Isn’t this a beautiful polymer clay flower cane? :)
Links:
Polymer Clay Flower Cane (Millefiori cane: Pink Flames Flower (polymer clay tutorial fimo tutorial)) (video)
…compilation of tutorials
Well, I’ve presented before instructions which had to do with sushi and others, which had to do with polymer clay canes.
It would have been obvious then to do something with sushi canes, but unfortunately I didn’t have the idea ;-)
Links:
Sushi Flower Cane (How to Make Flower Sushi Art – Amazing Food Recipe) (video)
Here at unikatissima:
Entries containing the word ‘sushi’
Entries with the tags ‘polymer clay’ and ‘cane’
This Thursday started its first challenge which theme is ‘fresh’.
When I heard about I thought immediately about the little polymer clay box I made long ago but am still fond of (not least because of its freshness ;-))
It is a little cardboard box that I covered with polymer clay and embellished with self-made flower and leaf canes (for links to tutorials see links below).
On this picture you see one side of the box. The finger isn’t there by accident, but to show how small the box is ;-))
This is a close-up from the lid. You can see the purple Hydrangea-like flowers with the Jellyroll center and the leaves.
I made the transparent cane with the white dots to simulate those white flower tufts often used by florists.
Just a last close-up.
Isn’t the balloon flower polymer clay cane beautiful?
It can be made so fine because you work it big and then reduce it.
And if the balloon flower isn’t for you, try some other polymer clay canes ;-)
Links:
Balloon Flower Polymer Clay Cane
Here at unikatissima:
Reducing Polymer Clay Canes
Entries containing the word ‘polymer clay cane’
Do you remember the polymer clay coaster?
It has been nice but I find the polymer clay cane coasters actually even nicer :)
Links:
Polymer Clay Cane Coasters (Set of Polymer Clay Coasters)
Here at unikatissima:
Polymer Clay Coaster
I wrote before about reducing polymer clay canes, here they’re talking about how to fill flower canes with ‘background’ and reduce them without damaging the flowers.
I did it myself in the same way and it worked great, you only need some patience.
Links:
Wrapping and Reducing Polymer Clay Canes (Wrapping & Reducing Canes)
Here at unikatissima:
Reducing Polymer Clay Canes
Entries containing the word ‘flower cane’
I always found the polymer clay Chrysanthemum cane most beautiful!
Besides it’s not long any more until Valentine’s Day where you can possibly do with the Chrysanthemum hearts ;-)
But there are muuuch more interesting polymer clay tutorials ;-)
And if you don’t fancy Chrysanthemums much, there are still a lot of other polymer clay flower canes ;-)
Links:
Polymer Clay Chrysanthemum Cane (The Translucent Chrysanthemum Cane)
Here at unikatissima:
Polymer Clay Flower Canes
Entries with the tag ‘Valentine’s Day’
Entries with the tag ‘PolymerClay’
Some time ago I presented the Skinner blend beads necklace, the ‘skewer’ beads shown here are made in the same way.
I call them ‘skewer’ beads because I made them by rolling polymer clay sheets which I wrapped around wooden skewers. Then I cut the sheets in sections before baking.
For the beads on the photo I
Afterwards I threaded the beads on a simple leather string that matches wonderfully the colour of the beads.
The used polymer clay canes are mostly transparent just as for the egg and the flower canes of the polymer clay box.
I still enjoy this necklace.
I really wanted to play around a little with ‘jade’, especially because this is a wonderful way of using up rests of coloured, perhaps self-mixed polymer clay ;-)
As for the subject ‘jade’: Glassattic was a great help to me.
For the beads on the photo I
For this necklace I
But of course you can embellish the tubular beads that are made on skewers with other techniques and in other widths, also (as you can see at the Skinner blend beads necklace ;-)).
Here I varnished the black polymer clay sheet to be wrapped around the skewer (with I don’t remember what) in red, let it dry and pushed then the whole sheet through the pasta machine to let the varnish crack.
Additionally I made some black-only beads of the same width.
I still find this combination beautiful ;-)
Links:
On the topic of ‘faux jade’: Glassattic — Faux many => click there on ‘jade’
Here at unikatissima:
Skinner Blend Beads Necklace
Transparent Polymer Clay
Polymer Clay Flower Canes
Carving Polymer Clay
Entries containing the word ‘cane’
Transparent polymer clay gives you wonderful possibilities as you can see on the photo: this is an egg I covered in polymer clay.
First I took several polymer clay colours (greens, blues and yellows) and rolled them together in a snake. Then I passed it through my pasta machine and wrapped the egg with, decorating it with some red spots.
Afterwards I took my translucent flower cane translucent flower cane and covered the polmer clay-ed egg with it. I smoothed out the surface and then baked the polymer clay covered egg.
In the end I sanded and polished thoroughly so that it got a beautiful matte shine.
Links:
Translucent Flower Cane
Tutorial moved to: Translucent Flower Cane
While working with polymer clay I found a tutorial on how-to make items with a Bargello-look.
Then I made a little research to know what Bargello is (links see below):
It seems, that the first ‘Bargello craft’ was embroidery, but then the quilters worked Bargello-looking quilts, the polymer clay people made those items with a Bargello-look and the stampers and cardmaking people use this technique on paper. And I made my Bargello digitally as you can see on the picture ;-)
What a versatile technique ;-)
Links:
Embroidery:
Wikipedia: English entry for ‘Bargello’
How-to make Bargello needlework:
Bargello Work
Bargello needlepoint
Quilting:
How To Make Bargello Quilt
Polymer Clay:
Tutorial on how-to make items with a Bargello-look
Bargello Swap
Tutorial on how to make a Bargello pattern as cane and as sheet
Stamped Paper:
Bargello (English) (with explaining pictures)