Thursday, January 14, 2010

Polymer Clay Canes a la Judy Belcher

Recently, I have been having the BEST time making polymer clay canes. For Christmas I got my portable DVD player, so I have been hanging out in the Claypen watching a particular section of the Judy Belcher "Millefiori Story" DVD, and learning to make tesselation canes. The process on the first one was long, however the second one not only was a shorter process, but also a better result.

Here is a photo of one of the first sets of canes that I made from the DVD: (click on photo to enlarge).


Here is a pendant "to be" and a pair of earrings "to be" that I made from that cane:



Then I made a set of the canes using green. I really liked one comment that Judy made in the DVD - that she was not sharing color recipes because she wants to encourage people to use the colors that they love. Well, that was all I needed - first I used my beloved pink. Do you know that I kind of try to keep it from people that pink is my favorite color?? I do! So many people say to me, "I don't do pink" that sometimes I think I shouldn't tell. But now - I'm telling. I LOVE pink! It's a wonderful color.

I don't exactly love this shade of green that I used in the next set of canes, however, I think the contrasting colors just made the look of these canes pop beautifully. I hope you think so, too!








Well that's my blog for now... I am off to make more great looking canes, and lots of pendants and earrings, too. My most gracious thanks to Judy Belcher for sharing, and for a DVD most professionally done!

15 comments:

  1. wow Jacks. those are all awesome canes!! I like the pink one too :D

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  2. Ooooooo I'm a likin' the green. Good lookin stuff.

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  3. Kathi, you could have knocked me over with a feather when you said you like the pink! Hee hee - I thought you didn't like pink. But I must have been mistaken. Thanks for the comment.

    Thanks, Pete! Fun canes, that's all I want to do all day long now.

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  4. I'm a fan of the first 2 green ones! Maybe you can start a "jodie box" for some snippets?

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  5. Every single one is just gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous... but the pink one is my favorite too. Such a soft pretty pink. Elvis would love it. Glad to have you blogging again!! BJ

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  6. I love that DVD! And I love the 3rd green cane - looks like people spreading their arms to catch all the fun stuff the Universe sends them. (It's late...)
    Melissa

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  7. you've got it, Jodie!

    Thanks, BJ - it was actually your comments that made me get back to it.

    Melissa - I can see the same vision! Of course, it's late here, too! LOL.

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  8. Very cool canes! I love those colors. I usually don't do pink, but sometimes when I'm making something for someone else, I get a really nice shade that I like.

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  9. Hooray, you are posting, again and I told you yesterday, I love, absolutely love those canes. I think I'll have to get my JB video back out and watch it again. The idea of a portable DVD player is also a fantastic one, then I could have it right at my clay desk. Thanks for the idea. I had a great time at the Claypen Chat yesterday, too, thanks. Smiles

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  10. Thank you, Janie. Sue, yes, the DVD player is something I've wanted for quite a while, and it is really great having it right there and not having to go back & forth to the living room. It was fun having you at the Claypen chat yesterday, so glad you were able to make it.

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  11. I like your pink one too, Jackie. Good for you on studying Judy's dvd and really getting the nuts and bolts of her cane down. You've really encouraged me, because I have Sarah Shriver's cane video and I really should get in there and practice with it. Great job, Jackie!!

    Cat

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  12. Gorgeous! What incredible details!

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  13. Very attractive colors, I am off tp google and find that dvd !

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  14. Hi Donna - thank you, so glad you like!

    Tina - thank you for the comment, Judy's DVD is really a super good one. The Tessellation canes are just one part of the whole DVD, too.

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