Joined: 14 Aug 2008 Posts: 62 Location: Hull, East Yorkshire
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 12:29 pm Post subject:
Carrie Potter wrote:
It isn't nearly as hard as it looks - I just made three or four leaf canes and three or so petal and flower canes. I made and baked a big lentil from scrap clay, then barely smeared liquid polymer clay on top before covering with a Skinner blend sheet of clay, and smoothing in the joins. Then I cut very thin slices from the canes (they are like sticks of rock with pattern all through!) and arranged them on the lentil. Then it was a matter of smoothing them in gently so as not to distort them - I gently rolled and smoothed with my acrylic rolling pin thingy. When it was as smooth as I thought I was going to get it, I smoothed it a bit more with cornflour on my hands to try to eliminate finger prints, then baked, wet and dry sanded and lightly buffed.
I nearly sanded away the butterflies on the other side
Ok you lost me at "it isnt nearly as hard as it looks" lol.....
I will stick with my simple blended beads for now lol.
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:wow:Fantastic stuff!! 
Carmie