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One cut side done. |
All three pieces with clay on
the cuts. |
Now wrap with same color you
used for the veins...IMPORTANT.... start this at the center
cut.... |
Take a very skinny piece of
another color and lay it on the seam line..should be exactly
on the middle vein line...this
is called a registration line. and is very important for
reducing and shaping.
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Reduce the same way you
did for the lace cane.
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Smooshing close to one
edge with fingers and thumbs.
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Now use your fist to squeeze
all the way from one end to the other and back...do this as
evenly as you can. take your time....make it the same size
as the ends. |
Keep that registration line
straight. |
See the line.....now the
cane is soft enough to do a bit of pulling and
stretching. this is done with both hands around the cane
and just a little bit at a time. very gently, keep that
line straight.
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Very gently roll on work
surface...do not twist...keep straight line. |
You want this 14" long
after the ends are cut
off.
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Woo woo..you now have a
petal...needs a bit of shaping now. |
First..take that lace cane and
reduce it to the same size around as petal cane.
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this size.... |
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Oops..i forgot to tell you
to cut the petal cane into 7....2" long pieces.
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Awwwwwwww. see how
cute...actually I have 16" here so will do 8 petals. |
Shape each petal just a
bit...along the registration line..dont make them real
pointy... |
Take translucent and make
enough thin snake for each cane to have one. this can be
done in an extruder.
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Wrap the cane in trans.
leaving a bit of an overhang on each end... |
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Now take a thin knitting
needle or piece of metal and make indentations in the cane
at the join of each petal.
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This is what it will look
like at this point.
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Put snakes in the
indentations of each petal.
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Gently squeeze the whole cane
to get air pockets out..try not to distort this cane. |
You should be getting better
at reducing by now.... |
reduce reduce reduce |
Squeeze that
baby...gently.
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Then roll on work surface
til it is smooth..at this point you will see faint color
lines in the cane. keep them straight....
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How far you reduce is up to
you....this is pretty long. |
Ok ok..you dont have to reduce
it all the way yet..cut into that baby to see what it looks
like. |
Here is the flower reduced to
two sizes which is a good idea depending on how you want to
use it.
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Sandie Weatherford
PO Box 90151
Lakeland Florida 33801
email Sandie
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