Dots and Swirls Cane Earrings in Polymer Clay, a Tutorial

This is a quick and easy cane, with wonderful patterns that differ slightly each time you make it. Simply choose your colours and away you go. Create a pair of drop earrings, or Kaleidoscope the cane to get more complex patterns. Either way I take you through the whole process, step by step, so sit back, relax and see how you can make your own.
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The Deep Shine UV Resin is from the Tiny Pandora Crafting Boutique, and can be found here: tinypandora.com/ .
The Sculpey Hollow Bead Maker can be found here - www.sculpey.co...
For alternate domes to bake your piece on, have a look around your house and see what you have to hand. Ceramic or glass bowls are good to bake on of they have a nicely domed side. Or an old spent lightbulb is good - add some extra clay to the bottom of the lightbulb first so it stands upright during baking. The bottom of a drinks cans provides a nice domed form. Carefully cut away the sides of the can, and tape them to avoid cuts. Sand off any printed numbers from the bottom of the can base, as they can transfer to the clay. Also, there are some metal spoons that can give a good domed effect too. Just see what you can find.
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The music from the video is English Country Garden by Aaron Kenny and Waterfall by Aakash Gandhi, both available from the RUclips Free Audio Library.
Thank you so much for watching.

[@moegirl76]

This is the first cane video I've watched. WOW! 🤯 It's incredible. Excited to play with clay. 😄😍

[@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginals]

That was my reaction too when I first saw a cane cut through, watch out, you may get hooked like me ;) :)

[@moegirl76]

@@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginals that's the hope! I need to play more in my life. 😄

[@wendymoyer782]

Thank you for putting so very much time and effort into these for us.

[@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginals]

thanks so much Wendy, I am glad you are enjoying them :)

[@donnaleelittle9664]

Fiona your tutorials are always amazing. You make everything with such ease. Thank you for sharing your great teaching. ❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginals]

Thank you so much Donna :)

[@Christa771]

You make caning easy! I love your tutorials. Thank you!

[@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginals]

Thank you so much Christa :)

[@janetmcbride165]

Brilliant teaching: clear and simple to follow. Excellent as always. The time and care you put into editing beautifully makes your tutorials really exceptional. Thanks again.

[@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginals]

Thank you so much Janet :)

[@klm4of6]

Your tutorials are brilliant! I have learned so much from you. Definitely going to give this cane a try. Thank you so much.

[@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginals]

Thanks so much Kim :)

[@catherinedupont7203]

As usual your tutorials are just fantastic. Just love listening to your lovely voice and you explain things so well!

[@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginals]

Thank you so much Catherine :)

[@susanhamilton3212]

I love these designs - they look incredibly complex when cut & put together, who would think such a random looking construction could produce such stunning patterns? Looking forward to trying this out. Thank you as always, Fiona :)

[@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginals]

Thank you so much Susan :)

[@madeleine3548]

so beautiful, I'm gonna try this right now !!!

[@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginals]

have fun, thanks so much 🙂

[@nikiluv6336]

Have to be the most graceful crafter I have ever seen! Such elegance! So look forward to ur beautiful creations! : ) Thank u for not forgetting those who can’t afford all the amazing tutorials and still letting us enjoy ur beautiful designs!

[@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginals]

Thank you so much Niki, what a lovely compliment :)

[@kayperry7999]

So beautiful and simple. Love the tutorial thank you

[@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginals]

Thank you so much Kay :)

[@bonnykate5229]

Thanks so much for generously sharing your clear tutorials. Like having a very patient teacher taking you through the steps! I’d been pretty unsuccessful with caning until I came across your videos via my polymer clay guild (LPGC). Combined this ‘dots and swirls’ cane with your hexagonal box tutorial and am delighted with the result.

[@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginals]

That's fantastic Bonny and makes me so happy, thank you :)

[@annewallace3514]

Another fantastic tutorial, Fiona. I can't wait to give this a try.

[@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginals]

Thanks Anne :)

[@saltified2439]

Beautiful!

[@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginals]

Thanks so much :)

[@bevjack1]

Just beautiful, and thank you!!

[@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginals]

Thank you very much Beverly :)

[@shellywilliamswilliamscomp783]

I made this cane last year

[@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginals]

Wonderful 🙂

[@ruggeri2b]

Bonjour. Cette video est super.. simple et très beau merci pour le partage 😘👍😊

[@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginals]

Merci beaucoup Sandrine :)

[@ruggeri2b]

Je voulais dire.. simple et très bien expliquée... 😉😉😘😘😘
Désolée pour l'erreur de frappe..

[@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginals]

@@ruggeri2bpas de soucis, merci encore

[@Cindylee29]

I love this cane, Fiona!! 😍 Amazing, as always!! Very quick to make, but the results are stunning!!💜💜💜

[@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginals]

thank you very much Cindylee :)

[@albertine30]

Magnifique 👌👍🤗

[@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginals]

Merci beaucoup Albertine :)

[@matoscarmela]

Fiona, sono stupendi ❤❤❤

[@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginals]

Grazie mille Carmela :)

[@sueyounglove9253]

They look beautiful Fiona.

[@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginals]

thank you Sue :)

[@sallymuller6614]

i noticed you bake often on a curve. is there a specific reason for this or just a design element?

[@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginals]

Simply design, the hexagons look good I think very slightly curved if they are worn as pendants 😉🙂

[@stevenbriggs784]

Hi Fiona! wonderful video once again! im wondering if you'd mind if I asked you a question? I've just bought a machine, and when i put my clay through on a thin setting (anything thinner than a 6, even when taking it step by step) my sheets come out all ruffled, how do you personally stop that? thankyou!

[@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginals]

Hi Steven, yes some machines just do that, it is very annoying. Do you know about the Blue Bottle Tree and Ginger Davis Allman, she has several articles on pasta machines that may be of help, and I believe from memory, she covers this issue too. I haven't (luckily) had personal experience of this so am unable to say what I would do, so hopefully Ginger can help instead. I hope you resolve the problem, good luck :) thebluebottletree.com/?s=pasta+machines

[@stevenbriggs784]

@@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginals thankyou very much, Fiona. I hope you're doing well, I noticed your sabbatical and wish you good health.

[@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginals]

@@stevenbriggs784 Yes, all fine this end thanks Steven :)

[@PipPipS]

I followed along this tutorial and came up with a slight different result but they look ok to me 🤣 i have sent you the result in Instagram DM, hopefully you will be amused 😂

[@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginals]

They look amazing, thanks so much for sending the photo :)

[@PipPipS]

@@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginals thanks for being kind enough to say that 😘😘😘

[@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginals]

@@PipPipS Not kind, true, they do look wonderful :)