A Polymer Clay Cane Tutorial: The Segmented Petal Cane (Part 1)

[@Punchable_nun]

Thank you for your gorgeous flower can but a MASSIVE thanks for the tip re. using the little scissors for trimming the clay. I can't believe ive never thought of it!

[@laurajschiller]

You are most welcome!! And thrilled you enjoyed my little tip!! LOLOL!!! I hope you will continue to enjoy my videos, Miss Stacy...got sooooo much more to do and I hope you will find more tips and tricks with what I do here on my channel with the clay. ...and really, I am just glad to help you here whenever I can. As always...sending you my big biggest hugs! :)

[@tamialwood1100]

Great video. Thank you for speaking in it and showing all your works. Makes it much easier to learn.

[@laurajschiller]

Well, thank you for your kind response and input to my video here!! It means a great deal to me to know if I am creating a quality video that others can enjoy and especially learn from. That is one of my goals with these videos. It truly helps me when I get comments like yours, how I am doing in getting my message across to others...It also inspires me to keep creating these videos and teach as much as possible through them. Sending you my big hugs and thanks!! :)

[@SoPrettyClayEarrings]

Thank you, for the great flower cane instructions! ❤

[@laurajschiller]

You are so most welcome! I hope it helps you in creating your own cane and you will have fun with it too!! Hugs your way! :)

[@sherylcoetzer1]

The dark coloured one would make lovely butterfly wings.

[@laurajschiller]

LOLOL!! Now you have me thinking!! LOLOL!! I will have to consider that...and I smell another video here and subject matter I have yet to touch!! Thank you Miss Sheryl!! Sending you my big hugs! :)

[@OrangeTiramisu]

Beautiful! Thank you for creating this wonderful video.

[@laurajschiller]

You are most welcome!! Thank you for your compliment!! And I do hope you will continue to enjoy the videos I create!! Sending big hugs! :)

[@jillmayes139]

This is great, thank you, Laura. Even a newbie like me can do it!

[@laurajschiller]

You are most welcome, lady!… and yes, you can do it!… I believe in you, lady Jill! I will hope you will make a ton of these flowers and that they will brighten your day and always! Sending my big hugs!🤗👍🏻❤️

[@laurajschiller]

You are most welcome, Miss Jill! I hope I will continue to inspire you to create in the clay, and that you will make a ton of these little flowers and the canes and enjoy every single moment of it! Sending you my biggest hugs!!!🤗👍🏻❤️

[@janetwebb2701]

I just discovered your channel. So inspiring! Thank you for sharing your talent!

[@laurajschiller]

Welcome, Miss Janet, lady!! I am thrilled you have joined me here and I also hope you will continue to find my videos inspiring, informative and fun to enjoy!! If you have any ideas, or wish to see me try something, let me know and I might be able to possibly work on it. ...and as always, sending you my biggest hugs!! :)

[@CumbaSiegler]

Thanks so much! I love your energy!

[@laurajschiller]

You are most welcome! I do hope that the information was useful and that you will create a lot of fun petal canes and some fun flowers! Sending you my biggest love hugs!🤗❤️👍🏻

[@ellendeskin-wellingson8274]

Laura you are amazing!!! Simple, pretty and easy!!! Thank you for the tut!💌

[@laurajschiller]

AWWWW!! Ellen, thank you so much for your wonderful compliment!! I hope this video will serve as an inspiration to create your own...I really do love this cane...I use it soooo much!! I hope you are having a great day, lady....and I am sending you my huge big hugs! :)

[@colleengarland8977]

So simple and so pretty!

[@laurajschiller]

Thank you, so much, Colleen!! Like you said, this is such a simple cane, but yeah, I love it!! There are soooooo many uses I have had with this cane and I am hoping it will be just as useful for you too!! Big hugs your way! :)

[@gracodesp3765]

Mi piacciono molto questi fiori, penso che provero a farli 😁🤩 grazie dell'idea 👍👏

[@kookie_2178]

Beautiful😍✨❤😍✨❤

[@laurajschiller]

Thank you! Hope you make a few for yourself!! Hugs! :)

[@kookie_2178]

@@laurajschiller I really want to but where I live polymer clay is not cheap here 😑 anyway love your art 🥰🥰♥️

[@debmoss9292]

How much fun!

[@hollylowery26]

Absolutely Amazing!!😮Both canes give you a beautiful petal and flower. I hope I can make this cane. This will be my first attempt at making a cane.

