{"id":99,"date":"2008-05-26T18:22:18","date_gmt":"2008-05-27T01:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/polymer-clay-cane-flower-designs\/99\/"},"modified":"2013-04-23T16:40:36","modified_gmt":"2013-04-23T23:40:36","slug":"polymer-clay-cane-flower-designs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/polymer-clay-cane-flower-designs\/99\/","title":{"rendered":"Polymer Clay Cane Designs Inspired by Dainty Spring Flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Polymer<\/p>\n

Some ideas and techniques on how to make polymer clay canes patterned from beautiful spring flowers:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

I love Spring and I love Johnny-Jump-Ups even more! These cheerful little pansy flowers jump up<\/i> like weeds all<\/span> over my<\/span> vegetable garden. This year I got my husband Doug to take pictures of them and I thought they were the perfect inspiration for making polymer clay canes!<\/span><\/p>\n

I really love the way the deep purple shifts from a magenta based purple to an indigo one. Then to a bluish white and next a warm sunny yellow. The deep purple slashes<\/i> accentuate the blends of color and create a bridge from one color to the next.<\/span><\/p>\n

In polymer clay cane making, a design like this is broken into elements that can be translated into clay techniques.<\/span><\/p>\n

First your base colors would be decided upon and custom mixed. Then, since it is a flower, you would add a fair amount of translucent to each color to give it a more realistic translucency.<\/span><\/p>\n

Next, three different Skinner Blends are created to imitate the petals. Starting with the back petals a blend could be created from magenta based purples to indigo. Saving some of this blend for the back petals, white can be added to the remaining blend to create a new blend for the center two petals. Some of that would be saved and finally yellow would be added to the remaining blend creating the three colored petal at the bottom.<\/span><\/p>\n

Each blend would be shaped into petal shaped logs (canes) and wrapped in a contrasting color, such as a pale blue, so that each petal would stand out from one another.The deep purple slashes would be inserted into cuts in each of the front canes and each cane would be placed in their proper positions to build the shape of the flower.<\/span><\/p>\n

The whole cane would then be wrapped in a sheet of translucent, then back filled to create a round cane for reducing.<\/span><\/p>\n

I explain here, the process behind creating a beautiful polymer clay cane from an inspirational flower photo. Not as instructions per se but more as a way for those of you who have never made a cane before, to begin to understand the steps in making one.<\/span><\/p>\n

As you learn the different techniques in polymer clay, you will begin to see photos like this as a source for original cane designs. You will be able to see things more simply. More as a series of steps, rather than an impossible piece of art to create.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"Polymer<\/td>\n <\/p>\n

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\nClue #4 >> Premo Polymer Clay Canes<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Over time, through my blog, my newsletter and my courses, I will share the different polymer clay cane making techniques and skills that you’ll will need to be able to look at a picture like this and not only see a beautiful flower but also see a beautiful polymer clay cane!<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cindy\"Polymer<\/p>\n

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