Creating Colourful Jewellery with the Cut Through Cane in Polymer Clay
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
- This colourful cane is fantastic to make your own polymer clay jewellery with. In the tutorial I show how to make a brooch/pin but you can make necklaces, earrings or anything else with this fun and adaptable cane. I take you step by step through the whole process, so sit back, relax, and then have some fun and make your own.
The music from the video is English Country Garden by Aaron Kenny and is available from the UA-cam Free Audio Library.
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Polymer Clay is oven baked, always follow the manufacturer’s instructions for the brand of clay you are using.
I used FIMO Soft Polymer Clay, but all well-known brands of polymer clay will work well for this project.
I used 3 groups/blends of colours, with differing shades. The first was Brilliant Blue/Peppermint/White, the second Violet/Lavender/White and the third Cherry Red/Tangerine/Sunflower Yellow/Lemon Yellow/Apple Green/Emerald Green. Each of the larger amounts was ½ oz/14g with the White being ¼ oz/7g x 2.
I have listed below everything I mentioned and alternatives where applicable. But just use what you have to hand.
NB: The Pasta Machine clay thicknesses for those with no pasta machine are pinned as the top comment below the video.
A flexible Polymer Clay Blade {please keep fingers away from sharp edges) or a sharp round cutter will work as an alternative to cut through the cane. If you do not have a polymer clay blade to cut cane slices, then a razor blade can be an alternative - but again, keep fingers away from the sharp edges.
Small roller
Craft Knife
Cling Film/plastic wrap
3mm/4mm Cable Needle - or something similar
Round Cutter of your choice - mine was a 1.75 inch / 4.5cm in diameter
A couple of small sheets of Baking Parchment/wax paper/tracing paper/parchment paper or something similar
Brooch Pin (I used safety ones, available from most bead/jewellery finding shops)
Stainless Steel Soap/burnishing tool/smooth round pebble or use your roller.
Liquid Polymer Clay or Bake and Bond or PVA glue.
Wet/dry sandpaper (if you want to sand) - I used 600/1000/1500 grit.
Unstitched polishing mop - if you want to polish any sanded clay pieces. These can be added to hand held machines like a Dremmel, or onto a bench grinder. You can of course polish by hand with a soft polishing cloth - a piece of clean denim like material also works well to give a soft sheen.
CaneCaps, are from Tiny Pandora, and can be found here: tinypandora.co... and if you are in the UK, then the Cane Savers can be found here: www.etsy.com/u...
The measuring sheet is freely downloadable from www.printablep... and I use the 4 squares to one inch sheet. I print it out, laminate it and then it can be used multiple times.
I have an old, blunt, polymer clay blade that I have masked and use to help place my cane slices. An old, expired credit card, or short ruler would also work well.
Biodegradable wet wipes, or wet cloths to clean your hands as you work.
Domed mould - I used the Sculpey Hollow Bead Maker which is available from many outlets - www.sculpey.co... . You can also buy semi-sphere moulds in stores and online, they are often found in cookware departments, and bath bomb moulds (not plastic ones) are often good to use too. You can also use the old fashioned round topped spent lightbulbs instead. Put a little scrap clay at the bottom to hold it upright and use the top of the spent lightbulb as your rounded mould. You can carefully cut off the bottom end of a used drinks can, and masking the cut edges, use either the inside or the outside as a gently domed mould, (if there is printing on the bottom, sand it off first). Finally, if you have none of these, then a nice, rounded spoon can act as a good mould.
Aluminium foil to cover the clay while it bakes.
Hopefully that gives you everything you need to know to make some of your own. Have fun.
Thank you so much for watching.
I used a Pasta Machine dedicated to Polymer Clay use to create blends and condition the clay. If you do not have a pasta machine, you can condition the clay by hand, by cutting it into slices, and then rolling the clay in your hands until it becomes soft and malleable. If you want to create sheets of clay, roll the clay between two even stacks of playing cards to get an even thickness in your sheet of clay. Settings 9 and 8 on my machine are 1 playing card thickness (0.15 and 0.25mm), setting 7 and 6 are 2 cards thick (0.33 and 0.5mm), setting 5 is 3 cards (0.75mm), setting 4, 4 cards (1mm), setting 3 is 5 cards (1.5mm), setting 2 is 6 cards (2mm), setting 1 is 7 cards (2.25mm) and setting 0 is 8 cards (2.5mm) thickness.🙂
Fiona, this is phenomenal! I am in awe of your polymer brilliance! 😊❤
aww, thanks so much Susan 🙂
Fiona, every cane you make, I think "this is my absolute favorite"! And then your next one makes everything else pale in comparison! This one is no exception! I can't think of enough adjectives to describe how marvelous this creation is! You have such an eye for color and design! Thank you for sharing this tutorial with us!
awww, thank you so much Rachel 🙂
Fiona these are wonderful and fascinating to see how the look can be changed. Thank you so much for your precise descriptions and instructions - really helpful. Have a beautiful day.