[@laurajschiller]

You can absolutely do this!! If you're worried...Take your time, and just an FYI- my favorite clay to do casework in, is Kato Polyclay. Kato clay is wonderful for reduction in keeping whatever design created in a larger cane the same when it is reduced. Hopefully that may help. Sending hugs! :)

[@patrickmungai9505]

This is very interesting and educative, thanks for being generous

[@laurajschiller]

You are most welcome!! I am thrilled you got so much out of it and that you will be able to use this informative video to create and have a great time doing so. Again, thank you and as always...sending my hugs! :)

[@vivianm1599]

I'm new & trying ... thanks for details coz I'm trying to decrease it it goes bad .but after this video you encouraged me to do it again 😊 .. by the way I'm from egypt❤❤❤

[@laurajschiller]

Well, welcome Vivian!! I am thrilled you are trying out your hopefully new journey in polymer clay!! This is a wonderful medium to work with and I hope you will find just as I did what a wonderfully fun time you get in playing with this stuff!! LOLOL!! I would say to you...do not give up. For many the learning curve can be daunting. Reducing a cane takes practice...just like playing a piano. But the more you do the better you will become. So, don't lose hope with this stuff....and if it does go bad you can always chop up the bad stuff and create Natasha's!! There is always a use your clay...even the stuff we think we have totally made a mess of....in my book...Never say never. There is always a way. I am glad though that my video encouraged you and I hope you will find my videos moving forward a big help as well. Sending you my biggest of big hugs!! :)

[@suzanteman6376]

I love the flower with the purple. Thanks for teaching canes. I’ve got to give it a try.

[@laurajschiller]

Thank you so much Suzan! And you are most welcome…… I consider creating canes one of my stronger suits in Polymer Clay.… However I also love doing all the other things in it as well. And I do hope you will give this a try it’s a really nice one to have… Sending out my big hugs! 😊❤️👍

[@pjshat]

Love this! Thank you!

[@laurajschiller]

You are most welcome!! Thank you...and I hope you will enjoy the other videos I do here too! Sending hugs! :)

[@victoriaharrison-sewell6717]

Thank you so much for this lovely flower cane, such a great help to see how it is done.

[@laurajschiller]

Well, thank you for the very kind compliement!! I am thrilled you enjoyed this cane!! And I do hope you will create many fun flowers in your future!! Big hugs! :)

[@lisapalmere8077]

Great tutorial - Concise & lovely technique!

[@laurajschiller]

Thank you so much Lisa! I’m glad you like the tutorial… Keeps me on track knowing that I’m doing the tutorials well enough that they are ones that you are enjoying! I hope you have a fantastic day and I’m sending out my big hugs your way! 😊❤️👍

[@darlaboyle1074]

I'm really glad your video popped up on my home page. These are beautiful flowers. I love both but the color in the center is really eye catching. Now I shall spend the rest of my evening checking out your other videos. ☺️

[@laurajschiller]

Thank you so much, Darla!!! I am thrilled you enjoyed it! And I hope you will enjoy the other videos I have created! Sending hugs! 😊❤️👍

[@barbb4104]

Thanks for another great tutorial Laura!

[@laurajschiller]

You are most welcome, Barb!! I am thrilled you enjoyed it!! I love using this cane a lot and find so many uses for it!! Just recently, I have started my Patreon.com account and released another full video on the extended part to the Segmented cane there....So, if you are interested in that, check it out!! Otherwise, I hope you will continue to enjoy my videos here on KZbin and I am sending out my biggest hugs to you!! :)

[@anniesexton57]

Thank you , very pretty flower cane, will have to try this!😍

[@laurajschiller]

You are most welcome Ann!! I hope you will enjoy creating and having some fun with this petal cane!! Sending you my hugs!! 😁👍🏻❤️

[@maggiesmith2208]

looks so easy but very pretty flowers thanks for sharing have a great day

[@laurajschiller]

That is great!!....and thank you for your kind compliment!! I hope it will be easy too for you to recreate and make your own!! It is one of those "go to" petal canes that I absolutely love!! Sending you my biggest hugs! :)

[@MultiJewelryLady]

Love this technique and thanks sharing 😊

[@laurajschiller]

I am so thrilled that you are enjoying this technique, Dorothy! It’s a really fun one to make… And it’s one of my favorite pedal canes to do! I hope you’re having a great day and sending you my big hugs! 😁❤️👍🏻

[@kimwaterton5164]

