Fractal Cane Ideas in Polymer Clay
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- Опубліковано 21 жов 2024
- I have long been inspired by images of fractal art online. In this video I make polymer clay canes, purely based on my love of these images, (but ones which are neither mathematically or scientifically correct in terms of creating a fractal 😉 ). This is a long video, broken down into sections, detailed below, so you can skip to whichever part interests you the most. I hope you enjoy it, and it inspires you to have a go at some of the cane ideas I suggest. So, sit back, relax, and watch as I create my own interpretation of fractal art in polymer clay canes.
Video Elements and timings:
• Equipment Needed - 4.10 mins
• Base Cane - 8.50 mins
• Turning the Base Cane into a fractal cane - 25.40 mins
• Creating a Pendant -33.45 mins
• Using a Skinner Blend in a fractal cane -46.35 mins
• Square reduction into a fractal cane - 50.50 mins
• Turning any cane into a fractal cane -54.05 mins
• Other options with the Base Cane - 59.15 mins
Here is the link to Conditioning Polymer Clay - • Conditioning Polymer C...
Here is the link to creating Skinner Blends - • Basic Skinner Blend Tu...
Here is the link to the Circuit Cane, the veneer is created at 38.40 mins - • Circuit Cane in Polyme...
For reducing a large cane, look at the Victorian Tile video, and go to 30.30 mins - • Victorian Tile Jewelle...
The Bail Templates are from PCUK Tools and they have a website here - www.pcuktools.... and an Etsy shop here - www.etsy.com/s...
The small glass crystals, called Chatons, are available from jewellery making / bead shops and online. I get mine in the UK from Spellbound Beads - www.spellbound...
An example of a stainless steel soap can be found here - www.amazon.co....
The measuring sheet can be found here - www.printablep...
You can buy the semi-sphere moulds in stores and on line, they are often found in cookware departments, and bath bomb moulds (not plastic ones) are often good to use too.
Sculpey have a hollow bead maker which is available from many outlets - Sculpey® Hollow Bead Maker | Sculpey.com .
If you cannot find or do not want to purchase these moulds, then you can use an old fashioned round topped spent lightbulb 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. As an alternative, you can carefully cut off the bottom end of a used drinks can, and carefully masking the sharp, 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.
If you like my work, then please do have a look at my website, www.fionaabel-s... and follow me on Facebook / fiona.abelsmith and Instagram. / fionaabelsmith.artist
I also have a number of Polymer Clay Tutorials to buy, both in my Etsy shop, PolyOriginals - www.etsy.com/u... where I have more tutorials in a PDF format, and as a video tutorial here - polyoriginals.t...
The music from the video is English Country Garden by Aaron Kenny and Waterfall by Aakash Gandhi, both available from the UA-cam Free Audio Library.
Thank you so much for watching.
It's so amazing how literally 1 design pushed and pulled in different ways makes so many beautiful patterns!! Absolutely stunning work! Thank you for doing so much hard work for all of us to enjoy!! I know I'm not the only one who could literally watch you all day!!! I am really looking forward to the bowl tutorial! 💜💜
Thank you so much, and yes I am now having fun playing with the bowl ideas ;)
ADMIRABLE travail.... c'est fantastique. Merci pour ce tuto. J'adore
Merci beaucoup :)
I know this video is over a year old, but I just watched the whole show, and I am amazed at how talented you are. Your work is beautiful!
Thank you so much :)
I don't blame you for trying fractal canes........most satisfying patterns. You're brilliant!! The colour graduations were incredible! Thank you xxx
THOSE BOWLS 😘
Thanks so much Melissa :)
Amazing! I want to say Thank You for making these videos, I know they are time consuming and I learn so much and get to pause them and practice your techniques! Lovely colors and pattern choices. I am a much improved polymer clayer because of these videos! I can't wait until the next one!
Awww bless you, that is so kind of you to say, and of course it is why I do them in the first place. I can't physically get to others, so this way I can still reach out to anyone anywhere - gotta love the internet :)
Oh man, soooo much input in one video. Loved all the options. Nice job with all of them.
You really are blitzing thorugh them aren't you Jennie ;) thanks again :)
Omg...what an AMAZING cane, Fiona!!!😍😍😍 I LOVE it so much! WOW!! So many options!♥️💜
Have a fabulous weekend!❤️
So glad you liked it, thanks so much Cindylee :)
Fiona, you say you aren't a scientist or mathematician but you really gave us some science here with this master class on cane manipulation. Thank you, Professor Abel-Smith for sharing these wonderful techniques and helping us expand our concepts of polymer clay design.
