I have tried making record bowls in the past and it is good fun but for the Oxfam shop I work in, I thought I would make some for them to sell! These are the records we can not sell [without covers, valueless, defaced covers].
As it is for the shop I wanted them all to look similar so I found an old hanging basket from the 1950s to mold them on to, it had to be an old one as it is not coated with plastic that would melt in the oven. This way I can place the record on top of it and it will melt in the oven onto the side bars. This this method I can make them look the same, evenly spaced and change the width, I have some for unpeeled fruit and some for pot-pourri.
From the pictures you can see the basket, oven and finished products in many stages. The end result was a nice star shaped bowl, available from Oxfam Sidney Sussex Street branch soon!