Thanks so much Laura for all your great videos. Im just starting my clay journey and your designs are so pretty. Love your series videos, especially the Natasha's, i can see the possibilities are endless, once i can perfect the skill 🙃 What i really struggle with is how much clay i should start with, I keep coming up short causing the canes not to be long enough unless i reduce it so much making it too thin 🤪 It would be great if you could do a video on how you judge how much clay to use for the various components. I know i can save scraps and offcuts but as a newbie I don't have stacks of clay or enough room at the moment to store 😢 Thanks for any advice or tips you could give on this? Thanks again so much for sharing your expertise and inspiring us to have a go ❤

[@laurajschiller]

Hey Miss Kim!! Thank you so much for your kind and wonderful compliment!! Bless you!! ...also, Welcome to polymer clay and the start of a journey you will come to love!! When it comes to canes and how much clay to use...that's a really good suggestion!! I will definitely have to look at doing a video on this!! I have put it off, but it would help to round out some of my beginning videos. Again, thank you. As to storage. Check out my few videos on that, especially the pencil boxes if you haven't already. I love those things!! They are great for clay storage. ...and again, you are most welcome and sending you my biggest of big hugs! :)

[@kimwaterton5164]

@@laurajschiller Thanks for the reply Laura, I've been watching loads of your videos all so amazing and you make it simple enough not to scare me to have a go 👍 Thank you again for all your effort producing the videos, I can only imagine how much time and energy filming and editing takes and it's so generous of you to share your knowledge and ideas with us all, much love Kim (UK) 🤗

[@ExkupidsMom]

This is so useful to me! I don't know what it is about me, but I deform every flower cane I make just by trying to slice it. They can be an hour old or a week old, and they still look completely wonky when I slice them. So a petal can just might be the thing I need to focus on. This just may save me from going insane(r). Thanks!

[@laurajschiller]

You are most welcome, Princess Sparkle!! And thank you for your comment and compliment in this being a real help.... Your comment helps me to gage how I can improve or possibly try something different when I do these videos. The fact that this was a helpful to you gives me a good sense and an inspiration to keep creating my videos here on KZbin!! Bless you, lady!! I truly hope it makes the difference for you!! Sending you my big hugs! :)

[@pjshat]

If you put it in the fridge or freezer for a little while before you slice it, it might help keep it from warping.

[@SamsamuSam-n2r]

Best teacher

[@laurajschiller]

Wow!! What can I say to that?...I am honored by your comment!! I really do try to make what I do easy and inspire you to recreate whatever I am creating!! So, really...this means so much...thank you!! ...and as always, sending you my big hugs! :)

[@shirleyhartley3335]

Great video! Thank you.

[@laurajschiller]

You are most welcome Shirlee! And I’m glad you enjoyed the video!… I hope you will have fun creating these petals and making some fun things with them! Sending you my big hugs! 😁❤️👍🏻

[@marywoods6329]

Thank you

[@laurajschiller]

Most welcome Mary!! Hope you have fun creating this cane! Hugs! 😁❤️👍🏻

[@gmarcelle]

Thankyou for a great tutorial. Would it be best to mount the flower on a thicker piece of poly clay? They look very thin and fragile.

[@laurajschiller]

You are most welcome!! I hope it has inspired you to create quite a few!!...And yes, these petals could be very thin when you go to cut them. I would definitely mount it on another piece of polymer clay. I do hope that helps...and sending you my big big hugs!! :)

[@KimU_444]

Love it. ☺️🙏💕

[@laurajschiller]

Thank you, lady! Hugs! 😊❤️👍

[@RubaiyatA]

Pls show us some project with this flowers

[@laurajschiller]

LOL!! Rubaiyat- I will certainly take that under consideration! I have a lot of fun coming up with a few things I will be announcing on Monday...I hope you will check out my Laura's Life then...but, I will definitely put that in my hopper/list of things to do! Bless you and thank you for your wonderful feedback!! Sending hugs! :)

[@marilynstreitmatter9964]

Loved both ways ,subscribed but cant find no Bell

[@laurajschiller]

Thank you so much, Miss Marilyn lady!… Don’t worry about the bell. I just hope that you enjoyed the video, and you got some great information out of it! As always sending you my big hugs!🤗👍🏻❤️

[@sandracarrillo5150]

How did you blend the colors in the beginning?

[@laurajschiller]

If you check into some of my very first videos here on my channel, I show how I do the skinner blend with the polymer clay, and in creating the rounded skinner blend cane as well as the fan folded version. Hopefully that will help. Big hugs! :)

[@drakkoh2017]

❤❤❤

[@laurajschiller]

Thank you so much...I do hope this helps in creating some fun flowers for you!! Hugs your way! :)