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Naama's Pink Flower Cane
Here's a beautiful flower cane design from PCC member Naama Zamir. Her color is pink, but this cane would look great in many color combinations!

Posted by naama z. • Published 2nd March 2009 • See naama z.'s 4 projects »

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Lora G. favorited Pink Flower Cane 10 Mar 05:28
Lora G. added Pink Flower Cane to clay 10 Mar 05:28
Jessica D. added Pink Flower Cane to Other 05 Jan 02:19
mpanda favorited Pink Flower Cane 05 Sep 00:59
Selene favorited Pink Flower Cane 15 Mar 10:14
Rhonda A. added Pink Flower Cane to polymer clay makings 10 Sep 14:41

Step 1
Choose 3 complimentary colors in equal amounts. Arrange as shown to do a Skinner blend, with the lightest color at the left and darkest at the right. Create the blend.
Step 2
Once the blend is finished, do an accordian fold as show. The result will be lightest color at the bottom of the stack, large blended section, and then darkest at the top.
Step 3
Compress the block and flatten it out a little, then using your cutting blade, slice the block in half.
Step 4
Stack the two halves as shown, light side of one half to the dark side of the other half.
Step 5
Squeeze in the corners to form the block into a round log.
Step 6
Using a dark contrasting color, roll out a sheet on number 7 on the pasta machine and wrap the log in this sheet. Begin to reduce the log.
Step 7
Once you have reduced the log, cut it into 8 equal pieces as shown.
Step 8
Pinch the 8 pieces to form petal shapes as show. Make a center for the flower by sandwiching sheets of light and dark colors, roll them up, cut to the same height as the petals, and then wrap it in the same color as the petals. Arrange the petals around the center.
Step 9
This how your cane will look before adding the background.
Step 10
Add triangles of translucent clay between the petals.
Step 11
Now reduce your cane and cut.
Step 12
Enjoy

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Comments

xoxo- Brook · Anchorage, Alaska, US · 3 projects 19th June 2011

WOW! theese are gorg!

Lee S. · Fredericktown, Missouri, US 6th September 2010

These are beautiful

KMOM14 · Fort Wayne, Indiana, US · 378 projects 3rd March 2009

It is very pretty. I have not worked much with clay before but interested in learning - not sure what you mean by blending - do you roll it out vertically or horizontally?