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Welcome to my collection of every polymer clay cane I ever made.

Arranged by type.

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To Use; ANYONE can use polymer clay canes. With a straight blade, half a razor blade will work, or a long exacto knife, or better yet, buy a tissue blade specially made for polymer clay.
Slice off a piece. Place on a tile, or you can use a tin foil covered cookie sheet. Ceramic tiles can be had at any home improvement store though and work great for clay.
Bake in your oven at 265f for 30 min per quarter inch. (So if you slice thin, less baking time is needed. You can always bake again.)
That's it! The clay cures to a nice easy to work with plastic. Drill a hole and make jewelry. Slice thicker pieces and a hole can be drilled through from side to side for stringing.
OR... you can apply very thin slices to any surface that can take baking, smooth with a roller to form a veneer, and bake. Eggs Many examples of clay covered eggs there using some of the canes on this page.
Or... in my Artfire shop I have a whole bunch of pens and desk sets. Some using the blocks at the bottom of this page, and some using clay canes. Have a look at my Pens section for more samples of how canes (and blocks) can be used.

Mokume Gane Blocks and samples of many items you can make with them. Scroll to the bottom of this page.

Feather canes have exceeded 100 images!
I've moved them to their own page.
Flower Canes
Clay cane Purple Pansy Clay cane Pink Pansy Clay cane Purple Rose Clay cane Red Rose Clay cane Red Rosebud
Clay cane Purple Morning Glory Clay cane Blue Morning Glory Clay cane Purple Peony Match this bead Another Pink Pansy
Clay cane Red Rose Clay Orange Sunflower Clay Yellow Sunflower Clay cane Blue Aster Clay cane Blue Pansy
Clay cane Orange Pansy Clay cane PeaceRose Bud Clay cane Peace Rose young Clay cane Peace Rose Adult Clay cane Impatience
Clay cane Impatience Clay cane purple flower yellow center Clay cane purple flower Clay cane big red flower Purple Edge red rose cane
Yellow and peach rose cane DIzzy Daisy cane Orange Mum polymer clay cane yellow Mum polymer clay cane
Peach Rose polymer clay cane Orange Rose polymer clay caner Almost black Rose polymer clay cane Purple Pansy polymer clay cane Yellow Pansy Polymer clay cane
Yellow Tiger Lily polymer clay cane Red Tiger Lily polymer clay caner Pink and tan flower polymer clay caner
Flower Petal canes.
With samples of what you can make with these below (when available.)
Slices can be sculpted, and shaped. Stacked together to form flowers.
First petal cane Blue and pink petal cane Petal cane in glitter red and pinks Petal cane in tan, cream and pink
Jumbo flower made with petal cane slices No sample at this time. Jumbo red flower with vintage button center Tan and pink jumbo flower
Leaves
Clay cane Small green leaf Fern Leaf Clay cane Spring green leaf Clay cane Yellow edge Clay cane Mint green leaf cluster
Clay cane Red leaf Clay cane Dark Green Leaf Clay cane Another green leaf Clay cane Mint Green leaf Maple Leaf Cane
Fall leaf Fancy Leaf Polymer clay cane Bamboo leaf polymer clay canee Christmas Fern Polymer clay cane Christmas Fern Polymer clay cane
Fearn leaf polymer clay cane Polymer clay leaf with orange veins Polymer clay grape vine leaf Fall leaves bright green leaf cane
Fall fern leaf Bright fall simple leaf cane Bright fall leaf cluster Leaf cane in bright orange Pumpkin orange leaf cluster cane
Green cluster leaf cane Black and silver leaf cane Red leaf cane Elm leaf cane Elm leaf cluster
Green glitter leaf Red glitter leaf cane fancy peach leaf
Bugs
