I already talked about Donna
Kato’s book the art of polymer clay
millefiori techniques added to my collection a moment ago. Here is my first
try of a Starry Night cane and a short tutorial:
By the way, Starry Night is…
this:
Yes, Van Gogh’s painting. And
that’s true that the canes do look like it…
(picture taken from the book The art of polymer clay Millefiori
techniques: Projects and inspiration for creative canework, by Donna Kato)
Starry Night canes are very
simple to make and have the huge advantage of using old ugly fimo canes or
simple clay leftovers (if you never fail to make beautiful canes!). However be
careful not to use too ugly or unmatching leftovers, colours have to be nice
together. Let’s try to find old clay and hidden canes at the bottom of a few
drawers. Here we go:
Well, I’ll realise later there
is too much blue and not enough white clay. But, anyway, this is a nice start.
We have to tear all of the clay
we found into little pieces. You can use a blender or – if you only have one
blender for food and don’t want to use it with polymer clay, her… like me
actually – you can use scissors, a razor blade (careful with this one), your
fingers or a hyperactive cat (provided you have one).
Then, use your rolling pin (if
the clay sticks to it, place cling film between them). As I didn’t use a
blender, my “little” pieces are not so little.
Then, use your pasta machine
(you can keep on with the rolling pin if you don’t have one), using the
thickest setting. Cut the resulting sheet in two and stick the two parts
together. Be careful, the sides of the clay sheet have different patterns, one
is more like lines and the other more like broken lines (try it, you’ll see I’m
not crazy!), stick the right sides together. And do that again (the whole
rolling – cutting – sticking thing) until you have a nice result. Here is what
I got:
As I told earlier, not enough
contrasting colours (white). But for a first try, let’s say it’s fine. Here we
go, have a nice Monday… and enjoy your week!
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