Lampworking day #23. Part 1 - the batch anneal and bottle break.

I batch annealed all the beads!  :D

Yay.

Then I proceded with the recycled glass idea.  I want to use recycled glass.  I started with this beer bottle.

Here's that national brewery logo:

I put it in two shopping bags and threw it with all of my strength.  It bounced.  Then my dad threw it and broke it perfectly. 

Then I put it in a small plate and separated some pieces by size.

My plan was to melt the bigger shards and stretch them into rods, to make beads with. 

Part 2 coming later today.