You are very welcome, thanks so much Mandy 🙂
This is such an informative tutorial (truthfully every tutorial of yours that I have watched have been excellent) I particularly like the fact that you give alternative ideas for anyone who might not have the same tools that you do. Another point that you make is that not all canes will look the same and that is so true. I could follow any cane tutorial step by step down to same colors and polymer clay and my cane will turn out differently. Thank you. I do learn quite a lot and,frankly, it gives me confidence to keep experimenting.
I am so glad you are enjoying the videos and having fun experimenting, that's what I love doing and gvet so many new ideas that way. Thanks so much 🙂
Wow Fiona! I love how different each one looks. It definitely opens up so many variations. I want to try this! You are so talented, thank you so much for sharing!
Thanks so much Carol, have fun 🙂
All I can say is…WOW!
Thakn you very much 🙂
Wooooooooow that's gorgeous ❤😊
You are the queen of canes🥰😍🥀
Thank you very much 🙂
Flippin' GENIUS.
awww, thanks so much Sylvia 🙂
They're all so beautiful! The ones that create the hearts are my favourite
Yes, mine too, I loved that when I put the slices together 😉 Thanks so much Melissa 🙂
Another beautiful cane and project. Thank you Fiona!
I a so pleased you liked it, thank you very much Sheryl 🙂
Absolutely, stunning work. I have not seen one of your video's that hasn't shocked me with how very gifted you are. Thank you for sharing your gift with the world.❤❤😊❤❤
Oh wow, thank you so much, what a wonderful compliment 🙂🙏🙏
@@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginals You are so very 🙏 welcome 🙏. I meant every word.💞
I Love your videos! I even bought the Trellis PDF and loved it! I also bought the Hexagon set (plus a LOT more!) and am making boxes and bowls! Thanks for all you do for those of us who need a gentle nudge in the right direction!!!
Thank you 😍I am so happy you like the tutorials and are having fun with bowls and boxes, wonderful 🙃 Thanks so much, and carry on having fun with Polymer Clay 🙂
You are so encouraging and these are beautiful. Thank you for your channel and I'm glad you're feeling better!
Thanks so much Melissa, there's so much fun you can have with cutting thorugh and adding in. 🙂🙃😊
Brilliant as always! ❤
aww, thanks so much 🙂
i dont even own polymer clay but this was too interesting to scroll past!
what an informative and lovely video
true talent hwre ❤
I'm so glad you liked it, thanks so much 🙂
This is stunning, I can't wait to try it
Thanks so muc, have fun with it 🙂
This is so beautiful, I love your tutorials. You explain everything so very well! Goind to try this today! Again, thanks for all your hard work and sharing your designs.💌
I am so glad you liked it, thanks so much Annie 🙂
Patch pocket was a good choice, but if I had a little see -thru fabric left, I would have put the see-thru on top of the blue patch pocket. This would make the pocket a highlight of the whole design.😂 Keep going girl it slowly gets easier.
Okay, thank you :)
Awesome 😎 thanks for your time
Thank you so much 🙂
I will definitely try this soon, beautiful ❤❤
Thanks so much, have fun 🙂
wow so colourful !!!
Thank you so much 🙂
❤so wonderful 😍 💖 I will try it soon ❤
Thanks so much, have fun 🙂
Thank you for this great video! May I request that you show the process of putting the clay through the pasta machine? 🙏 I m not that good at imagining!
Thanks so much, If you look at the two videos I mention in this one, the conditioning clay and Skinner Blend ones, they both show me using the pasta machine. I do also show it in some of the other tutiruals I do, but don't do it all the time as the vast majority of people who follow my tutorials know how to do that part. But thanks so much for your feedback, I will do another one soon where I show it again, for those who haven't yet seen it 🙂
Its so weird that how easy u make the cane making process looks so easy 😢 cause mine definitely doesn't look like urs 🤦 but as usual, a beautiful tutorial ❤❤❤ thank you ❤❤❤
I am sure yours is beautiful, and of course it shouldn't look exactly like mine as every cane will be different. Remember we are all our own worst critics, and that if you show your cane to someone else they will probably go 'wow' and be so impressed by what you have created. I am glad you enjoyed the video 🙂
@@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginalsbig hugggg 🫂🫂🫂
Wow
Thank you so much 🙂
Hermoso
muchas gracias 🙂
❤❤❤
Thanks so much Carol 🙂