When I make canes, there’s always bits of the blend, the reducing ends and cane crumbs left. Turning them into canes that are useful again is one of those fun projects to do when you’ve accumulated a trove of goodies. … Read More ...
The Crazy Cane
Canes are a really powerful concept in polymer clay but the technique itself can be so simple. Literally anything you take slices off of can be a cane and this tutorial by Leah Fisch (hosted by Polymer Clay Central, still … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Jellyfish
Someone asked me about my starfish beads the other day – something I couldn’t easily answer because it has been years since I did that cane – and so I looked around to see what others had done for sealife … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Flower Canes
When I first got looking at canes online a few years ago, I was in a rush to learn how everyone got the cool effects in their cane designs. There was a lot of experimenting and staring at people’s pictures. … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Faux Marble
A well done faux marble made with Fimo polymer clay looks just like the real deal. Especially with a good sanding and buffing. It makes great dollhouse mini details as well as pieces where marble would be convincing – insets … Read More ...
Canada Day Polymer Clay
I live in Canada and this July 1st marks the 150th Canada Day. As a bit of celebrating I whipped up a tutorial for my Canada flag cane (and resulting beads!). It’s a colour block method to make a maple … Read More ...
Money Clips and Polymer Clay
I noticed this one because it has Matt’s great canework on it but then I saw that it was also a money clip which is a decent dad’s day project as well. The black and white suits my happy monochromatic … Read More ...
A Stack of Clay Bead Techniques
This page on KalinkaPolinka – or the English translation – has a stack of picture tutorials on canes and beads. I went looking, specifically, for the nice step by step pictures of the Natasha style beads. They’re one of my … Read More ...
Tweaking Your Jellyroll Cane
Chifonie wrote this neat tutorial (English translation) for Parôle de Paté, a great French polymer clay
community site. Like a lot of good variants, this one came about because the writer didn’t have all of the materials for … Read More ...
Faux Wood Grain with Polymer Clay
Faux wood is one of those great clay imitators. You can use it to make decorative jewellery pieces, of course, but what I found it best for was dollhouse miniatures and fairy garden pieces. Here’s a tutorial(English translation… Read More ...
Strawberries and Polymer Clay
I spend most of my clay life making canes to use. Mostly these turn into beads but you can use canes for a variety of clay projects. My favourite strawberry cane – I posted a basic step through on Instagram … Read More ...
Using Canes in Sculpting
This week I was showing my school age students how to use basic proportion rules in drawing and sculpting people figures. It was a quick and dirty version of how to sculpt a human and what you could do to … Read More ...
Really Simple Canes with Simple Tools
If you have access to a pasta machine you can make a whole pile of pretty awesome simple canes. Bonus points if you have a clay extruder around.
If you want precise, nicely lined up canes use the square edged … Read More ...
Really Simple Picture Canes
When I cane picture canes I tend to doodle them out first. The benefit is you see where all the lines go. If your doodles are similar in size to the face of the cane you’ll make, they’re even good … Read More ...
Really Simple Polymer Clay Canes
In the last few months I have done an awful lot of polymer clay classes for the small folk and when I explain canes I make spiral or jellryoll canes. They’re normally delighted and I have a box full of … Read More ...