{"id":3103,"date":"2009-03-15T03:33:29","date_gmt":"2009-03-15T10:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=3103"},"modified":"2009-05-13T22:23:36","modified_gmt":"2009-05-14T05:23:36","slug":"polymer-clay-tutorial-how-to-make-a-veined-leaf-cane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/polymer-clay-tutorial-how-to-make-a-veined-leaf-cane\/3103\/","title":{"rendered":"Polymer Clay Tutorial | How To Make a Veined Leaf Cane (2 Parts)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Vid #99-100: More Detailed Than Basic Leaf Canes But Still Easy For Beginners<\/span><\/strong>:
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Making leaf canes is the theme of the month over at the Polymer Clay Members Library. Video 010-1 and 010-2 showed you how\u00a0 to make a basic leaf cane. And<\/span> the next two videos 010-3 + 010-4 will show you step by step how to create a veined Leaf Cane. It’s a little more complex, but still very easy for any beginner to master quickly.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Basic Leaf Cane Tutorial started with a 2 color teardrop color blend. This blend was then used to created an accordion folded Skinner Blend Plug, which was then shaped and formed to make the cane. Short lengths of the simple cane were then combined to form a more complex leaf cane design… with multiple pieces.<\/span><\/p>\n

Loved what you did with the multiple pieces. I had wondered how it was done. Thanks. ~Adrienne<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I especially liked that you showed how to make a more complicated cane by using the simple one that you made. For some reason this idea seems to escape some beginners who think they can only use the cane in the original form. ~Jamie<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To read more feedback about the Basic Leaf Cane Video and to see a preview clip, click here: Polymer Clay Tutorial – Basic Leaf Canes<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

In the upcoming Veined Leaf Cane Series, I will demonstrate how you can use a 3 colored teardrop blend to make a Skinner Blend Cane (similar to the Skinner Blend Plug but rolled instead of folded).<\/span><\/p>\n

This Skinner Blend Cane is then sliced into three sections and sheets of black clay are added so that the cane takes on the look of a leaf with veins in it.<\/span><\/p>\n

You will be able to use leaf canes in many different bead and jewelry making projects. They don’t demand perfection as many other cane designs do.<\/span><\/p>\n

Once you master the basic leaf cane and the veined leaf cane, you’ll be ready to tackle some of the more complicated picture design canes I’ll be demonstrating over the coming months.<\/span><\/p>\n

Because it requires a fair number of steps to make polymer clay canes, this Veined Leaf Cane Tutorial will be a 2 part mini series… in the same way that the Basic Leaf Cane Tutorial was.<\/span><\/p>\n

Part 1 of this two part veined leaf cane series will be posted in the Members Library later this week as Volume 010-03. And Part 2 will be posted next week as Volume 010-4.<\/span><\/p>\n

But you can watch a preview clip right now if you like, by scrolling down on this page a bit. Or just click here<\/a> to go straight to the preview video player.<\/span><\/p>\n

More information about my Polymer Clay Tutor Library and how to become a member, is posted right below the preview video player on this page.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The full version of the “Veined Leaf Cane”<\/strong> preview video shown above, is available for purchase at my Polymer Clay Bead Making Videos<\/a> Library in the Volume-010 Back Issue Package.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In the “Veined Leaf Cane”<\/strong> mini series, I walk you step by step through the process of making a leaf cane with diagonal veins running through it. Here are the specific topics included in Part 1 (Volume 010-3):<\/span><\/strong>
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