April 2, 2008
Bullseye Cane Making Tip for Polymer Clay Beginners
Tip #35: Making a Mod Cane from Several Bullseye Canes:
This polymer clay cane design is popular with beginners because it's easy to make. But it's also the type of cane that you will use for making beads even when you become an expert.
A cool idea is to reduce a bunch of bulls eye canes; Then square up each of these smaller canes a bit; And finally press them together to make one larger cane with as many bullseye patterns showing in the cross section as you like. Many clayers call this a mod cane, especially when you use retro colors from the 1960's or 70's. Anyone remember the Mod Squad TV show?
>> Bullseye Cane for Polymer Clay Beginners <<
"Make a Bulls-Eye Cane" Video Description: The full version of this tutorial is available in my Beads and Beading Membership Club. Be sure to learn how to make beginner bulls eye canes. You can use whatever color combinations that you like with whatever number of layers you choose. Bulls-eye canes are very versatile and can be used for a wide array of beading projects.
Filed under 02: Tools, 07: Cane Work by Cindy Lietz
Comments on Bullseye Cane Making Tip for Polymer Clay Beginners »
Cindy Lietz from Focal Beads @ 4:58 pm
Before starting on any cane, make sure that all clays you plan on using for the project are of the same consistency. If one of the clays is softer or harder than the others, the cane will not reduce evenly and you will have distortion.
The following videos show how to soften or firm up your clay as desired:
Soften Polymer Clay with Fimo Quick Mix
Polymer Clay Pasta Machine - How To Firm Up Soft Clay
Another good idea is to save some chunks of cane at various sizes. It is easy to reduce a cane, but enlarging it is very tricky.
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