African Trade beads-part 10c

This is continued from the second part http://mariesegal.blogspot.com/2011/04/african-trade-beads-part-10b-and-my.html from there you can find the first part.

 This is the last picture from the second part.

Condition and roll out the black clay on the thickest setting in the clay machine.
Make the sheet as wide as is the can above is long.
Trim the sheet to that width. Your cane should be about 3" long but it might be a little longer from working with it.

It should be about 5" long.
Make a white sheet of the same size and stack these two together.

Cut the black and white sheet 1/8" slide the blade forward to attach the slice to it.
Place the slice and the blade over the sheet using the last cut on your blade to measure the next cut. Cut the next cut and slide the blade towards you to attach the next cut. Place the slice and the blade over the sheet using the last cut on your blade to measure the next cut.

I just love it when this happens.
Lots of stacked cuts.

Wrap what you have cut around the cane and then cut some more.

Here it is wrapped all the way around the center heart cane.

I place the cane in my hand between the thumb and forefinger  and grip it to make it smaller (a little at a time mind you) and squeeze, rotate the cane a little and squeeze again, rotate a little and squeeze, rotate and little and squeeze. I move towards one of the ends and start again, rotate a little and squeeze same as before while I continue moving up to the end of the cane.
I reduce the cane to half the diameter before I start to roll it on the work surface.

Working my way up to the end a little at a time.
I then turn the cane over and start in the middle and proceed the same as before to the other end of the cane.

I start in the middle of the cane and roll from the tip of my fingers all the way to the end of my palm, short rolls will roll in dips in the cane. I do this while moving my hands gently out to the ends of the cane.

After my hands reach the outside I start with them together in the middle again and roll out again while roll from the base of  palm to the tip of my fingers.
Roll down to 3/4" or you can leave it larger if you wish.

I cut the cane in half by rolling the cane forward and moving the blade forward at the same time. I call this a rolling cut and works well with clay that is warm from working with it.
There you go you have it all now!
Go make something.
Have a great friday and a lovely weekend, no matter what you celebrate.
Peace.
Part 11
http://mariesegal.blogspot.com/2011/04/african-trade-beads-part-11.html

African Trade beads-part 10b and my winner for the 1st set of earrings

Carol D. 

is the winner for the double ring earrings from Part 9b, the third giveaway

http://mariesegal.blogspot.com/2011/04/african-trade-beads-part-9b-third.html

Congratulations Carol, get me your address so I can send them out to you!
You have 48 hours to get back to me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And now to the rest of the tutorial.

 

 

This tutorial is continued from 10a here http://mariesegal.blogspot.com/2011/04/african-trade-beads-part-10.html

 

The supply list is on that post.

Hope you having a wonderful week so far.

Thanks for making me laugh yesterday. It felt good and I am so glad you are enjoying this.

Last picture from yesterday.

Cut half of the coil in half. I push my thumb and forefinger down and apart on the end of the coil and slice through. If I press the coil on each side of the end together, I will trap the blade there and it is hard to cut.

This is the half of the coil.

You are going to put the round side in to the dip of the heart above the point on both sides of the point. So I flatten out the rounded side of the coil and little and make the curve flatter.



See the flat edge is curved slightly now too!

Cut off another section from the coil you made in the beginning to do these coils. I cut off a little over an inch.

Roll the coil out to about 3".

Press down to the table or work surface with your thumb and forefinger forming an upside down "V". Press down the length of the coil.

Like this.

Put the point you made on the coil in to the dip between the upper lobes of the heart on top.
Then take the edges and flatten to the lobes or around them.

Like this.

Roll out a sheet of yellow on the thickest setting in the clay machine. Cut off the leading edge for a straight edge to start with that is at least as wide as the heart cane coil center.





 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Trim it on the side so it is the same width as the coil is long.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Wrap the coil and roll the leading edge over the other end of the sheet and gently make a mark on the other side of the sheet. With your blade cut just inside that little line with the clay blade at an angle so the edges meet.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

Cover the coil again the same way with yellow.

You will have two layers of yellow on the coil.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cover now with a sheet of red that is rolled out on the thickest setting in the clay machine like you did with the yellow sheets.

Here is the cane so far.

I am going to stop here and continue this is part 10c.

Sorry, but blogger starts to get weird on me with these long ones and it is so much easier to do them in parts.
Part 10c http://mariesegal.blogspot.com/2011/04/african-trade-beads-part-10c.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See you tomorrow and have a great tuesday!

Breathe in, breathe out.