Ad Hoc Leaf Cane in Polymer Clay a Tutorial

Описание: I had such fun making this cane up as I went along, and I was pretty happy with how it turned out. I will definitely make this one again – will you have a go? All you have to do is sit back, relax, and watch, as I show and talk you through the whole process.

Let me know any other designs you’d like me to have a go at, and I’ll see what I can do, just add a comment below.

The music from the video is English Country Garden by Aaron Kenny and is available from the YouTube Free Audio Library.

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Here is the link to my conditioning Polymer Clay video -    • Conditioning Polymer Clay Quickly - some tips  
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Polymer Clay is oven baked, always follow the manufacturer’s instructions for the brand of clay you are using. I baked the earrings on curls of card, on a small tile, and tented the tile in aluminium foil, to protect the clay should the oven temperature spike during the baking process.

The amounts and colours of clay I use are listed within the video itself, I used FIMO Soft, but all recognised brands of polymer clay will work well for this project.

I used a Pasta Machine dedicated to Polymer Clay use to create blends/thin sheets and condition the clay. My Pasta Machine is an Atlas 180, and it has setting 0 as its thickest and 9 as its thinnest. There is a standard way of calculating the thickness of clay required, by using stacked playing cards. On my machine the thickness are as follows: Setting 0 = 8 playing cards, setting 1 = 7, setting 2 = 6, setting 3 = 5, setting 4 = 4, setting 5 = 3, setting 6 and 7 = 2, setting 8 and 9 = 1 card.

I finished the earrings using jump rings and fishhook earring findings, both of which are available from bead shops and online stores.

I made my own leaf mould using Pebeo Siligum, (other moulding brands are available) a 2 part moulding compound. I used 2 real leaves as the base and took the mould from the topside of one leaf, and the underside of the other.

I hope you enjoyed the video and have fun with these techniques. Thank you so much for watching, and a special thank you to those of you who subscribe, I really appreciate it.