Orange flame butterfly polymer clay cane Purple butterfly polymer clay cane Luna Moth cane
Fruits and Veggies
Clay cane Watermelon Clay cane Avocado Clay cane Orange Clay cane Lemon and Lime Clay cane Pink Grapefruit
Clay cane Blue Grapes Clay cane Red Grapes Clay cane Apple Green Lime Clay cane Strawberry slice
Animal Print
Clay cane Cow Spot Clay cane Tiger Stripe Clay cane zebra Stripe Clay cane Tiger Stripe Clay cane Leopard without the black border
Clay cane Zebra Stripe round Clay cane Leopard Spot Clay cane Giraffe Spot Clay cane Patchwork animal skin Zebra
Plain Purple strip by request Blue Jaguar by request Purple Tiger Stripe Blue Tiger Stripe by request Red Tiger Stripe by request
Giraffe spot cane another zebra stripe Rainbow Tiger stripe Rainbow tiger stripe version two
Aquatic themed. More to come, slowly. These take forever to make.
Koi Pond miniature Koi white with orange spots Koi orange
Misc.... (Until I make more of a given kind.)
Clay cane Tattoo Red Rose Clay cane heart on a stone wall Clay cane Valentine Hearts Clay cane Lonely Heart Clay cane Tattoo Heart
Clay cane Zuni Bear Clay cane Celtic Knot Clay cane Full deck of cards Cards collage cane Clay cane Moon and Stars
Clay cane Brain Spiral Pentagram in color Pentagram Black and white black and white something or other Clay cane heart in wire
Clay cane, fire Clay Cane Gas Flame Orange honeycomb Clay cane Snow Flakes Another snow flake
Clay cane Orange Eyeball Clay cane Green Eyeball Clay Cane Blue Eyeball Clay cane Q-Bert pattern Celtic Knot Shamrock cane
Simple spiral Breast Cancer Ribbon plain Breast Cancer ribbon with dalmatian spots camouflage army ribbon polymer clay cane American Flag polymer clay cane
Veterans ribbon polymer clay cane klemt design in black and white Native American Medicine wheel cane Faux Turquoise
Spiral polymer clay cane Spiral polymer clay cane Spiral polymer clay cane honeycomb extruded polymer clay
NEWTranslucent canes. And I will be adding more so giving this it's own section.
First one here, a faux geode!
Geode cane Stain Glass Stain Glass Bargello wrought iron
Sun Sun stain glass Translucent feather polymer clay cane Stain Glass with quilt center Translucent quilt clay cane
Confetti translucent polymer clay cane Yellow Cells translucent polymer clay cane Purple Cells translucent polymer clay cane Stain Glass Heart translucent polymer clay cane Translucent green cells
Translucent pink cells
Kaleidoscope
Pink Stripe Kaleidoscope cane Scrap Kaleidoscope cane Green Kaleidoscope Pink Kaleidoscope Fruit basket kaleidoscope cane
Mini Rose Kaleidoscope Clay cane Yellow and Blue scrap kaleidoscope Clay cane silver blue and black scrap kaleidoscope Clay cane Browns and orange kaleidoscope Clay cane pink and purple swirl kaleidoscope
Clay cane Spiral Checks Clay cane Black, white, gray Lace Clay cane Round orange, green and blue kaleidoscope Clay cane Black, white, gray and turquoise kaleidoscope Clay cane Black white and cool gray kaleidoscope
Clay cane scrap kaleidoscope with watermelons Clay cane scrap Tatoo Kaleidoscope Polymer Clay cane scrap Kaleidoscope Polymer Clay cane Tattoo rose scrap Kaleidoscope Polymer Clay cane Hot pink and yellow
Clay cane scrap pansy kaleidoscope
Plaid, Checks,
Clay cane Pink and Yellow plaid Clay cane Blue and Purple plaid. Clay cane Fall Color basket weave. Green Plaid polymer clay cane. Clay Purple and Pink Granny Square.
Clay cane Pink and white kaleidoscope plaid. Clay cane Tiny pink and green plaid Clay cane Basket weave Clay cane Pink Bright green and blue check Clay cane black and white check
Clay cane My first plaid Clay Cane, Christmas green, red, white plaid Clay Cane, dark Christmas Plaid Pink Blue and yellow plaid polymer clay cane Yellow and orange check polymer clay cane
