Fusing at home: DIY glass crafts. Glass crafts at home

Glass bottles accumulate in any home or family, especially after the holidays, but you don’t always want to throw them away. And there is no need to do this. In this article we will look at what can be made from empty and beautiful glass bottles.

What can you make from bottles for your home?

Today, many bottles have non-standard shapes and their variety is very large. Make useful decorative crafts from glass bottles with your own hands that will add zest to your interior or exterior of your home and bottles will no longer be just trash for you. From empty glass bottles you can make stylish vases, all kinds of candlesticks, chandeliers, glasses, magnificent flower vases, terrariums for plants, hedges, interestingly decorate flower beds in the country and much more, as long as your imagination is enough.

Just before you give empty glass bottles a second wind, you need to decide what you want to do and choose a range of possibilities. Crafts made from glass bottles can be divided into two large groups:

Interior– this group includes crafts to fill the interior space and create a positive mood (chandeliers, coasters, vases, candlesticks and much more).
Exterior– a group of crafts for creating coziness in a dacha, in a country house (paths, fences, etc.)

Vase made of bottles

The simplest and most beautiful thing in the interior is a flower vase. Vases with flowers create a cozy and warm atmosphere in the house. They can be placed anywhere, on tables, on the floor, on shelves. A whole bottle is a ready-made flower vase. There are many ways to decorate a bottle.

Vase made of bottles. Acrylic painting method

Manufacturing process:

To do this, take a beautiful wine bottle of an unusual shape, cover it with acrylic or oil paint (for example, white), if necessary, apply a second coat of paint. Complete guide how to
Then take a beautiful lace, 10 centimeters wide and glue it to the bottom of the bottle. (see photo).
The last step left is to put the flowers in the vase. And your home will shine with tenderness.

Vases can also be not only tabletop, but also wall-mounted. Make a wooden base, attach it to the wall, and place a vase of flowers in the middle of it.

Set of vases for table decor

Wall vase

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Candlestick

No lamp that emits artificial light gives such a romantic effect as the light of a smoldering candle. Candle fire can make the atmosphere of any room more mysterious and exciting, but at the same time more calm and cozy. The most ideal solution would be to make an individual candlestick with your own hands.

Candlesticks from a bottle

Candlesticks made from clear bottles

The easiest way to make a candlestick from the bottom halves of bottles. To do this you need to cut the bottle. How to cut a glass bottle? There are several options. Most often, a special machine or glass cutter is used, but not everyone has such tools in their home. Therefore, at home, glass can be cut using a burning thread.

To do this, you need to thoroughly moisten a middle rope in acetone (or nail polish remover), wrap it around the bottle in the place where you need to cut it, set it on fire, and then sharply dip it into ice water (water/ice = 1/1). Step by step.

Candlestick from the bottom of a bottle

You will get an absolutely even cut. Then use an emery wheel or waterproof sandpaper to sand the edges so they are smooth. When working, be sure to follow safety precautions.

Manufacturing process:

After you cut the bottle, melt the paraffin in a water bath.
Then take a piece of wick, put it in the lower part of the bottle, securing it with a dry piece of paraffin, and fill it with melted paraffin, while securing the wick in place with something. Leave it until completely dry (1-2 hours). That's all, our wonderful candle is ready for use.
Or simply insert a thick candle into the bottom of a glass bottle for another great candle.

Wine bottle chandelier

If you are tired of old lampshades, then another variety for your home will be one made from glass wine bottles with your own hands.

It is necessary to cut off the bottom of the wine bottle, and we use this bottle as a lampshade; you just need to carefully fix the socket with the light bulb. It is also possible not to limit yourself to just one lampshade, but to make a whole royal chandelier in the same way, which will decorate your room and fit perfectly into your interior, especially in a country house.

Do you want to make such a lamp? — Below are 3 detailed and step-by-step lessons!

Chic chandelier made from bottles

The finished cartridge with wiring is inserted into the cut bottle

Rustic chandelier

Dishes

The simplest and most popular crafts to make from glass bottles are various elements of tableware. If you want the products flat dishes with your own hands, you need to go to a workshop, where at high temperatures, it will be given a different shape.

