Ideas for Polymer Clay Canes

Instructions

1. Condition your canes by rolling and warming them in your hands. Once conditioned, using a cutting blade begin to cut thin slices.
   
   For beads have a depth of at least 1/4” to 1/2". For slices you will be applying to pen casing or candle cups your slices can be much thinner, so cut as many as you can from a cane.

2. You can get the large and small diameters from a can by slowly rolling it like a snake on a hard surface.
   
   For example: cut several slices while your cane is 1” in diameter; roll out to 3/4” and cut more slices; continue to roll out to 1/2" and cut slices; and so on. This will give you a nice variety of sizes when you cover a pen casing or candle cup.

For Beads:

1. Cut thick slices; insert a pin to make the hole; lay on cooking sheet.

2. Place in a toaster oven at the temperature recommended by the polymer clay manufacturer, bake for 30 minutes or time recommended by the manufacturer.

3. A​llow to cool, and then string into bracelet or necklace.

For pen:

1. Remove tip/ink from the pen; begin to lay slices of cane onto the pen casing using the warmth of your fingers to help the clay adhere to the plastic casing, cover entire pen casing with cane slices, but don’t cover the tip opening.

2. Place pen onto the cooking sheet, place in the toaster oven at the temperature recommended by the manufacturer.

3. Bake for 30 minutes or for the time suggested by the manufacturer. Allow to cool and then insert tip/ink back into the pen.

For glass candle cups:

1. Begin to lay slices of cane onto the outside body of glass candle cup using the warmth of your fingers to help the clay adhere to the glass. Cover entire glass candle cup with cane slices.

2. Place the glass candle cup onto cooking sheet. Place i the toaster oven at the temperature recommended by the manufacturer.

3. Bake 30 minutes or time suggested b the manufacturer, and allow to cool.

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