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What Are Polymer Canes? How Are They Made?
What are polymer canes? How are they made?
By Beverley Start, Polymer Clay Artist
October 14 2011
Like tubes of cookie dough with pictures in them that you can slice up into a dozen identical treats, polymer canes also have pictures or patterns running through their entire length, only they’re made from clay.
Click here for example one and here for example two.
Detailed images, simple geometric patterns, or anything in between can be designed and created. One of the most magical things to me about polymer cane art is that when the cane begins it is quite large to create the detail but once complete it may be reduced in size. This is quite remarkable because the reduction of the cane reduces the image it holds as well.
Stay tuned for more information on polymer clay and canes.
Tags: arts, clay, crafts, information, polymer clay, sculpting clay
Posted in Handmade Harbor
2 Responses to “What Are Polymer Canes? How Are They Made?”
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This is amazing! And I’d love to know how the canes and images are reduced. Does the clay shrink?
Hi Larissa,
I’ll be writing my next blog on how to reduce the canes so please stay tuned…It’s hard to describe without pictures/video. The process is very interesting…so in short, no the clay doesn’t shrink it’s a little more magic than that 🙂
Thanks