Although there is an easy way to make a plate at home, as mentioned above. And your plate is ready to use.

Original serving of food in a plate from a bottle

Sweet plates

To make a plate for sweets, you need to:

take a tray or an old plastic plate,
make a round hole in the middle and put it on the neck of the bottle.
the bottle can be decorated with various decorative elements (paint, beads, stones and much more)

Original dessert plate

Jars for bulk products

By cutting off the neck of the bottle and sanding the edges, you will get an original jar for bulk products. Which will delight you with its appearance when preparing various dishes.

Jars for storing bulk products. You can use a cork or foam ball as a lid.

Mug

Already knowing the principle of cutting a bottle, you can try to make a glass mug, just remember to carefully process the edges. To do this, you need to cut off the bottom of the bottle and separately the very top of the neck, then glue the neck to the bottom as a handle with liquid nails and your glass is ready.

Glass bottle mug

Whiskey bottle soap dispenser

Beautifully shaped bottles will serve you as a dispenser for liquid soap. This option will certainly look original in your bathroom.

To portray such beauty and practicality, instead of a cork, attach a pump or nozzle for liquid soap or dishwashing detergent that was left over from the used one.
You can secure the nozzle with liquid nails or select a bottle with a suitable thread.
If you want to leave the label and prevent it from getting wet from water, cover it with clear varnish.

Done, you can already enjoy.

Whiskey bottle soap dispenser

Wine bottle shelves

Using glass bottles to support wooden shelving is a wonderful idea. Hollow bottles are incredibly strong and easily hold wooden planks. To do this, just make several holes in the wooden planks, connecting them together with bottles, and your book house is ready.

Bottle storage shelf

Hangers and hooks

Glass wine bottles will find their use in the hallway if they turn into an unusually original hanger. This idea was first introduced by Lucirmás in Milan. On the one hand, this is art, and at the same time, it is a useful thing.

Manufacturing:

To make a hanger we will need wine bottles with a long neck.
It is necessary to cut them at such an angle that they are at the required slope on the wall.
Then we attach a mirror or glass base to the wall and glue our neck using liquid nails.

If it was not possible to glue it carefully and the glue is visible, the base can be decorated with cord.

DIY designer bottle hanger

Glass bottle tables

Same as for making shelves, you will need a board of the shape and size that you would like your table to be.

Coffee table made from bottles

Sample board for a table made from bottles

Drill holes for the necks of the bottle and insert them. And your table will certainly delight not only you, but also your guests with its originality.

Exterior

Planting original DIY crafts can decorate not only the interior of your home, but also the exterior.

Hanging terrarium

Transparent bottles made of any glass are perfect for a home terrarium or flowerpot for living plants. Such a hanging flowerbed creates the impression and feeling that the bottle grew from plants, and not vice versa. It’s very simple to make; you need to cut off a small part of the bottle and plant a plant inside on the ground. They can also be not only hanging, but also tabletop or wall-mounted.

Bird feeders

Feeders can be made from upside down bottles. Fill the bottles with food or grain, after securing it in a wooden structure, turn it upside down, and place a glass or saucer underneath. Some of the food will be poured into a glass or saucer. As soon as the birds peck at the food, it will gradually be added. Such feeders can be safely hung on trees and they will decorate your site.

Bird feeders on a wooden mount

Stylish bottle bird feeder

"Music of the winds" from bottles

These bells are made from a colored glass bottle, first cut into several pieces. In the largest part and the rest of the small ones, it is necessary to make holes for the wire with decorating material, which will connect all the cut parts of the bottle to each other.

This thing will look fabulous in your summer garden.

Flowerbeds and fences

Making a flowerbed out of bottles for the garden is not that difficult. And so let's get started:

For the base we take car tires. The lower part of the base is plastered with mortar.
The first row is laid with the necks towards the center, the second and subsequent ones in the same way, but with a gradual offset so that the bottles are stacked in a checkerboard pattern.
All voids are filled with mortar to make the structure stronger.
The last layer is fixed with a solution, covered with soil, and only a wide part of the bottles should remain on the surface.

