Stroppel Cane Miniature Easter Egg Tutorial

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Stroppel Cane Easter Egg Tutorial by KatersAcres

The Stroppel Cane

Stroppel Cane by KatersAcresStroppel Cane by KatersAcresI have blogged about the Stroppel Cane many times, Alice has even joined us here on the blog to say “hi” & give us more information about her awesome cane (see the comments on her post).  I have been making so many canes lately for flower necklaces and things that I have made some of the most beautiful Stroppel canes ever from those canes ends. (Okay, perhaps not ever … but the best ones I’ve ever made for sure.)

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52 Weeks of Canes: Leaf Cane

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52 Weeks of Canes - Extruded Leaf Cane FREE Tutorial from Kater's Acres

Extruded Polymer Clay Leaf Cane

Week 12: Leaf Canes Continued

This month we have been exploring leaf canes & all the different kinds of leaves that you can make with clay. With all the colors of clay on the market, the infinite possibilities with color mixing, you could make hundreds of different combinations of colored leaves and never repeat the same color scheme twice.

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Polymer Clay Zebra Millefiori Cane Tutorial

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Zebra Millefiori Cane Tutorial by KatersAcres.com

 

A Trip To the Zoo with a Zebra Cane Tutorial

Today’s zebra cane tutorial is a different kind of tutorial for me to offer you. Instead of explicit written directions, I am offering just the photo instructions. If you like this kind of tutorial, please COMMENT below & leave your feedback.

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52 Weeks of Canes: Basket Weave Cane by KatersAcres

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Millefiori Basketweave Cane

Polymer Clay Millefioiri Cane - BasketWeave by KatersAcres

52 Weeks of Canes

I’m really enjoying the process of learning to make canes. In fact, where I used to be scared of anything that wasn’t a leaf cane or flower petal cane, I can now say that I thoroughly enjoy making my canes! Much of that is thanks to this year long project team that has continued to push me to make a new cane every week. Continue reading 52 Weeks of Canes: Basket Weave Cane by KatersAcres

Mini-Tutorial Pixelated Retro Cane Bettina Welker Style

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Pixelated Retro Cane & Veneer Tutorial by KatersAcres

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.

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Skinner Blend Leaf Cane Tutorial – Poinsettia Part 2

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Skinner Blend Leaf Cane - Poinsettia Tutorial Part 2 by KatersAcres

Welcome back! This tutorial is part 2 for the caned poinsettia project. You can find part one here.

There are lots of different ways to make a leaf cane, I can think of 4 different ways off the top of my head. I made this leaf cane the way shown in this worksheet because I wanted the gradient side portions. Most of the details are an exact copy of the way you completed your petal canes for the first part of your tutorial.

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Making a Skinner Blend Petal Cane – Poinsettia Project 1

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Skinner Blend Flower Petal Cane - Poinsettia Part 1 by KatersAcres

First, there is no right or wrong way to make this cane. I make it differently than some people, and I know that some people will make it differently than me. That’s okay. Once you can get the Skinner Blend mastered, it’s all a matter of using your sculpting skills to gently “persuade” the clay to do what YOU want it to do.

The following tutorial is PART 1 in making a caned Poinsettia petals & leaves.

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