Stain Glass Window polymer clay cane with sun

Description

Raw polymer clay cane for your creations.

A very interesting cane here. In the center you can see a small sun.
This cane here.
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=33037530

I made a kaleidoscope stain glass window around the sun, and gave the whole thing a border from my wrought iron cane here.
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=31545097

This cane all by itself is fantastic. But since it's square, you can piece it together and cover objects really easily.

NOTE about the photos.
The piece I'm holding in the main photo here was cut before I fully reduced this cane. It's about twice the size.
The second photo in, shows that piece with another cut from the canes listed. And that one was cut much thinner. This shows how different they look, how much light can pass through depending on how thin or thick the slices are.

As for that large piece, YOU can make large pieces even with this smaller cane. Just cut thick, say 1/4 inch, lay the slice on a flat hard surface, (I use marble floor tiles.) Lay a piece of heavy plastic on top of that. (The plastic they come wrapped in works great for this.) And start flattening and spreading your slice. You can double the diameter of any cane this way.

OR..... I do have a very limited quantity of this cane left that has not been reduced all the way.
IF you want a piece of this much larger cane I will be happy to set up a custom listing.
Because you might not need a full 2" of that one, I'll quote a price by request only.
Just drop me a note.

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Canes are sold in 2" long sections but I usually cut an extra half inch or so before shipping to allow for ends that won't be perfect.
(Unless noted in the description, a few canes are down to the last bit.)

Look at the extra images for one of this cane next to a coin for diameter.


Use;
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SPECIAL NOTES for translucents....

Normally for baking polymer clay, I tell people new to this or who may not have very accurate ovens, to bake cooler and longer than recommended. However, with translucents it's best to bake at the highest temp possible.
Then.... take your piece right out of the hot oven off it's baking surface and plunge into ice water. This helps make the translucent clay more translucent.
Of course, if your covering glass, skip that step or your glass will crack.

Also... there is no such thing as transparent clay. Only translucent. So to really get the effect, it's best to slice your cane as thin as you possibly can. Or work it thin once applied to what ever your making. The thicker the piece, the less light can pass through.
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Slice with a thin blade, either one made for clay or an exacto will work, slice off sections.
If the clay squishes, pop it in the freezer for a few minutes to stiffen it up making it easier to slice.
Quarter inch thick pieces make nice charms for jewelry, or as scrap book pieces.
Paper thin slices work as a veneer on any surface that can take baking.
(Look at some of my eggs for this technique.)

Bake at 265f for a half hour to cure. (That's a half hour per quarter inch. Really thin slices can do with less. You can always bake twice, or at a lower temp for a longer period of time but don't over bake.)
Cured clay can be painted, drilled, sanded, varnished, or just left as is.

NEW!!! I put a web page together with every cane I have made so far.
If you see something there not on my etsy shop for sale, by all means let me know.
IF I made it once, I can make it again.
http://www.artmakersworlds.com/PolymerClayCanes.shtml ☚ ☚☚ visit that page.

Enjoy and thanks for looking.

Added on Oct 21, 2009

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United States	$3.00 USD	$0.10 USD
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