{"id":15366,"date":"2012-04-12T03:27:08","date_gmt":"2012-04-12T10:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=15366"},"modified":"2015-07-28T19:38:15","modified_gmt":"2015-07-29T02:38:15","slug":"rose-brain-cane-polymer-clay-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/rose-brain-cane-polymer-clay-tutorial\/15366\/","title":{"rendered":"Rose Brain Cane | Polymer Clay Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RoseVideo #251:<\/span> “Can I add my request for the brain cane tutorial? Thanks.” ~Marion-R<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Over time, I am coming to realize that you should never underestimate a simple idea, just because it is simple. Nowhere in the ‘Book of Life’ or the ‘Artists Handbook’ does it say that something has to be complicated to be great.<\/span><\/p>\n

I see people over-complicating things all the time. It is as if the idea wouldn’t be ‘good enough’ unless it was hard. If it takes some serious, precise calculations, a week long workshop and an art school or rocket science degree to figure out, it has got to be better… right?<\/span><\/p>\n

Wrong!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Although I am usually pretty good at simplifying the complicated, there have been a few cases when an idea has been overlooked because it seemed so simplistic that it almost felt like ‘cheating’ to show you all how to do it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Did you know that if Doug hadn’t pushed me to show you all my Teardrop Blend<\/a> method of making complicated multi-colored Skinner Blends, that I may not have even bothered to show you? At the time, I really didn’t think too much about it. I found the other way of doing it too hard, so I did it an easy way. No big deal I thought… wrong again!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Well, looks like I did it again… skipped over something cool because it was easy! It wasn’t until Marion-R read an old post and reminded me to show you all how to make my Rose version of the Brain Cane<\/a>, that I even remembered about this project. So after whipping up a few sample canes and some beads, I fell in love! The beads turned out gorgeous… once again, I had undervalued a simple idea.<\/span><\/p>\n

Time for a mental slap… Ouch!<\/em> Remind me to not do that anymore!<\/span><\/p>\n

Any who… coming up tomorrow (Friday, April 13, 2012) in the Vol-047-2 members video at the Polymer Clay Tutor Library, I will be teaching you how to make a graphic and stylized Rose Brain Cane that you can use for making gorgeous beads, pendants and other polymer clay jewelry making projects.<\/span><\/p>\n

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…<\/span> Please Note:<\/strong><\/span> A general prerequisite for all of my weekly tutorials is that you have a good understanding of the polymer clay basics, including: conditioning clay, using a pasta machine, clay blade and other simple tools, making Skinner Blends or Teardrop Blends, baking clay, as well as sanding and finishing. If you need help in these areas, my Polymer Clay Beginners Course<\/a> will get you up to speed quickly. There is also plenty of free information on this blog. Use the search box at the top of the page to find articles on specific topics.<\/span><\/p>\n

Supplies & Tools: Video-047-2 Rose Brain Cane:
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