Round flower bed made of bottles

It is also very easy to make a fence from glass bottles, separating vegetables and berries with a decorative fence. First, draw the boundaries of the divisions, then dig a ditch to place the bottles, placing them tightly in a row, and then tamp the soil around.

Fence for flower beds

The bottle fence also looks very original. It is especially beautiful if the bottle is of different shapes and colors.

Original fence made of bottles

Installation process:

We dig long wooden poles into the ground. If desired, the poles can be mounted into a wooden base.
In each bottle, you need to make a hole in the bottom 1 centimeter larger than the diameter of the pole.
We string the bottles onto the poles and secure them with a bar on top.

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Prepare the base for the poles

String bottles on poles

Making such crafts will entertain you and will also benefit not only you, but also the environment.

Glass is a very common item in the interior of modern housing. We find this material in windows, chandeliers, door inserts, all kinds of figurines and other decorative elements. In this article we will talk about what you can make from glass with your own hands, how you can make exclusive glass crafts with your own hands that will become the highlight of your home. Step-by-step instructions on choosing suitable materials at hand and master classes on making various cute little things will help you in needlework if you want to develop in this direction.

What kind of glass is there?

Their variety allows you to turn ordinary glass into real masterpieces:

liquid;
construction;
porous;
artistic.

What can be made from glass?

Using all kinds of techniques - decorating, melting, drawing, you can make completely different glass products with your own hands:

broken glass crafts;
ornaments on glass;
candlesticks;
chandeliers;
glasses;
flower arrangements;
paintings.

DIY liquid glass crafts

Liquid glass is a very popular material for creating decorative products, widely used by designers and creative individuals. It is easy to work with, you can both decorate various surfaces and create all kinds of elements - hair clips, earrings, beads, figurines, vases, flowers.

Important! Liquid glass can be purchased at a hardware or hardware store. Silicate glue can also serve as a good replacement, but it is less durable and hard compared to liquid glass.

In the interior, you can decorate any surface with liquid glass - to do this, just place various small objects under a layer of glass and let the glass harden.

Important! To add volume to the product, liquid glass is applied in two layers.

“The Seabed” - master class

The most widespread decoration of the surface is that of the seabed. Let's consider the stages of creating such a product.

You will need:

Acrylic paints.
Liquid glass.
Glass plate.
Plastic shells and sea decorations.
Sea fish.
Polymer clay from which you can sculpt sea animals.
Pebbles.

Stages of work:

Paint the bottom of the glass plate blue and let the paint dry.
Place shells, pebbles, fish at the bottom of the plate, and fill the entire surface with liquid glass.
Wait until it hardens completely.
If necessary, after this you can add more than one layer of objects, filling each layer with liquid glass.

Important! Using a toothpick, if desired, you can make waves, which will be the best imitation of water.

What crafts can be created using fusing?

The presence of glass of different colors allows you to create very beautiful and fascinating glass products with your own hands using fusing.

Important! This technique is based on baking glass blanks in special ovens, although microwave ovens are also used for small products.

Materials for work

For fusing you will need the following tools and materials:

Glass blanks.
Fireproof gloves.
Fireproof wipes.
Tweezers.
Glass cutters.
Special box for melting glass.

Basic technology

If you have the necessary materials and tools, the technology is simple:

Create a composition from pieces of glass - it can be made according to a preliminary sketch, using multi-colored or plain pieces of glass.
Melt in the stove. The result is a product with blurred effects, without a clear line of color transition when using multi-colored glass.

Important! Using this technology, you can create pendants, decorations, jewelry, and New Year's toys for the Christmas tree at home. The presence of special ovens allows you to create large products - plates, paintings, vases.

Step-by-step master class on making watches in the Fusing style

To make watches using the Fusing technique, you will need the same materials and tools. The step-by-step execution steps are as follows:

First of all, you should draw a sketch of the future product.
A glass blank is cut out onto which a design will subsequently be applied - it can be a circle, square, oval.
Pieces of glass are cut out of multi-colored glass for a design.
A hole is made in the workpiece into which the clock mechanism will be inserted.
A drawing is laid out on a blank made from pieces of glass, according to the sketch. If necessary, you can use glue. If required, you can tint it with special paint for glass from 750 firing degrees.
The workpiece is transferred to the oven and baked.
All that remains is to insert the clock mechanism with the hands and place it in a convenient place.

