Ruffle Bowl - Album Style

Jackie Barrell
by Jackie Barrell
2 Materials
$6
1 Hour
Medium

The Ruffle bowl has made a comeback and of course they're more expensive than ever in the high end decor stores. Of course, they're

made of pottery and glazed to perfection but I think this one is WAY cooler and makes a great catch all dish for keys or jewelry!

Now if you grew up in the 70’s you may have made one of these out of one of your parents lame records, because there’s no way you used the KC & The Sunshine Band album back then, and in a creativity “plot twist” my daughter told me I was crazy for painting this bowl, hence why I posted the unpainted version first, and honestly, she may have been right! Now let’s move on to how these are made shall we?

Grab an album, any one will do, but if you do plan on NOT painting it, find one with fun graphics on the vinyl

Preheat your oven to 250 degrees

Place a small glass, oven proof bowl upside down on a cookie sheet

Place the album on top of the bowl centered

Into the oven it goes until it starts to melt and sides start to weep down towards the baking sheet, I left the oven on to keep an eye on it, it took maybe 5 minutes

This is what it will look like when it’s ready to remove from oven

Here is the fun part, working quickly, place album on a heat resistant surface and start to moss the sides as shown in the video, twisting in back and forth motions you’ll make the “ruffles” and if you didn’t get the desirable look you can place right back in the oven and re-mold!

Here’s my spray painted version…

Which one do you like better?

Suggested materials:
  • Record Album   (Flea Market)
  • Spray paint   (Walmart)
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  • Kara McLeod Kara McLeod on Aug 11, 2022

    Don't melt records in the house or in the oven you cook food in.

  • Leila Capell Leila Capell on Aug 11, 2022

    I was doing this back in 1956 when I was 9 years old in the UK. My parents had owned a record store and, when they sold it and moved, we brought hundreds of records with us. I, however, didn't bake the records; I simply soaked them in very hot water for a few minutes. Then I used to paint them and we used them as holders for pot plants.

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