Strawberry Slice cane?! HELP!!!

[iiloveyoudearxo]

I have looked everywhere for a tutorial on how to make a strawberry slice cane. ]: I've tried so many times to make one and everytime i havent even come close. Could someone maybe give me a link or a tutorial on how to make these?

http://th04.deviantart.com/fs26/300W/f/2008/099/8/b/8b526b65d6359d36.jpg

[Diane B.]

Could someone maybe give me a link or a tutorial on how to make these?
http://th04.deviantart.com/fs26/300W/f/2008/099/8/b/8b526b65d6359d36.jpg

Strawberry canes could be made in various ways, but I'll try to describe an easier one below (at least more or less), or at least how I'd start for that particular type of strawberry cane.  It's deadly hard to describe certain things though, even if they're simple to do, so maybe just try to get some ideas from these instructions and links:


First, think of that cane as a translucent log, wrapped around most of it's perimeter with the other parts.

So, one way would be to:

...lay a rectangular sheet of translucent clay on top of a (twice as thick) sheet of red+translucent clay (these should be a little bigger than the same areas of color of the cane you want to make)... press together a bit
...cut the stack in two places lengthwise, so that it's a longish strip
...cut across the stack in as many times as you want the "lines" to be... e.g., this cane has about 15
...separate two sections gently, and insert a very thin tiny sheet of translucent+white clay between them... press sections back together and trim off excess trans+white... repeat for each cut
...lift the new strip and wrap it almost completely around a log of translucent clay which has been lightly tinted with red
...reduce if necessary
...shape the roundish cane into a strawberry-slice shaped cane by pressing on the "top" end of the "slice" shape, and flattening out the bottom end
...cool and cut slices from the cane


Or you could do it as a larger stack, sort of like this by using a multiple-sheet stack:

...lay a long narrow thickish sheet of translucent next to a long but twice as wide sheet of red+translucent... press together (this will be one layer)
...lay a very thin sheet of translucent clay over the new strip (this will be a "line" and the second layer)
...repeat (or cut and restack) till you have the number of "lines" you want
...cut a thick slice from the side of the stack so you see the various "layers" from one end of the slice
...wrap that thick slice mostly around a translucent log and finish as above
(that's a little bit like this lesson, but there the layers are just two simple and same-thickness layers of brown and white:
http://www.pbase.com/joanie/caning)

Or do the stack just a few sections at a time partly around a "center" log, but only do one row-stack instead of the two she does here
http://www.craftsbychrisonline.com/class/hibiscuscane.pdf

Or you could do something like this, but for the outer section use the strawberry and translucent wraps (then press the edge of a credit card or something similar into the cane from the outermost portions to create the perpendicular lines ---aka "indention" --- you may need to use a Skinner blend though, or 2 layers, for the outer color to show up right)
http://www.craftsbychrisonline.com/class/hibiscuscane.pdf

Here are a few sites that show how to "indent" canes from the outside, one or more times, for different effects (not the "line" effect):
http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/cr_clay_other/article/0,,HGTV_3239_1397691,00.html
http://www.pcpolyzine.com/2000december/chrysanthemum.html (the cane that's indented here is a spiral cane, and it's indented multiple times)


And p.s., here's a cartoony kind of strawberry cane (with inserted leaves), though it's not a slice:
http://www.geocities.com/pinchyspolymerplace/strawberry3.htm


Hope you get some ideas anyway,

Diane B.

[iiloveyoudearxo]

ahhh! thank you sooooo much! i'm trying it now!

[gamekitty]

Hi there,

Marjo Caris's website has a free good tutorial you can use for strawberries:

http://www.marjocaris.nl/z_index.html

I learned mine through Angie Scarr. She has a video on strawberries and kiwis on her website here: http://angiescarr.co.uk.

I hope that helps!

Regards,
Betty

[Diane B.]

Thanks so much for the tutorial on making a strawberry slice!  I had a hard time finding the actual lessons on her site, but they're under what she calls "Workshops" and are pdf files.

So the tutorial for a strawberry slice cane is this:
http://www.marjocaris.nl/foto/workshops/workshop%20strawberries.pdf
(This is similar to the first way I suggested in the message below, but SO much better with an illustration!).

Diane B.

[VenusEnvyGrrl]

After they make the white-red skinner type blend, how are they making into the squarish log shape? I had initially thought by pressing in at the edges all the way around until you get it pushed together on all sides, but are they stacking or rolling it into that shape?

[Diane B.]

After they make the white-red skinner type blend, how are they making into the squarish log shape? I had initially thought by pressing in at the edges all the way around until you get it pushed together on all sides, but are they stacking or rolling it into that shape?

There are various ways to make a "plug" log from a Skinner blend sheet (Donna Kato gave them this name).
 
It can be done by rolling up the blend sheet into a shaded log (so it has light at one end, dark at the other end), then basically squashing and coaxing it into the shape "plug" you want, pretty much like this:
http://pcpolyzine.com/march2001/tsunami.html (steps 1-5)

Or if the blend sheet is very long and thin, it can also be done by accordion-folding (many narrow folds) into a long rectangular log, beginning with the light or the dark end of the sheet, like these:
http://www.tooaquarius.com/learn/tutorials/skinner-blend-plugs
http://www.geocities.com/pinchyspolymerplace/shellcane.htm
http://www.polytech.unice.fr/~claudine/Fimo/Explications/poisson.htm

Mike Buesseler did something like this for his plugs.  He'd lay out his long narrow blend sheet (dark at one end, light at the other), then cut many sections from it (crosswise) and stack them together (then compress).  Each section will be essentially the same color throughout if the slices are narrow enough.

You can read more about making "plugs" from Skinner blend sheets (and their opposite cousins, the "bullseye" logs that you've seen on this board) on this page at my site, if you want more info,etc:
http://www.glassattic.com/polymer/blends.htm


HTH,

Diane B.

[penguinsplunder]

wooow this has been so helpful! I actually have been looking everywhere for a strawberry cane tutorial....I didn't know how!

[iiloveyoudearxo]

thank you guys soooooooo much!!! :]

[CalizonaDesigns]

That was amazing- thank you guys for all of your help! I too waswondering how to do that!