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Anyone know how this artist does this? Somehow she makes things with polymer clay but then (Original Post) Maraya1969 Apr 2022 OP
Wow! MontanaMama Apr 2022 #1
My daughter makes earrings with polymer clay. Cracklin Charlie Apr 2022 #2
Just like glass murrini - well, sort of like that mahina Apr 2022 #3
Wow. I had no idea that you just squeeze and roll to make the thing get real small. Maraya1969 Apr 2022 #8
you ever watch candy makers at work making hard candies? mopinko Apr 2022 #4
I've seen those! I actually didn't realize they were like the polymer clay thngies until now Maraya1969 Apr 2022 #6
Yes... she either makes her own "canes" FalloutShelter Apr 2022 #5
Beautiful pots Demovictory9 Apr 2022 #7
one of my daughters uses paper mache to make similar beads. dem in texas Apr 2022 #9
Nice and... electric_blue68 Aug 2022 #10

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
2. My daughter makes earrings with polymer clay.
Sun Apr 10, 2022, 05:47 PM
Apr 2022

My daughter uses a low temperature oven for her work, so they probably heat it to get the shape.

It is a lovely pot!

mahina

(18,942 posts)
3. Just like glass murrini - well, sort of like that
Sun Apr 10, 2022, 05:51 PM
Apr 2022

You roll different colors into a big sausage kind of thing by laying different cane, Like straws sort of made of different color polymer clay. And then you slice it like a cookie. Then you lay that cookie flat and stretch it

Sort of

Here’s a tutorial for a basic flower



So what you’re looking at on the side of that pot is a cross-section of the material

Maraya1969

(22,998 posts)
8. Wow. I had no idea that you just squeeze and roll to make the thing get real small.
Sun Apr 10, 2022, 06:14 PM
Apr 2022

I thought the smaller ones were made with smaller pieces of clay! Amazing.

Maraya1969

(22,998 posts)
6. I've seen those! I actually didn't realize they were like the polymer clay thngies until now
Sun Apr 10, 2022, 06:00 PM
Apr 2022

And I just figured out the logistics of what she does. She makes the designs flat and then wraps them around a pot......I believe.

I really want one but I'm having a hard time justifying the price.

FalloutShelter

(12,749 posts)
5. Yes... she either makes her own "canes"
Sun Apr 10, 2022, 05:55 PM
Apr 2022

Of polymer clay by rolling colors together in kind of like sushi rolls that reveal a colorful pattern when sliced. Then the slices are smushed together and rolled like cake fondant and the sheets are the used to cover objects and are fired to cure.

These are very beautiful and the artist is highly skilled.

dem in texas

(2,681 posts)
9. one of my daughters uses paper mache to make similar beads.
Fri Apr 15, 2022, 02:06 PM
Apr 2022

both are deep in to the paper mache stuff. One has made a table and chairs, the other makes colorful beads to use use for mobiles and for jewelry making.

electric_blue68

(18,050 posts)
10. Nice and...
Sun Aug 14, 2022, 12:18 AM
Aug 2022

while I think her more usual shape canes (square-ish) are nice,; they are too ? typical for me.

OTOH - those long, organic shapes are really cool! 👍
I love the "pebble" shaped ones.

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