Making a craft - a picture from broken glass

Let's talk about another idea of what can be made from glass.

Important! Do not rush to throw away a broken glass lampshade or vase, as well as multi-colored bottles. They can be used to create paintings that will be a unique addition to the design of your home.

Materials for work

To make a glass picture, you will need:

Glass – bottles and waste glass products.
Hammer.
Glass cutter.
Thick fabric.
Protective gloves and glasses.
Glue.
Frame.
Dye.
Tweezers.
Brush.
Sieve.
Toothpicks.
Beads.

Stages of making a glass painting:

Obtaining many glass shards of different colors. To do this, you can use a glass cutter to cut straight glass. In order to get fragments from bottles, you need to first wrap it in cloth, place it on the surface and hit it with a hammer.

Important! Flying debris can cause injury to skin and eyes, so be sure to wear safety glasses and gloves.

Sift the resulting fragments through a sieve.
Draw a picture on a piece of paper. It can be anything from a simple butterfly to complex landscapes. If you don't have the ability to draw, you can print out a drawing template and color it with colored pencils (when creating a glass picture, it will be more convenient to stick colorful shards onto a colored drawing).
Place the drawing in a frame under the glass.
Proceed to gluing the glass shards to the glass surface. Squeeze the glue onto the glass and use tweezers (for pieces) or a toothpick (for beads) to stick the fragments of the corresponding color according to the pattern.
When the entire picture is pasted onto the glass, remove the picture. Paint the background of the frame in the appropriate color.
Wait for the glue and paint to dry and insert the finished applique into the frame.

The picture is ready!

Important! In this way, you can create paintings not only on glass, but also on chipboard.

DIY glass decor

Existing glass surfaces can be decorated with various elements, creating unique interior items.

Decorating a candlestick

Using simple improvised means you can make an original candlestick. This DIY glass craft will delight your household and guests with its enchanting beauty.

For this you will need:

A glass candlestick or an object resembling one.
Glue.
Coffee beans.
Sea salt.
Glitter.
Acrylic paint or aerosol.

Stages of work.

Glue coffee beans in a certain order onto a glass object, and it is better to decorate either the top or the bottom of the object.
Paint the opposite part of the candlestick with paints.
While it's still wet, sprinkle with glitter.

Important! During use, such a candlestick should be wiped with a dry cloth - it is not resistant to moisture.

Decorating glass objects with sea salt

This option is ideal for making a photo frame. Manufacturing processes:

Important! You can further decorate it - decorate it with paints and/or sprinkle it with glitter.

Decorating glass with plasticine

You probably haven’t thought about the fact that you can make original paintings from glass and plasticine. Creating such a picture is similar to a picture of broken glass:

Print a stencil for glass decoration.
Place the stencil under the glass and trace the outline of the design onto the glass using a black marker.
Carefully, without going beyond the contours, fill the picture with plasticine, starting with the smallest details.
The background of the picture is also laid out in a suitable color of plasticine.
The picture filled with plasticine is inserted into the frame.

Decorating glass objects with broken glass

This method of decoration can be used to decorate not only vases, plates, but even the most ordinary jars. To do this you need the following:

Prepare the item you want to decorate, broken glass, glue, acrylic paints.
Glue shards of broken glass onto the surface of the object, while thinking about their combination.
Wait for the glue to dry completely.
Color your glass craft using paints.

Glass cover

It should be noted that glass can be used to make a beautiful coating:

To do this, first the glass must be crushed to a powdery consistency (crush into powder).
Apply glue and then glass powder to the object to be decorated using a brush.
Let the glue dry.
Apply glue on top again or coat the surface with varnish.

In this way you can decorate light bulbs, beads, various glass surfaces, and also draw pictures. This coating has a chic and rich color.

Important! Do not forget that working with glass at home is associated with the risk of injury, so be sure to use protective equipment.

