Please do let me know how this idea works for you in the comments section below. So try using a registration line on your next polymer clay cane project, and see if you don’t have a lot less problems keeping those canes from getting all distorted! So many wonderful tips, and the final result is spectacular. By trying to reduce them by rolling them like a snake, the inner contents got all twisted and irregular. Now I understand why so many of my earlier attempts at canes failed. Thank you! I learned so much and had so much fun trying each of the components! Finally, someone demonstrated the need and proper procedure for adding the registration line. Wow! Now that was one excellent cane tutorial series, Cindy. As long as the line stays straight, the cane will be straight inside. When reducing the cane, you can monitor this registration mark to make sure that it is staying straight and not getting twisted. This line is what we clayers call a registration line or mark The small strip of turquoise color will be seen as a stripe down the length of the entire cane. That is a slice taken from a Dogwood Flower Cane before it was reduced. You can see what I mean in the photo above. so the color of the layer underneath the outer wrapping, remains visible. Next time you make your cane, instead of completely wrapping it with the outside color, leave a little space or strip open along the bottom of the cane…. Once you've put all the pieces of the cane back together, wrap a layer of dark green around the outside, and start pressing the sides to form a leaf shape, and lengthen it as you go, like you did with the gradient.“Now I understand why so many of my earlier attempts at canes failed.” ~Jocelyn-Cĭo you have trouble keeping your polymer clay canes straight when you are reducing them to a smaller size? Well here’s a little trick to follow that will help solve this common problem… Then, put a strip of dark green in the center, and slice the other half of the cane in the same way as the first. Cut that piece to fit and repeat, as shown in the fourth picture. Take three of your pieces and place them together to form a half round. (I highly recommend only doing one half at a time, because otherwise, things can get mixed up reeeeal quick.) Take the strip of dark green that you have, and put it between two of the diagonal slices you just made. Using your fingers, round off the black side of one of the plug pieces, then pinch the white side of the square into a point so that you form a petal shape. Take one of the halves and cut that diagonally into three or four pieces. This is going to be forming the veins in your leaf! Then, figure out around how long the cane is, and make yourself a flat strip of the dark green you have around the outside that is about that width. Earlier this week I took some time out to make this Water Cane, I purchased the tutorial for this cane from CraftArtEdu designed by Claire Wallis. Now that you have your cane, the first step is to split it in half. Polymer Clay Water Cane UPDATE CraftArtEdu has unfortunately now closed, if you would like more information on this cane here is Claire Wallis Facebook Page. However, you can also just press them out with your fingers, and get ready for the next step! Because I make a lot of canes, I've invested in a tool called a "conditioning machine," which is basically a hand-cranked pasta machine designed for rolling out clay. The next step is to take these canes, and flatten them to a similar width as well. It doesn't have to be perfect, but try to get them fairly close. Once you have your colors, you will need to roll them out into canes of roughly the same width. It's hard to describe the logistics of this part, as it involves a lot of "Is that too similar to the last color? Let me add a smidge more green - Oh god, now it's just green, that was too much, we'll save that for later, let's try again." Start mixing with the darkest color, which will be the outermost color, a little bit at a time. You should have the smallest amount of this color. For this demonstration, I chose a light yellow-green. Start with the lightest color, which will be the one in the center of the leaf. The first step is to pick out your colors, and create a gradient.
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