After drinking all the wine for my last project, I had a bunch of empty wine bottles hanging out all over my house. So, I decided to slash the tops off and turn them into cocktail glasses because frankly, I was quite over wine. However, I figured that wasn’t enough, so I grabbed some vinyl from a nearby shop, slapped it on the glasses, and sandblasted a nice frosty pattern on them.
Now, the thing about glass is…it breaks. You see, not all wine and liquor bottles are created equal. Your bottle of two-buck chuck has thinner and cheaper glass than say a bottle of Kettle One. Keep that in mind if you plan to attempt this project. I found a candle flame then ice water to stress the score worked best for me. Also, expect to break many in the process. In just the removing of the top, about 30% ended up unusable whether it was stress fractures or just bad breaks. I was fortunate enough to have a friend behind the bar of my local pub supplying me with an unlimited supply of their leftover bottles. I think I owe him a drink.
Cheers!
This entry is part of 2012’s Project 365 – A Creative Thing a Week.
These came out great!
Thanks dude!
Those look awesome!!! 🙂 I’ve been wanting to try that myself. I’m planning on trying this method: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFXngPx3w3M Hoping that it will work as well as it does for this guy…
He performs magic. I cut over 40 bottles, with various methods, none works as quickly and nicely as a candle flame and ice water.
Good to know. 🙂 Believe me, when I get around to trying this, I’ll be calling on you when I run into problems. 😃
Dean! I have wanted to try this too… I have some bottles I have been collecting. Any pointers?
Yes, have a lot of bottles on hand, many will get broken/messed up. And patience. A lot of patience.
I read an article that a wet saw is the best and most consistent result. Any tips on frosting the glass?
My dad has a blasting booth and I used vinyl for car graphics as a mask. It doesn’t take much to etch the glass.