Levi Blue Jean plaid polymer clay cane chocolate mint checks
Bargello Canes.
Clay cane Turquoise bargello Clay cane Gray and red bargello Clay cane Yellow and Purple Bargello Clay cane Native Blanket variation Clay cane Native Blanket
Clay cane Lime Green Bargello Clay cane teal and purple Bargello Clay cane quilt style Bargello Clay cane another teal Bargello Clay cane Yellow and orange Bargello
Clay cane Peach to brown Bargello Clay cane Pastel Bargello Clay cane Hot Pink Clay cane Green, tan, black and white Clay cane Offset Native bargello
Clay cane Lime Green Bargello Clay cane spring pinks Bargello another native american Bargello green yellow orange bargello clay cane Maroon bargello clay cane
Clay cane monochromatic blue bargello Teal blue bargello polymer clay cane Purple blends to pink bargello cane Moss green bargello cane Autumn orange bargello cane
Earth tones and moss green bargello cane Fuchsia bargello polymer clay cane black and white bargello polymer clay cane
QUILT canes.
prototype quilt cane First large quilt cane fall leaf quilt polymer clay cane Native American turquoise round quilt cane Native American turquoise square quilt cane
Chocolate Mint quilt clay cane polymer clay cane scrappy quilt Hot pink and yellow baby quilt Purple patchwork quilt Red White and Blue star quilt
Hungarian Celtic Knot clay cane Hungarian quilt polymer clay cane Hungarian quilt pattern clay cane Red Hearts quilt cane
Faces
Man in the moon 2 Happy Clown face cane Face in the Moon
Custom Requests
Sock Puppet original Sock Puppet Monkey And here is a request for this cute little sock puppet monkey. The original image (pulled off the net) and my clay cane version.
Match this bead I LOVE requests for special canes.
For this one, a customer of mine asked for a cane that matches the beads in this photo. She makes spindles for spinning wheels and wanted to use polymer clay to add weight.
I wanted longer flower petals just as in the bead, but ran of yellow half way into this.
I got the color down though didn't I?
Flag Relay for Life ribbon Simple black spots
Seasonal Holiday
Spider web cane Clay cane Glow in the dark GHOST Clay cane Halloween bat Clay Cane spooky spider web Christmas Candy Cane
Polymer clay poinsettia cane Polymer clay poinsettia cane
Visit my Artfire Blog for a
how to make a poinsettia cane demo.

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Many of the items pictured are still available for sale. Check out my shop on ArtmakersWorlds on Artfire
"Mokume Gane" is a term taken from metal workers who fuse multiple sheets of metals together, distress them, pound, hammer, and when smoothed the resulting pattern resembles burl wood.
The technique can be applied to polymer clay. Many layers of clay are rolled very thin through a pasta machine. Pearl clays, translucent clays, some opaque clays, pearl powders, and even gold leaf are included in the stack. Balls of clay are made with these stacks, layers of all these clay are wrapped around the balls. All this gets compressed further and finally, when slices are taken from the block, the result is very attractive and resembles the pattern of burl wood. (though much more colorful.) Faux stones or faux abalone can be made this way as well. Baked sheets from the block then cut into little chips make fantastic mosaic pieces. OH so many things you can do with this.
Pink Mokume Gane Green Mokume Gane Gold metallic cane size mokume gane Pearly Pinks cane size mokume gane Translucent pinks and blues Mokume Gane
Black Pearl Mokume Gane Blues Mokume Gane Pearl Mokume Gane

Jenny Mehlenbeck is the creator and owner of Artmakers Worlds © 1999 - now.