Polymer Clay Cane Pattern Compositions for Beginners
Leaf and Vine Canes 1
A course by Kristin Vaughn , Polymer Clay Artist
About the video: Leaf and Vine Canes 1
Overview
“Now that you're familiar with the basic skills and methods, I will go over how to create a basic leaf and vine cane. To begin with, I will focus on the leaf. You will learn how to shape it—rounding the edges, cutting the clay into slices, and flattening it with a pasta machine. ”
In this video lesson Kristin Vaughn addresses the topic: Leaf and Vine Canes 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Polymer Clay Cane Pattern Compositions for Beginners. Use polymer clay to create cohesive tubes filled with intricate patterns and colors that you can use to decorate different objects.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Leaf and Vine Canes For our final project, we'll make a pattern cane with many different components in it. We'll start on our leaf cane and our vine cane, and these will be pieces that will be put into our final pattern. For our leaf, we'll use two different colors of green. One for the base of the leaf and one for the vining in the leaf. We'll also want to start to incorporate our background color into our canes. That way, when we put them all together at the end, it will have the same background color in all of them. To start on the leaf, we want to make an oval shape out of our clay. Y...”
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Course summary for: Polymer Clay Cane Pattern Compositions for Beginners
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Category
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Areas
Accessory Design, Arts & Crafts, DIY, Jewelry Design

Kristin Vaughn
A course by Kristin Vaughn
Kristin Vaughn is a self-taught polymer clay artist based in Iowa, USA. She loved arts and crafts growing up, but slowly lost touch as she began her professional career. In need of an artistic outlet, she rekindled her passion for clay and discovered the creative possibilities of canes. She later decided to transform her jewelry-making hobby into a business and set up Hillside Studio.
In 2021, Kristin left her corporate job and has since been fully devoted to her studio, handcrafting original pieces to sell online and in her boutique store. She’s passionate about teaching others this art form and shares her creations with more than 207K followers on Instagram. Her work has also been featured on media platforms like Buzzfeed, Bored Panda, and MyModernMet.
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