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Snowflake Cane # 3
It took me about 6 hours from start to finish to make this cane. Mostly it took so long because of my carpal tunnel; I had to keep resting my hands. Also, I was making it up as I went along.
I started scanning using slices cut from the ends, but I was wasting too much clay. The darker scans are when I set the whole thing on end on the scanner. Everything was neatened up when I was ready to use the cane. If this page ever disappears, you can also see it at Polymer Clay Central
 
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2.		 1. Roll out a slab of clay on the #1 section on your pasta machine and trim it into a rectangle. Roll out small snakes and lay them on the sides of the slab, alternating them. When you look at the cross-section, blue will be opposite blue, and white opposite white.
2. This is what it looks like from the side.
Add a second row of logs on both sides, but not on the top row. Blue-white-blue-white-blue.
Add another row of logs, but only to the bottom row. Blue-white-blue.
Pinch the top slightly to make a triangle. Add a strip of white on top, then a small log of white. Roughly shape into a triangle.
Cover with a sheet of blue and smooth log into a triangle.
Begin adding slabs of blue until you have a rectangle.
Add logs to the bottom, sides and top to make a triangle.
Shape into final triangle, adding small logs as necessary.
Finished triangle. Nickel shows size.
Reduce cane, cut and recombine as in any kaleidoscope cane. This one has 8 sections.
A pen I covered with the cane. 
The next time I make this cane, I'll put a log of white in the center. The colors mixed for this cane were:
Blue-Pearl, Teal, Blue Pearl and Translucent
Sculpey III and white FIMO
White-White FIMO, Pearly Sculpey III
I still prefer FIMO for cane building, but I also liked
the colors of the Sculpey. (And it was on sale for .99)
I had to keep refrigerating the cane to get
good even slices. But, that is probably just me.
I wish I had recipes for the colors, but I don't. I just
mixed until I like what I had, then made enough for the cane.

I've made 5 snowflake canes in all. 3 I made up, two I got from demos online. This pen has all 5 of them on it.
It still needs to be smoothed a bit. 
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