What You Should Know . . . about "Making A Flower Cane With Shaded Petals"
~ There are at least as many ways to make a Flower Cane as there are flowers!
~ I created this tutorial to demonstrate how a Shaded Petal Plug can be used to create Shaded Petals in a Flower Cane. This is explained in Part I. However, I find the making of a flower cane, especially abstract ones, to be a very intuitive and subjective process. How you would like your flower to look, how many petals you would like it to have, how you would like to outline it, how careful you are about packing it, etc. should all be determined by you. For this reason, I did not include a Materials List with this tutorial because what is used will depend entirely upon what your flower looks like and how big the cane is going to be.
~ If you'd like to use this tutorial to create a flower cane, I recommend following it as a guide which demonstrates the steps that I took to create a singular result. There are lots of pictures and many steps in this tutorial which could be loosely applied to other types of flower canes.
~ Difficulty Level:
This tutorial was designed for demonstration purposes. It could be followed by the Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced provided that they apply the principles outlined in the Steps to their own skill-level. For example, The Beginner may be able to follow all of the steps to create the elements of the cane. However, if they haven't had practice with reducing large canes, their end result may be 10 ounces of scrap clay! Whereas, An Intermediate may have great results adding other elements into the cane such as veins in the petals, leaf canes, etc. if they have familiarity and practice with those techniques.
~ A Note About Outlining The Petals:
If you attempt to outline the Shaded Petal Plug as I demonstrated in this tutorial, the result will be a distorted, ruffled appearance around the edge of each petal. To create a crisper outline, wrap the Shaded Petal Plug in a thin sheet of one of its blend colors or translucent first, then outline it in a contrasting color.
~ If you'd like to make a flower but are unsure about making a whole cane, try making the elements - such as a single petal cane - and then applying those elements individually to a base. In this way, you can create 'flowers' piece-by-piece -through their components- without creating an entire cane.
~ Happy Claying!
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