Playing with canes

[craftybeader]

I had a play with canes at the weekend and made this necklace, bracelet etc with a rose and leaf cane that I made.I have only done simple canes before but this was great fun!
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[ejralph]

Those look brilliant!

Aren't leaf canes just too much fun?

[monkeyloulou]

Ooh they're so pretty!

[Nihal Erpeden]

Very Beatiful.

[GlamGlass]

Gorgeous!!!! :-))))

[clayqueen]

Lovely well done i would love to try this myself
Did you copy instructions or make it up as you went along and how hard was it to create?

[pepsi]

They are really pretty. That cane making is quite difficult. I have had a dabble myself haha! Those roses are really beautiful. xxx

[Lilac Moon]

ooh lovely, the pink is really nice

[craftybeader]

Thanks everyone. Just come back from hols and hoping to have a few days playing with clay and creating new jewellery!

[silverjewelleryworkshop]

Great job! I love making flower and leaf canes too.

Caroline

[Giggles]

Great canes - they're not so easy are they?!

I've just been trawling the web trying to find raw canes to buy as mine just weren't neat enough and took too long to make. Everything seems to be geared towards nail art now and they're very cutesy but I want geometric or random patterns in bright colours to turn into turtles shells. Once upon a time you could buy Fimo canes ready to use.... whatever happened to those?

anyway, found some now but they're American and have a hefty shipping fee attached.
I'd be interested in buying some UK canes in the future if anyone can recommend some? Better still, someone on the forum?!
Here's some of my more lazy attempts!
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[okiesdokies]

Wow they're sooo pretty!

[Pauline@weddingtreasures]

They really are beautiful! I'm about to have my first go with canes by making lemons and oranges.......wonder if they will look anything like.........lol.

Pauline )

[Jolene Wrae]

Those are lovely x

[Prettyful]

They are scrummy, don't have the patience, you are truly gifted. x

[ejralph]

It's easy to make geometric canes quickly using the makin's clay extruders (http://www.ejrbeads.co.uk/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=93_45&products_id=2181)

Just roll malteser sized balls of different colours and flatten them out a little. Stack them together and then put them into the extruder.

Extrude the stack using one of the square shaped dies.

Cut the resulting extrusion into nine or 16 pieces and stack them together into a square cane. You can then reduce this smaller if you need or use as it is.

These canes are fantastically versatile. You can see an example on the french cover of my book on my Bio (http://www.ejrbeads.co.uk/biography.htm) page. Sorry I don't have any better pictures to hand as I am not at home on my normal computer.

http://www.ejrbeads.co.uk/images/frenchcovergetcreative.jpg

[nwna]

sooo pretty