As I mentioned this month I’m going to focus my blogs on fused glass webinars by Jodi McRaney Rusho from Glass with a Past (on Curious Mondo). First I blogged about the fused glass projects Jodi taught in her basic bottle glass webinar, then I blogged about her second webinar (Advanced Bottle Glass Fusing), my last blog was about Jodi’s garden art webinar. It’s so difficult to say which webinar is my favorite of Jodi’s recycled glass webinars, but I do love her garden art webinar. So many cool projects that just manipulated my time this month. Again this will be two blogs.
This blog isn’t really about fused glass even though I did in add some fused glass pieces to some of them. I want to make a confession I can’t keep a plant alive but these pieces makes me want to grow plants.
Jodi taught 4 different types of bottle planters. And no I don’t have plants in them yet.
The 1st is relatively simple but considering it’s a bottle makes it cool. It also takes more work than you think. First you have to cut the bottom off and then sand it so it’s not sharp.
The 2nd is cutting the bottle in half the other way. I really like this version it’s perfect for a herbs, succulents, or even a little cactus garden.
The 3rd is another one of my favorites is cutting the bottle in half and flipping the top over and into the bottom. I really like this one because it’s self watering. The key thing about this type of plant holders is to chose the right bottle.
The 4th is one of the hardest to create and the most versatile. I made 2 one for my sister-in-law and one for me.
Another thing I like about these techniques is you can hang most of them or sit them them in the window-sill. If not hanging I added a fused glass piece to the top of the bottle.
Jodi also taught bottle wind chimes and so many other cool bottle techniques that I didn’t have a chance to make. I need to sand these a bit more and buy plants. Hopefully I’ll be able to keep these alive. Either way I love using bottles in such a functional way.
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Keeping my Kiln warm,
Karen
