
49. Place the Stem in the crease in the cane. Pressing down enough to get it to stick, but don't change it's shape!
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50. I use a lot of the Kemper Modeling tools to help pack my canes, here there is a great tool for getting into the creases.
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51. Take some scrap brown clay.
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52. Roll it into a log.
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53. Place a log on one side of the stem.
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54.Now place a log on the other side of the stem. This will reinforce the connection between the two sections!
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55. I use my tool here to spread the log part of it going up and the other part going down.
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Doing the same with the other side. You can see how our pumpkin has taken shape! The decision now is whether we are going to leave it a whole pumpkin, or put it into a circular log.
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Stay tuned for the next installment of the Pumpkin Project!!!
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