Polymer Clay – How to reduce 3 types of polymer clay millefiori canes?

Another important issue when dealing with polymer clay millefiori canes -

How do you keep sharp corners on square canes?

The 1st thing that cross my mind when i think of square canes is again, work slow.

When i am reducing square canes, i take the time to look at each side, checking corners, checking lines and make sure i am not moving things from side to side.you can see more in my 2 parts video on how to reduce all 3 types of canes: round, triangle and a square/rectangle. In this video i will be demonstrating how to reduce a rose cane, butterfly wing and signature name cane.

You can make canes in any shape, but there’s no easy way to reduce a cane whose cross-section is not a geometric shape such as a circle or square. Trying to reduce such a cane usually distorts the design badly. If you’re putting together an irregular cane, you can: reduce each portion of the cane before putting them all together.

When reducing an irregular cane, it’s especially important to go slowly and reduce the cane a little bit at a time.

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I hope this helped you guys, canning in polymer clay is one of the popular niches and it’s also my favorite keep on the good work and enjoy the process.Do you have more tips? let me know! i will love to hear from you, email me or send me a message via PolyPediaOnline site, i will post them in my blog!

Thank you for your time!

Have the best day
Iris Mishly

About the Author

My name is Iris Mishly and i am a polymer clay artist.

After 15 years as a web designer, the coincidence led me to discover polymer clay in November 2004, I took 1 lesson, and i knew it was different from anything I’d ever done before. Fascinated with the magical world of color and form, transparency and opaque, I was instantly hooked. i am a mix-media artist, i like to combine materials together and my designes are mostly accessories and jewelry.

I am the founder of PolyPediaOnline which was established on 2009 to allow artists and hobbiests from all over the world to learn from my personal experience from any where in the world: polymer clay free tutorials & videos, jewelry, accessories and millefiori canes tutorials are the main focus of this site.

Iris Mishly
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blog: http://polymerionline.blogspot.com

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