{"id":1051,"date":"2008-11-02T16:00:12","date_gmt":"2008-11-02T23:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=1051"},"modified":"2008-11-02T16:02:15","modified_gmt":"2008-11-02T23:02:15","slug":"kaleidoscope-cane-pillow-beads-for-making-cool-jewelry-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/kaleidoscope-cane-pillow-beads-for-making-cool-jewelry-projects\/1051\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaleidoscope Cane, Pillow Beads for Making Cool Jewelry Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Kaleidoscope<\/p>\n

Just Because Kaleidescope Beads Look Complicated, Does Not Mean They Are All Difficult to Make:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The polymer clay kaleidoscope cane design on the pillow bead in this photo has a fairly complex pattern. To a non-polymer<\/span> clay person, making something<\/span> like this out of solid blocks of clay, would seem like an impossible task. But not for you…<\/span><\/p>\n

Although these kaleidoscope canes appear complicated, they are actually fairly simple to create. In fact, this design was made using odds and ends and left-overs from other cane projects. If you look carefully, there are pieces of a gerbera daisy flower cane<\/a>, a rose cane, and a bulls eye cane<\/a> along with a lime green leaf cane<\/a> and some black clay as an accent color.<\/span><\/p>\n

What makes a kaleidoscope cane work is its triangular blocks of repeated patterns. You can pretty much take any patterned cane or collection of canes and shape them into triangular lengths. Then arrange these lengths together to form your kaleidoscope cane.<\/span><\/p>\n

For the design to work however, here are a few things to keep in mind:<\/span><\/p>\n