Polymer Clay Caning | How to Make a Polymer Clay Flower Cane | Polymer Clay Tutorials
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MARCATO Atlas 150 Pasta Machine (this is the machine I use!):
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Tissue Blades (dedicated thin & sharp blade for cane slicing)
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Acrylic Roller and Tiny Hole Cutter Set:
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Step 1: Choose Colors for 2 Gradient Bulls Eye Canes
First you want to create two gradient bulls eye canes. When your canes are completed, they should each be about 1.5-inches long with a diameter of about .75-inches. You can watch the full video on bulls eye canes here: • Polymer Clay Canes for...
Step 2: Slice Bulls Eye Canes into Quarters
Set the canes on their ends. Then cut each gradient bulls eye cane into quarters through the center. All of these pieces will eventually be altered to construct a cane representing a single petal.
Step 3: Assemble Quarters into a Premature Cane
Next work on shaping each quarter into elongated teardrop shapes. Pinch each quarter until you get an elongated teardrop with the lighter end being the tapered point. Next, assemble the four darker teardrops (with lightest color facing inward) in alternating rows against three of the lighter cane quarters to create what i'm calling a premature cane, because it's not in its final form just yet.
Step 4: Turn Premature Cane into a Mature Cane
At this stage, you should have one premature cane and 1 stray piece. Compress and apply cane reduction to reduce your cane to 3 inches long with your fingers. Next, cut the cane in half to get two identical canes. Take the two canes, and re-assemble them side by side with the stray teardrop piece (that was set aside on the last step) bridging the two halves together creating the mature cane petal.
Step 5: Mature Petal Cane: Compressing, Shaping & Outlining
After you've assembled the cane in the previous step, you want to compress the layers of the cane inward to merge the layers and form a square shape. After that, you want to round the edges with your fingers.
Then, roll the cane on a clean clay-safe surface to make it even more round. The next step would involve creating an outline or border around the petal. Take the dark colored clay and run it through the pasta machine. A medium-thin to thin setting should be used for this sheet, depending on how bold you want the outline of the flower to be. Next, wrap the cane petal in the dark colored sheet.
Step 6: Mature Petal Cane: Reduction & Flower Assembly
In this section, we want to reduce the cane long enough to create components for each petal of the final flower cane.Apply cane reduction to reduce the mature petal cane to 8 inches long (using a series of pinching with your index fingers and thumb, tapping the sides, stretching and rolling techniques). After you've reduced the cane, cut off the distorted ends. Then cut the remaining cane into 6 equal sections, so that you have one for each petal of your flower. The step next would be to morph each cane section into petal shapes. Pinch the lighter end until you get your a teardrop shape.
Next, create a round cane for the core of the flower, you can choose a solid color, or use a bulls eye cane or some other design. This should be about one-third the size of the teardrops. After that, place the narrow end of the teardrops against the round center cane.
Lastly, fuse the components together. You can pack the edges and reduce if you wish!
Contents of this video
0:34​ - 1. Choose Colors for 2 Gradient Bulls Eye Canes
1:44​ - 2. Slice Bulls Eye Canes into Quarters
2:00​ - 3. Assemble Quarters into a Premature Cane
1:40​ - 4. Turn Premature Cane into a Mature Cane
3:10​ - 5. Mature Petal Cane: Compressing, Shaping & Outlining
3:55​ - 6. Mature Petal Cane: Reduction & Flower Assembly
5:58​ - 7. Fuse Components Together
Music:
Music: [swingin ballad] by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
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