Taking the time to experiment this year has lead to all sorts of very cool discoveries. Now I’m almost certain someone would have worked out this little tip already but here’s a great way for creating a striped veneer – but stripes with a difference!!
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| Take a bunch of scraps and chop roughly with your tissue blade. I’ve kept mine in colours that I know will work together if they blend a little too much. |
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| Bunch all this up into a log shape compressing as you go to release any air pockets. |
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| Now start twisting…..not you! the clay. |
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| Once you’ve got some good twists happening, start to flatten the clay into a flat rectangular shape. |
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| Keep shaping… |
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| and keep shaping… |
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| then run this through the pasta machine on the thickest setting. |
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| Fold and roll through the machine again. Don’t forget to check both sides of your clay after every roll through to see if there’s anything that you really love. There you have it – a beautiful sheet of stripes to work with. |
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Thank you easy peasy. But surprisingly most things we do are easy. Just steps in a process. You are so kind to share with us your own knowledge. For that I am grateful. Hope you are having a wondrous time!
Hey Donna, yes you are so right. Sometimes things can look very complicated but when it’s broken down, quite easy. This is probably one of them. Many thanks. x
so fun and easy to do with leftovers!
Absolutely agree with you Amy. There’s always something we can do with our leftovers hey. 🙂
You make it simple and instill a want to do it right now creativity surge! Thank you for sharing.
Gosh, my absolute pleasure Charlotte. I can’t thank you enough for taking the time to comment.
I left a comment but is erase. So here I go again. I love polymer clay, I am disabled it is my everything. Thank you for all your help in showing what you do.
your great Debbie.
Kathay
Hi Kathay, I’m so sorry you had trouble with your comments. I found the other one so have deleted it for you. I’m so glad to hear you love polymer clay but very sorry to hear about your disability. I would love to see some of your work if ever you feel you want to share. Take care Kathay and huge thanks for getting in touch.
Thanks Deb – simple, beautiful and ‘easy to follow’ instructions!
Hey Sue, I’m so glad you feel that way – I can’t thank you enough.