Slumped Wine Bottle with Beaded Spreader

Used wine bottles can be recycled in lots of ways. My favorite is to melt them flat in my kiln and add a cheese spreader. This makes a funky cheese tray for entertaining guests. I slump (melt) emptied and cleaned wine bottles in my kiln. Then, I use wire, beads and hot glue to create a spreader holder at the bottle neck end, and add beads to the spreader.

Mittens and Hat from Wool Sweaters

The mittens and hat were made from two wool sweaters purchased at the Salvation Army Thrift Store. Both sweaters are 100% cashmere, shrunken in hot water and dried on high. Hat and mittens are completely lined and felted. The buttons were found at an antique/collectables store. My cost for the items was about $5.00 total, but I had enough wool left over to make slippers as well.

Remade In Michigan Purpose

The purpose of the Remade In Michigan blog site is to introduce a variety of art/craft items created from used materials. My intention is to provide followers with recycling ideas and directions to reinvent using materials of your own, and thereby "paying it forward", in a sense, the reuse of materials that have already been produced and are taking up space.