{"id":154,"date":"2008-07-19T19:02:30","date_gmt":"2008-07-20T02:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/polymer-clay-cane-jewelry-bead-making\/154\/"},"modified":"2016-09-22T15:50:57","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T22:50:57","slug":"polymer-clay-cane-jewelry-bead-making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/polymer-clay-cane-jewelry-bead-making\/154\/","title":{"rendered":"Clay Cane Slicing Techniques for Polymer Clay Jewelry Bead Making"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/\/images\/blog\/2008-07\/19-cane-slicing-tips-90071-00.jpg\" alt=\"Cane Slicing Tips\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"10\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>Vid #76: How to slice your polymer clay canes with little to no distortion &#8212; Making bead jewelry with less waste:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Getting a nice clay cane slice to use on your next polyclay jewelry making project can sometimes be trickier<\/span><!--more--><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> than<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> it looks. Here&#8217;s a few tips and tricks that will help you perfect the technique.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Keep your polymer clay cane chilled. A firm cool cane is easier to slice than a soft and warm one. Frozen gel or ice packs can be handy for conveniently lowering the temperature of your canework right in your craft studio.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Use a sharp tissue blade or razor blade to cut your canes. A dull clay knife will cause the whole cane to become misshapen and distorted. It will also cause the image to smear inside the slice if the blade is not sharp enough. Read this helpful post on how to sharpen dull cutting knives: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/slicing-polymer-clay-canes\/75\/\">Slicing Polymer Clay Canes<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Look from up above and straight down when cutting your cane, so that you can see the whole cut. If you are looking from only the front or at a funny angle the slices will be uneven.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Square canes and triangle canes cut with less distortion than a round cane does. Try turning your canes after each cut so the distorted sides get evened out. You can also regularly reshape the cane before cutting another slice.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Cutting perfect polymer clay cane slices is such an important jewelry bead making technique to learn and master. The more nice slices you can get from your canework, the more beads, pendants and ultimately the more polymer clay jewelry you can make from them! 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