Comments on: Plaid Cane, Week of March 22, 2009

By: doras_explorations

doras_explorations — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:29:07 +0000

Thanks so much for featuring my plaid cane in your blog. It’s always satisfying to know that someone has used your technique. The plaid cane was one of my more ‘ambitious’ tutorials. It involved quite a bit of advance planning, but I’m glad I stuck with it.

By: Carolyn Good

Carolyn Good — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:26:15 +0000

Hi there, Just wanted to let you know I gave your plaid cane a try. I have to say I love how you worked this one out! I posted about it on our blog. You can see it here:

http://2goodclaymates.blogspot.com/2009/09/making-plaid-cane.html

By: doras_explorations

doras_explorations — Mon, 18 May 2009 13:51:27 +0000

Thanks, Linda, I’m so glad you like my site ! Isn’t polymer clay fun? It should come with a warning: “Caution: highly addictive substance”, LOL !!! Canework is by far my favorite technique.
Yes, I’m a die hard Red Sox fan…….Hope Big Papi gets out of his slump soon…..and the starting pitching straightens out….

By: Linda & Dave Knight

Linda & Dave Knight — Mon, 18 May 2009 12:47:40 +0000

WOW! What an amazing site! I’m VERY new to polymer clay and am intrigued by canes! Thank you so much for sharing your talent!!! And GO REDSOX!!! (I grew up in Maine and LOVE the SOX!)

By: doras_explorations

doras_explorations — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:18:09 +0000

Marian, that is so clever ! I never thought of using cutters that way… I tried a sample pack of Kato 2 years ago, and did like it for caning, although I wasn’t crazy about its ‘vinyl shower curtain’ smell…Unfortunately, Kato clay is only available on line, and I can purchase Fimo Soft in my local craft stores much more cheaply, so that’s why I use it…

By: Marian Saunders

Marian Saunders — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:04:36 +0000

I’ll take a photo and post. I use Kato, which is firmer. I started on Fimo Soft. In my method, I built up the individual colour squares by stacking different thicknesses/colours of clay that I’d cut with a cutter. That meant I only had to cut to insert the vertical thin colour slices, so half the lining up.

The cutter width was the same as the final height of stacked slices, so I ended up with a square cane.

I’ve never created so much waste clay in my life though!

By: perpetualplum

perpetualplum — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:05:01 +0000

Very nice. I love the plaids! I especially like the red, blue and green.

By: doras_explorations

doras_explorations — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:51:15 +0000

Thanks, Marian ! I’d love to see your tartan cane…Do you have a photo of it ? I know what you mean about the stripes………..They are difficult to line up evenly and to keep straight when reducing. I still haven’t figured out how to make ‘perfect’ stripes, but I am getting better with each cane ! I wonder if using a firmer clay (Fimo Classic or Kato Clay) would help…….I use Fimo Soft because it more easily available than Kato Clay, and not as difficlt to condition as Fimo Classic…..

By: Marian Saunders

Marian Saunders — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:30:59 +0000

Someone asked me to make some St. Piran’s (Cornish Tartan) pendants and it took me weeks to work out how to do it. You must have posted this item just as I was finishing as I never found it when I was desperately googling ‘plaid/polymer clay’! I came up with a totally different way of doing it. I do like your method though.

My tartan had three stripes cutting across each square. Getting them to all line up was a nightmare….

Well done

By: doras_explorations

doras_explorations — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:41:41 +0000

Thanks so much, SaSSy, I’m glad you liked it…hope to post another one soon !