It's pretty easy. The hard part is getting the old label off the
bottle. It leaves an ugly residue if you don't take it off, so see to
that part any way you can. The "slump" part is very direct. 300
degrees an hour in a pottery kiln to about 1300 will give you a very
nice slump. Different bottles will come down differently so you may
need to experiment. Afterward, tie some Christmas ribbon around the
neck, add an inexpensive cheese knife and you've got a present unlikely
to be seen elsewhere, unless I made it.

Good luck,
Jerry

Marmaj40 wrote:

Someone that I know had a slumped wine bottle that she bought to be used as a
bowl, or dish. I am really a potter, but thought I might like to try to make
one of these, but don't know a thing about it. My question is could someone
tell me of books I might buy, or give me a brief instruction on how to do this?
OR, even tell me of a web site that would be instructional. I have an electric
kiln that is computer controlled, so I can fire to any cone, and program as
necessary.
Thanks. Martha



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