Melting Bottles in an Electric Kiln - Pottery Experiments in Lightning Ridge

Retired potter and backyard physicist Graeme experiments with melting glass bottles in an electric pottery kiln, producing amazing results!
Graeme Anderson is a retired potter from Lightning Ridge, who conducts science experiments in his backyard in the name of art and curiosity.
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[@renes4302]

Best bottle slumping video ever..."Bring out your dead, bring out your dead". 😂 Truly, he was very fun and I love his creative method to slump bottles!

[@CuriosityMine]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate the feedback. I’ll pass it along to Graeme. 😁 thanks for watching!

[@susyward6978]

Not the new ones, but the group that were slumped together I would call - dance marathon. Great video 👍

[@CuriosityMine]

Love it! 😁

[@tugboatglass8588]

Giraffe glass comes to mind because of the long neck. Wonderful work good sir I love it alot!

[@CuriosityMine]

Excellent suggestion! 🦒 Thanks for watching! 😁👍

[@tawanariggs3040]

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[@leavesongrass]

How about “The Watchers”? Cool video!

[@gracecallowayable]

Awesome glass art!!!🧡🧡🧡

[@CuriosityMine]

Thank you so much! 😄👍

[@maryhood1381]

My concern would be at the bottom. Where different bottles are fused together, they may not be made from compatible glass and will eventually breaker shatter.

[@fairdinkum1079]

You sir are an inspiration

[@CuriosityMine]

I could not agree more, Graeme is the best. 😁

[@fairdinkum1079]

@@CuriosityMine Does Graeme have a site e.g. Facebook Instagram UA-cam etc I would love to see more of his creations

[@CuriosityMine]

Not that I’m aware of, I’m afraid. He has appeared in a half dozen or so videos on this channel, but I imagine you’ve found those already. 😁👍

[@fairdinkum1079]

@@CuriosityMine
That’s a shame
oh no I haven’t seen his other videos on your channel
That’s exciting I’ll search for them now
Thank you so much

[@cathifamjourney469]

@2:14 Does anyone see 2 skeletons 💀 facing each other? Bottle stretching tames me back to the 1970's carnival games; they were so hard to win!! Lol Nice video. Tyfs

[@CuriosityMine]

You’re very welcome, thanks for watching! 😁

[@highanddryful]

Flamingo !

[@CuriosityMine]

Perfect! 😁

[@stopit4uca]

As I watched this video I was quite amazed with the glass being kilned at such a high temperature yet the wood still being intact and not even scorched in that amount of heat. One would wonder how is this even possible.

[@CuriosityMine]

Hi, thanks for watching! The brown rods used to suspend the bottles are ceramic, so there’s no danger of scorching. 😁

[@EViLLennY]

4 cobras kneeling also im an art teacher wjen i fire raku or clay and we get points from stands in bottom like u have from wire in necks have tried taking a peg of fired clay and rubbing it over the points it will grind it down - Jay

[@CuriosityMine]

Evil Lenny excellent! Great advice, thank you. 👍

[@ingloriousbastard5028]

Very beautiful

[@CuriosityMine]

Thank you! And thanks for watching. 😁

[@TKayCO]

It reminds me of a herd of elephants with their trunks up in the air.

[@dragonz68]

Love the Monty Python reference!

[@CuriosityMine]

Me too! 😁

[@rhondarae8557]

Love inter twined

[@CuriosityMine]

Love this! 😁

[@jonbudy]

equal but different!

[@williammoss212]

glass table

[@tomgillespie195]

They look like the Loch Ness monster 😂😂

[@CuriosityMine]

They totally do! 🦕

[@renatoflemming876]

impossível as garrafas serem penduradas em pedaço de madeira

[@CuriosityMine]

O bloco em que as garrafas estão penduradas é feito de cerâmica. Obrigado por assistir e comentar! 😁👍

[@dritch2472]

Cocktail Party.

[@keesstaps4606]

Good use of empty wine bottles all is missing some crystalline glazes

[@CuriosityMine]

kees staps Absolutely! Thank you for your comment. 👍

[@burrumgirl1]

They remind me of cats, very interesting.👍👍

[@CuriosityMine]

burrumgirl1 I can see cats now, too! Thank you for watching. 😄

[@jmaros15]

The Geese

[@CuriosityMine]

Perfect! 😁👍

[@CuriosityMine]

What would you name Graeme’s latest molten glass creation? 😄

[@abnunga]

Cats with tails erect.

[@CuriosityMine]

abnunga I can totally see that now!

[@MrMilarepa108]

he said to be mindful that this is going on family television. :D

[@leemiracle6840]

Snake Dance.

[@CuriosityMine]

Lee Miracle love it!

[@Der_Kleine_Mann]

Giraffe bottles😁

[@CuriosityMine]

Perfect!

[@thomasphillips8180]

Old cuke