This is one of the best tutorials I have ever seen! Absolutely amazing! Thank you for your work and sharing your knowledge with us! Thanks!
Thank you so much Kerstin :)
'I think I'm fractled out lol. I just love the beautiful patterns you get just by turning the cane slice in a different orientation. 💜
Thanks so much Cherry :)
Fiona Abel-Smith PolyOriginals Yw💜
Ooh. Love the cane and the bowl!
Thanks so much Shari :)
Wow absolutely amazing, not that I'll ever tackle that, but I admire the work put into that, love your work fiona xx
Thank you so much Gaynor 🙂
Your very welcome, you inspired me 5 years ago to take up the craft, I thank you for giving me that. X
Wow, you are so talented! Thank you for putting these videos together… they are really well made! I appreciate all you do and share with us. Very inspirational!
Thank you very much :)
That. Was. Stunning. As you are so good at, you broke down an extremely complex looking pattern into something that most of us are capable of doing, if we take the time. Thank you! I watched in awe as it unfolded into more and more beauty... then my jaw literally dropped when you showed your bowls. Thank you SO much for your generous sharing of tutorials!
Thank you so much Deborah, I am so glad you enjoyed it :)
Golly! What a lot of work you did on this one for us!! Thank you! Some of those patterns are just amazingly unexpected based on how they started out! That last batch and the 2 pendants you made from it might just be my favorites! As always, relaxing and inspiring at the same time!!
Thank you so much Lee, I am so glad you enjoyed it :)
You are a good one to look at something and see how to replicate it to clay. You are a true artist. You have a lot of patients. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you very much Mary :)
I can’t wait to see the bowl tutorial!!
Thanks Lily, I have both the free UA-cam one and the more complex, PDF one, in my ETsy shop. :)
So grateful that you put these amazing tutorials out here! You are an amazing teacher and so talented! I just found your channel today and have been watching you non stop since. You also have a very soothing voice, put me to sleep a couple of times!
Thanks so much Shannonon, sorry about the putting to sleep though, I get that comment a lot, but for some it is a plus point ;)
You are truly an INCREDIBLE ARTIST Fiona...❣️Just LOVE your work...!!!💖💞💖
Thank you so much Susan :)
Love your kaleidoscops and your designs,fractual art is new for me, I absolutely am enthralled! I look forward to every new release. I can't wait to make this!
Thank you so much Renee :)
Beautiful patterns!!
Thanks so much :)
Fiona, this pattern is stunning! Actually all your fractals are amazing. I love the research and study you put into all of them. Deep respect and love ❤️
Thank you so much Jennifer :)
🤩 you are a brilliant teacher! Beautiful 😍
Thank you very much Nonie :)
Wow! You never cease to amaze! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you so much :)
Oh wow. 👏 Fantastic cane! I cannot wait for the bowls!
Thanks so much, I am having fun playing with the bowls, so that should be out in about 4 weeks, have one other video to post before that :)
Brilliant! Thank you so much for this inspiring tutorial. Love your canes.
Thank you very much Barbara :)
Wow, what fun! They're all beautiful! I can't wait to try this with a couple of my canes that will be perfect for this technique! Thanks for all your great tutes! ☺️
Fantastic, I hope you have great fun with them, thanks so much :)
This is so exciting! Such amazing results for all the variations of the cane. I have often thought that you must have a very mathematical mind - I don't think you could come up with your patterns and figure out the amounts of clay to use without one. I would love to try this effect using stacked skinner blends for the swirl. then adding the dots around it. m Thank you once again for such a wonderful tutorial, The bowls are absolutely gorgeous!
Thanks so much Caroline :) I did try it with a Skinner Blend, thinking that would be easier, but as I was trying to re-create the same design, trying to push the Skinner Blends into the spiral proved too difficult, and it was actually easier to do as the separate colours. As to mathematical, my Maths teacher would definitely disagree ;) but I do love patterns, and I now see patterns where probably others see Maths. Have fun with your experimenting :)
@@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginals Fiona - thank you for your reply. One other thing you say is that you are impatient. The fractal cane belies that statement. Designing it, mixing the colors, conditioning that huge amount of clay, putting it all together and then reducing it? Not for an impatient person, although I can see that getting to the end of a cane is exciting and the desire to slice it right off the bat is high. Fortunately, with Fimo, it is not such a big thing. But with Premo I end up putting the cane in the freezer. Thanks again.
