Supplies:
- Several old canes (Susan used 6 old
canes)
- A thick sheet (#1 setting on my Atlas) of
clay to line the rectangle log - your color choice. (the
size of this sheet of clay will depend on the quantity and size of
the "old canes"...)
- A thick sheet (#1 setting on my Atlas) of
clay to create the "vein" of the feather in your color
choice...
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Step 1: Begin
by selecting several of your old canes...
Step 2: Line them up
on top of a thick sheet of clay. |
Step 3: Smash and moosh them together into a block,
taking care to keep the thick sheet always on the bottom. Reduce to
create a rectangular log, the same as we did in the Basic Feather
cane.
Step 4: Pinch one end of the rectangle log and feed it
into your pasta machine on the thickest setting to create a long
sheet.
Step 5: Cut the long sheet into
2 or 3 inch pieces. |
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Step 6: Lay a
piece on your work surface, with the 'lining' color on top, then lay
the next piece on end, butted up against the first sheet and push it
over, just like the Basic Feather Cane.
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Step 7:
Continue laying pieces on top, as you did in the Basic Feather
cane. |
Step 8: Run a sheet of clay in your color choice for the
feather "vein" through your pasta machine on the thickest setting.
Line the bottom half of the cane (where the edge of all the pieces
touched your work surface).
Step 9: Reduce the cane and cut it
in half.
Step 10: Combine the two sections to create the 'Old
Cane' Feather Cane. |
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Step 11: Here
is the finished 'Old Cane' Feather Cane that Susan Bradshaw created
during her class... Pretty cool use for those 'old
canes' you might have lying around...
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