My last tutorial was about using those great bracelet cuffs but I was using a Spiral Skinner Blend Can that I just made up using some old bulls Eye canes I had. However, I was so excited about sharing that, that I didn't share how to make the purple spiral skinner blend cane. So here is the "Learn with me tutorial," on that. Just watch below. I started working on an illustration to show you how to do the skinner blend itself, but as often happens, I draw too many details and didn't get it done in time. Thankfully if you search "skinner blend tutorial" on You Tube, you will find many great tutorials. Here is one by Cool Tools.
Watch My Learn With Me Tutorial Right Below:
What You Need To Make A Spiral Skinner Blend Cane?
💓A Polymer Clay Skinner Blend Cane (about 2 inches long and about 1 inch across.
Make sure you have a contrasting outer layer of clay on the outside of your cane. I used Premo Pearl for this cobalt blue and fuschia pink cane- that creates a gorgeous purple.
Make sure you have a contrasting outer layer of clay on the outside of your cane.
Storing Or Using Your Cane
As you can see in the tutorial video and in the pics, my cane is created with spirals but once it is reduced and ready, the spirals are in various shapes. I purposely want my spirals to become abstracted designs that would work well to us in a variety of projects.
You can slice it thin or thick, depends what you want. I used it and some others as a veneer or covering to make cuff bracelets. Now even if my slices are a bit skewed, I just roll them out to join seams. That distorts them some more. Which for my purpose is cool. That way there is more variety to my pattern.
Some people have no problem using old canes. I have decided they are only okay if it is a project that won't require too much flexing. In my case, the canes still seem to crack to easy and I get disappointed. Which has caused me to conclude that instead of making so many canes and even pre rolled sheets ahead of time, I should make what I need as I need it. That is just my lesson learned so far. Yet, I did have a large flower cane and it worked out well a couple years later. I think the canes with translucent clay and alcohol inks are the most prone to future cracking. You try what you want and see what happens. Room temperature makes a difference too. Warm is great for me, makes clay easier to condition. Cold temps, too frustrating to work with.
Question Time
Have you noticed a difference working with polymer clay if your environment is warmer or colder?
a) YES b) NO c) SOMETIMES
HeArtfully Creating,
Anita
Hope you re inspired to try making a simple fun cane like this or even making a bulls eye cane. That is the starting point for so many other great canes.
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Hope you re inspired to try making a simple fun cane like this or even making a bulls eye cane. That is the starting point for so many other great canes.
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