WOW! Everything you do turns out so amazing. Looking forward to the bowl tutorial. Thank you so much for what you do.
Thank you so much Peggy :)
You are amazing! I love your canes. I can't wait to see the bowl tutorial you showed at the end of this video. Please never stop coming up wth your mind blowing designs. Love everything you do.
Thank you very much :)
Thank you so much I skip entry level tutorials because my mind can handle it this was soooo informative
Great, thanks so much :)
Your work is amazing to watch, beautiful and hypnotic, thank you
Thank you so much Leona :)
Wow that was an amazing process! So much clay! Do you sell your leftover canes and creations to help purchase more clay? Here where I live in Tennessee, we've been having an extreme shortage of premo clay in the hobby stores. I hate having to order it because I generally have to pay full price verses getting to buy it 30% off every other week at Hobby lobby.
I know, clay is getting short everywhere :( I do sell my works and that helps keep the pennies running in, just enough to keep me in more clay ;) I hope your stock situation improves soon :)
This was wonderful!!!!! Thank you for sharing.
Thanks so much Vee :)
Wonderful tutorial. Thanks
Thank you very much :)
Wow! Great video, and I can't wait to see the tutorial for those gorgeous bowls!
Thanks so much Lucy, yes i am having good fun with the bowls at the moment :)
Stunning!!
thanks so much Kelly :)
Truly exciting stuff! Beautiful -- many, many thanks, Fiona!!
Thanks so much Karen :)
To the artist extraordinaire, I salute you.
Thank you very much Lainey :) That is very sweet of you to say :)
absolutely stunning - can't wait to try :) thank you sooo much for sharing your knowledge
Thank you very much Vickie :)
What a fantastic tutorial! Well done!
Thank you very much :)
Wow, great Video 🤩
But the bowls are stunning👀!!! 🙋♀️ Stefanie
Thank you so much Heather, so glad you like the bowls, I am having a good play with those and should be doing a video for a nice simple version to get people started in a few weeks time :)
I love to make bowls! Your design is so nice, that I will try it one day ! 🙋♀️
Magnificient ! They are works of art !
Thank you very much :)
😉
Amazing as always!
Thank you so much :)
Really amazing Fiona!
Thank you so much Jennifer :)
This is absolutely gorgeous. Tfs
Thanks so much Karen :)
I was thinking these would be great for bowls - because it is large enough to see the detail of the fractal
My thinking too :)
Just beautiful thank you
Thanks so much :)
How did you learn to do this?
I was first shown a simple cane about 15 years ago, and since then I have just practiced and honed my skills :) It made complete sense to me, how canes work, right from the start, and I just love all the patterns you can create in them :)
wondering if I will ever have enough continuous time to clay to make this feasible. - this would probably take me a month - as I only have parts of weekends available to work on something like this. Right now my project list is too long!!
There is no pressure ever to do anything, and we all have different pressures on our time, but hopefully you can still pick up bits and pieces from them which will be of use in smaller projects :)
AMAZING!!!!!!!! YOU ARE BRILLIANT!!!!!
Thank you very much :)
I went to a public lecture by Benoit Mandelbrot years ago, he came to my husband's workplace (Hewlett Packard). Fascinating stuff.
Oh wow, lucky you, I bet that was amazing :)
The Polish-born French-American mathematician Benoit B. Mandelbrot (born 1924) was the inventor of fractals. Fractal geometry has been described as one of the major developments of 20th-century mathematics.
wow! Wow! this was fabulous. Thank you.
Thank you so much :)
Just WOW 💜
Thanks so much :)
Beautiful ❣♥️♥️♥️😻
Thank you very much :)
i love finding new video's from you =-)
Thanks so much Leora :)
So much work was put until this. 👏🏻
Thank you very much :)
Wow Fiona do your friends nick name you Job? You certainly have the patience of Job. This is so fascinating, I was spellbound watching this tutorial! This is out of my reach for now but I do love it. 🌟🌟🌟❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰
Thanks so much Donna :)
Interesting.
thank you :)
d@mn that bowl is gorgeous!
Thanks so much, yes bowl tut coming in about 4 weeks hopefully :)
Amazing I need to get a printer so I can try it
Thank you, have fun :)
Wow!!!!!!!
Thank you very much :)
Wow! You never ceases to amaze me! I can't wait to see the bowl tutorial. Love your work and ideas. You inspire me every time 🥰
Thank you so much :)