Polymer Clay Millefiori Cane Tutorial

This week for the 52 Weeks of Canes, one of our projects was the pixelated retro cane.  This pixelated retro cane tutorial  originated from Bettina Welker. I in no way, shape, or form came up with this design idea on my own.  This being said, please see Bettina’s highly detailed tutorial here.

Polymer Clay Millefiori Cane Tutorial

Thanks for the awesome tutorial Bettina, from me & all the clay artists around the globe.

The first step in any design-work is to come up with a color palette. The color palette shown here I featured on the blog yesterday, you can see the clay colors I used here.

I created a simple ombre blend for each of my two primary colors, and then using Bettina’s tutorial, I assembled my colors in their ombre color schemes. Again using Bettina’s tutorial, I extruded the clay into a very long strip, ran the strands parallel to each other, and then stacked them on top of each other as Bettina showed. This process resulted in the cane featured at left.

Creating the Veneer

I cut the stack in equal size thicknesses. I then lined them up next to each other, side by side. This created a really cool effect. Then I placed the slices on a conditioned sheet of scrap clay. When all the clay was laid on the veneer, I gently took my acrylic roller and rolled over the sheet in even passes to smooth the seams. When all the seams were smooth, I passed the sheet through the pasta machine to even it out.  Once the sheet was run through the pasta machine, I cut off the uneven ends. Then I cut the sheet up for twinchies!

Worksheet Series: Butterfly Wing Cane

If you can make a Skinner Blend and a Skinner Blend Bullseye Cane, then you’ve already accomplished the hardest parts of this fun cane. This cane is easier than it looks and is a lot of fun as well … and it is a great way to use up simple color scraps to make simple butterfly wings. Not to mention that you don’t have to be overly fussy and in almost every case, you have a gorgeous butterfly wing in the end.

*This worksheet includes a Skinner Blend Bullseye Cane Worksheet for free.*

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52 Weeks of Canes Weekly Results

We had two more canes this to make this week:

• Retro Cane or Pixelated Retro Cane
• Mosaic Cane

At left are my results for both of these canes.

Thanks for joining me today, Happy Claying,