’anima
Azel Becknersays
Useing the bottles to make glasses with a peice of oild string tied arround them and then lit to cut the bottle off at the middle. Polish the edge with sand paper to prvent cutting of the lips.
Anonymoussays
Very inspiring, creative, and excellent use of recycled materials!
pennysays
i think green all the time and make new from old. will be organizing a arts and crafts festival at touchstone art camp in 2014.. the camp is beautiful nestled in the mountains of pa, come join us.
Norinsays
I am currently learning to cut glass and dable with projects. I can Really appreciate your art work. Thank you , Norin
Alansays
Bottle Alley Glass upcycles pre and post consumer waste glass bottles into solid surfaces.
Check out website and Facebook page for more information
Karl B. Hensel llsays
My father age 80 use to do a little stained glass. I believe I may try it. Do you appreciate your work as much as your admiring public do?
christellesays
I love this.
Barbara Henningsays
To think these totally beautiful works of art could have never materialized had no one had a vision.
Rosemarysays
Just amazing!
Michelesays
我喜欢这个主意!这是对废弃玻璃的绝佳利用!
Jimsays
I just love the idea. Such beautiful work!!! Can someone tell me how you get glass to adhere to glass without turning yellow. I would greatly appreciate any help.
Michelle Olsonsays
How can we purchase some of these? In particular the pallette? Love your work just so inspiring and beautiful!!
Harriet Storeysays
This is so inspiring! I wish I had the talent to turn old stuff into such beauty. Recycling glass is not only important for environment, but beautiful too. I have a friend of mine who turns old beer bottles into gifts for her family and friends, and it’s amazing how each item she makes is different and completely personalized. Thanks for the useful links! Harriet , rubbishremovalhounslow.com
The Glass Guysays
I love to see others working with scrap glass. I make paperweights. I recover glass bottles from old dumps, melt them with propane and anneal them with fire.
Tombstone Glass
Litou Philippesays
I contact you because i am a French seaglass créateur . If you would like look after my work . You can see my web sitehttp://www.litou.fr. I am very interristing to meet some body who work like me or use the glass to créate . I leave in the south of France near Aix en provence . Thank you by advance ….
With all the best .
At soon i hope !
Philippe litou .
Artiste en Provence .
Kevin Suttonsays
Hi, I enjoyed your site very much. I thought you might be interested in my work. Please view my website at zumacreations.com.
mandy woodsays
Hi, just wondering how they cut the old plates and bottoms from bottles – as it cant be done with normal methods I just wondered if they used a tile cutter wet saw on a flat bed or if they used a stained glass band saw or what??? They look amazing and I have a collection of plates and bottles I would like to put into a window down here in New Zealand. Many thanks, Mandy Wood.
krishna iyersays
有一个新的系统,清洁切割和抛光玻璃瓶子在车床上,有特殊的附件。切割抛光时间在6分钟以内。
De mo in bom bay.
Salma islamsays
Glass bottles must needs to be recycled otherwise it will be very catastrophic for environment.
David Garciasays
I have many glass vases that I have “collected” over many years and was wondering if you guys can use them.
Thanks.
David
512-413-4774
Kane Jamisonsays
Thanks for the offer David – we don’t need them but I bet you could get a taker on Craigslist or NextDoor.com for your area.
Good luck!
Kevin Suttonsays
Hi,
Love this article. I am an Artist who creates light sculptures and light fixtures with empty wine bottles. Please take a minute to view my website.
regards, Kevin
Salah Arafasays
Great Works. Very Innovative and Very Inspiring. I think it would be useful to arrange exhibits in many different parts of the world to get an impact on environmental and health and art Nexus. I’m ready to host one of such exhibits.