{"id":16710,"date":"2013-02-21T03:05:30","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T11:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=16710"},"modified":"2013-05-30T05:18:24","modified_gmt":"2013-05-30T12:18:24","slug":"reducing-polymer-clay-cane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/reducing-polymer-clay-cane\/16710\/","title":{"rendered":"Reducing a Polymer Clay Cane From Start To Finish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name=\"video\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=16710#video\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" alt=\"Easter Lily Cane Polymer Clay Tutor\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2013-02\/21-90348-pt0-reducing-a-polymer-clay-cane.jpg\" width=\"255\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Video #348:<\/span> Featuring my Easter Lily design which reduces right down to a quarter inch in diameter.<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: large;\"><strong>Topics Covered In This Video:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Basic description of what a polymer cane really is, and what it is used for.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Examples of reduced canes and millifiori beads that were made using my unique <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/easter-lily-cane-polymer-clay-tutorials-vol-058\/16728\/\">Easter Lily Cane Design<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Common challenges reducing canes and what to do to solve those problems.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Important factors to consider when reducing canes.<br \/>\n&#8211; Hardness\/Firmness of the different colors in the cane.<br \/>\n&#8211; Temperature differences in sections of the cane.<br \/>\n&#8211; Size of the cane&#8230; why bigger is not always better&#8230; but too small can be a problem too.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Showing the cane reduction process in fast motion so it does not take forever to watch, but you still get to see the entire process from beginning to end.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Tips on how to reduce canes with the most success and the least amount of waste.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Ideas for what to do with any waste cane you may end up with.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Saving sections of the reduced cane at a variety of sizes to give yourself the most options for using the cane.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bYKv7Co7Xys?rel=0\" height=\"323\" width=\"574\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #808080;\">Question of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Are there other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/reducing-polymer-canes-fimo-clay-tips-making-millefiori-beads\/1059\/\" target=\"_blank\">cane reducing issues<\/a> that I didn&#8217;t cover in the video, which you still need some help with? Or, does anyone have any other helpful tips to share?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I look forward to hearing from you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">By the way, if you have a polymer clay question or challenge you&#8217;d like me to address in an upcoming video vlog, do post it in the comments below. I&#8217;d love to help you find quicker and easier ways to bring up the professionalism in your polymer clay art.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #808080;\">Oh and don&#8217;t forget to give these videos a<em> Thumbs Up<\/em> click at YouTube if you are enjoying them. The more <em>Likes<\/em> a video gets, the higher it rises in the searches. And that means even more people will be able to join in on this polymer clay journey of a lifetime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Also, by subscribing to our YouTube Channel directly, you will receive notifications as soon as new videos are uploaded. To subscribe, click here&#8230;<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/bYKv7Co7Xys\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">How To Reduce A Polymer Clay Cane<\/a><span style=\"color: #808080;\">. The Subscribe Button is right near the top of that YouTube page.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Looking forward to hearing from you!<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 575px;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 200px;\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cindy Lietz Signature\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/cindy-sig.jpg\" width=\"114\" height=\"99\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Polymer Clay Tutor\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/polymer-clay-tutor.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"26\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video #348: Featuring my Easter Lily design which reduces right down to a quarter inch in diameter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[2681,2682],"class_list":["post-16710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cane-work","tag-cane-making","tag-cane-management"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16710\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}