I came across a great idea the other day for using up scrap polymer clay. As I have a lot of old canes that have been sitting in the box for ages, I though that I would use them up. The woman who came up with this idea is called Alice Stroppel – here’s a link to a demonstration that she did, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y07zXuLZe20 – and it lends itself to further exploration.
Here are a couple of pieces that I did using a slightly modified version of the Stroppel cane. Instead od using black clay between the layers, I used coloured clay. I also tried cutting through old canes longitudinally and putting them into the “sandwich”
Polymer beads made using a modified Stroppel cane, wire wrapped into a cuff
Side view of cuff, beads made using a modified Stroppel cane.
Large polymer beads, made using a modified Stroppel cane
Pendant, made using a modified Stroppel cane
Large polymer beads and pendant, made using a modified Stroppel cane
and this is a mokume gane bead that I wire wrapped.
Wire wrapped mokume gane polymer clay pendant
