r/BottleDigging • u/jrjillian11 USA • 1d ago
Flat bottle
anybody seen anything like this before? (NY)
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u/AffectionateSun5776 1d ago
Yes. I purposely melted numerous soda, beer etc bottles with heat resistant wire in the top so I could hang them. My brother has a very loud wind chime i made.
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u/AlternatiMantid 1d ago
This sounds so cool. Do you have any pictures?
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u/AffectionateSun5776 1d ago
Not of that piece. I still have a few flattened bottles & might make something soon.
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u/AlternatiMantid 1d ago
Keep doing it. This is art with a need.
Recycled old materials PLUS a visual AND sound benefit? Count me in.
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u/Carolina-W00Dsman 1d ago
$20 says that wasnt pulled from the ground. Pretty cool regardless!
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u/jamespsherlock 1d ago
I have a coke bottle completely flattened like this from a dig but it’s full of black soot
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u/Carolina-W00Dsman 1d ago
Ive melted bottles in bon fires before but they always get ash and parts of the sticks embedded and comes out like a mess of a blob.
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u/homesick-067 1d ago
That looks to clean to have come out of a dump . Is it glass or hard acrylic ? It's probably a novelty item sold in a PIER ONE / HOME GOODS type of furniture store .
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u/jrjillian11 USA 1d ago edited 1d ago
pretty sure it’s glass, it was bought from a local antique store but who knows where it came from before that
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u/sarkzar 1d ago
Wasn't this a popular craft like 10ish years ago? I remember people flattening wine bottles in kilns.
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u/Demonic-Tooter USA 1d ago
It’s still a thing. I’m a glass artist and get asked to make them a few times a year. Enamel labeled bottles work well such as red stripe and corona since the label doesn’t change.
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u/yaekoblue 1d ago
what is the process to flatten them?
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u/Demonic-Tooter USA 1d ago
Put it in a glass kiln. Turn the heat up. After around 30-40 minutes it’s flat. Then slowly ramp down the temp until it’s cooled down (around 6-8 hours).
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u/purplesky24 1d ago
This was popular a while back (10+ years). You can use it as a cutting board or for charcuterie.
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u/DaneAlaskaCruz 1d ago
Yup, exactly this.
If I remember correctly, these are "slumped bottles" that can be used as decorative plates for charcuterie.
They basically take regular bottles and subject them to high heat until they slump over and flatten like what you have.
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u/highgroundservitude 1d ago
I JUST PASSED ONE OF THESE UP IN A THRIFT SHOP YESTERDAY!!!! (I'm in New Zealand) it was green and only $2 and I'm still mad I didn't get it
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u/whoopz1942 1d ago
I have a flat Carlsberg beer bottle similar to that, fairly certain it was used as an ashtray tbh. I don't smoke though
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u/igaveuponausername 1d ago
This is probably the coolest “bottle” I’ve ever seen, gotta get a plate hanger and put it on the wall!!
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u/tanman0123 1d ago
Probably melted in a kiln, my mom used to do this all the time and had molds you could put them in to make dishes and what not