Original crafts from glass bottles

Glass bottles, especially those of non-standard shape, are increasingly used to create interesting and original glass crafts with your own hands. Let's look at some ideas that can add zest to the interior or exterior of your home:

Dishes - glasses, glasses, plates. A bottle cut crosswise will become a glass and a glass - the main thing is to polish the cuts so as not to cut yourself during use. As a stem for a glass from a bottle, you can use the stem from a broken glass or a cork.

Important! If you have friends in a glassblowing workshop, you can get an original set of flat plates from bottles (you won’t be able to make them at home).

Vases and flower pots. By decorating the bottle in various ways (decorate it with patterns, make decoupage, wrap it with threads), you can get a finished flower vase. A bottle cut into two parts can be used as a flower pot - pour soil into the neck and plant a flower, and pour water into the glass below.
Candlesticks for home and garden. From bottles you can create various types of candlesticks that will create a cozy and romantic atmosphere.
Lamps. Cut bottles are suitable as shades for chandeliers and table lamps.

Important! And even this is not all that can be made from glass. If you have the appropriate idea and a little bit of your imagination, you can create:
Hangers and hooks for clothes.
Chairs and tables.
“Voice of the Wind.”
Walls and houses made of bottles.

Look around: glass surrounds us everywhere: mirrors, windows, lamps, door inserts, decorations and other interior items. Almost all designers have used it at least once to design their works, and they really appreciate the properties it has.

What kind of glass is there?

Glass can be different:

construction;
artistic;
liquid;
porous;
other.

Thanks to such diversity, craftsmen create unique kaleidoscopes and give their products unique shapes and outlines. You always want to touch glass; crafts made from it are fascinating. They are delicate and graceful, it seems that their production requires honed craftsmanship.

But many glass crafts can be made even by a beginner, if you have patience and are not afraid of painstaking work.

What can be made from this material?

Products can be completely different - it all depends on the imagination of the master. They have a certain character: household, decorative, aesthetic and others. It is a pleasure to give glass objects made by yourself to friends and loved ones.

The following crafts can be made from this material:

flower arrangements;
candlesticks;
waterfalls;
ornaments on glass;
broken glass crafts;
installations on any subject;
Use when decorating glasses, chandeliers and other interior items.

But before taking on complex work, it’s worth practicing on simpler objects, for example, decorating a candlestick.

Candlestick decorated with coffee and glass

Any candlestick will do. Carefully glue the coffee beans to the outside. You can use PVA glue.

Decorate only the lower part, up to the middle. The glue should dry well, so leave the product for a while.

Paint the top part of the candlestick; you can add shine with nail polish. Aerosol paints must be applied using a sponge.

Wait until it dries.

Take shards from broken glass bottles, preferably transparent, colorless ones, and glue them to the top of the candlestick.

Their shape and location depend on your imagination. It is not recommended to wet such a product.

Broken glass paintings

At home you can make original beautiful paintings.

To do this you will need plywood, a finished drawing and many different pieces of broken glass.

You can draw the picture yourself or use templates.

The pieces need to be glued tightly to each other so that there are no gaps left.

Do not touch the glass until the glue is completely dry, so as not to move the pieces.

Handmade crafts made from broken glass always cause admiration.

In this way, you can make any interior items original: a mirror, a watch, a box. Glass pieces go well with beads, seashells, sparkles, and buttons.

Glass cover

It’s quite easy to make glass crafts at home, because you almost always have bottles of different colors on hand. They can be crushed into powder, but safety precautions must be observed - use gloves, a deep container, a special mortar, and glasses.

Use a brush to apply glue to the product, and then glass powder. When the glue dries a little, you need to coat it again. By analogy, powder can be used to paint pictures and decorate interior items.

Liquid glass

Many craftsmen make their own crafts from liquid glass. It can be purchased at construction or hardware stores. Stationery silicate glue can also be classified as a type of liquid glass. It is often used to imitate sea spaces.

You can decorate any piece of furniture. You can put shells, pebbles, beads or sparkles under a layer of liquid glass. The craft should not be touched until the material has completely hardened. To give the product volume, you can apply liquid glass in two layers.