Black and White Series, Waves, the Cane in Polymer Clay

In this tutorial, we'll make a cane with waves running through. I love this cane, I've made tons of them but I by making this tutorial, I came to understand something new about this cane (to my surprise).
Come along on our continuing journey in black and white polymer clay (Kato Polyclay for me) to our ultimate goal - making statement pieces of the many canes and techniques you'll have learned.
Cheers, D
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[@cabacou1945]

Love the whole video but especially the very last piece you said you didn’t like, it’s a chain link fence! Fabulous!

[@jilllloyd-jones624]

hi Donna, not only is it a joy to learn from you…I love the background of the sea? So lovely. Jill

[@barbonedavero]

Dear Donna, Thank you very much to share all you know about polymer clay, I learned so much from you! It's difficult for me to tell all I learned, but It Is a lot At the same time I really enjoy ear your voice, Natural, spontaneous, you must be a lovely Person, also your mouvements are Natural, so rare in this times of hipocrity...Watching your tutorial it's a kind of therapy for me and I m sure I m not the only One. Thank you very much

[@DonnaKatoArt]

thank you so much! Big hugs, D

[@melanieennis91]

Thanks Donna, I’m loving your tutorials. You explain it so well for a newbie right here.

[@DonnaKatoArt]

You are so welcome! I think today's might give you a little jump start on simple bead making! Hugs, D

[@passerineblue]

Thanks so much, Donna!!! I love your raggedy irregular ones. I guess I will experiment, now that I know the general principles.

[@DonnaKatoArt]

You can do it!

[@lonanorthener8644]

Donna, I really love this cane. I do want to give it a try and thank you so much for such wonderful tutorials and how much you explain everything. Your videos are so enjoyable even my son will watch them with me and he's a big bad motorcycle guy. Lol...

[@DonnaKatoArt]

You made me smile! Lol! Big hugs to you both! D❤️👍🎉

[@Robsquick]

This was mesmerizing! LOVE IT! Thank you Donna ❤

[@kristibbradshaw]

Thank you so very much for the tutorial.

[@DonnaKatoArt]

You are so welcome! Cheers, D

[@amm7364]

Hi Donna. I have seen this beautiful tutorial again and you are always wonderful explaining how to do everything! I look at it and I learn more and more! For me your tutorials are pleasant movies, films!! I am just watching and feel happy! Thank you for your kindness in showing us every step!😊😊😊

[@DonnaKatoArt]

❤️❤️❤️

[@debragabriel5202]

The fact that you can get different canes out of this is wonderful. Thank you

[@BrendaFaye]

Now I need to ask you how you formed the beads?

[@hazelparr8461]

That very last cane you didn't like to me looked very close to chain link. Keep up the amazing work. You are my favourite teacher xxxx

[@amm7364]

I am always amazed by your tutorials! So beautiful!! Thank you teacher Donna! I too love black and white!😊

[@donnabaratta5629]

Love the step away from “relentless” predictability of caning. Thanks for sharing these variations, as always a great tutorial!

[@pamelajensen8838]

What a fun versatile cane. I didn’t know b/w could be so cool. Thanks for the b/w inspiration 💕

[@DebbyWakley]

Donna you are so good at doing all of these videos for us. I love just sitting and watching you.

[@DonnaKatoArt]

I miss you, Debbie! We need a good Gin and Tonic!

[@sharyntomasi7116]

I absolutely love your tutorials, you inspire and amaze me. Thank you Donna!

[@deborahnoble7361]

love your tutorials

[@joyceparkes2678]

I always feel like I’m sitting with you during your tutorials Donna. I adore the reduced wave and will play with it when I get back to claying 🙏🏽

[@fxp1828]

Love this and you make it look so simple 🙏

[@tamaradilksStampinUpAUS]

Love it. I love all the irregular pieces on the side as well...so unique and interesting

[@lizziatbizzizizzi5804]

Super! Thank you Donna.

[@frankieclarkson3548]

Fantastic video. Thank you so much.

[@BrendaFaye]

I love your tutorials!

[@DonnaKatoArt]

So glad you like them!😊❤️

[@marywoods6329]

Thank you Donna I enjoyed this tutorial 😊

[@LH-minis]

Dear Donna, I am thrilled to have discovered your channel, and I love all of your tutorials. I am now an avid viewer and student!!

[@DonnaKatoArt]

So glad you found it! I’ve been working on it for a year now. I love YT! 😊❤️

[@debbeechy]

Love all the b&w variations. I better get busy and start making some B&W canes.

[@0LorreneBaumDavis0]

Fabulous..... you are amazing.

[@DonnaKatoArt]

Thank you, friends! More to come!

[@allisonchavez9113]

It always comes together! Staying with you from beginning to end seems sometimes like a journey that hasn't been mapped out, but, unbeknownst to those following you, you are familiar with each and every...needed step. You are a joy, thank you so much for sharing yourself and time with us! After the black and white canes are complete are you going to show us how to make some of the beads/pieces?

[@DonnaKatoArt]

I am working on that, Allison! A Discs Necklace (one of my very faves) is coming. Probably in September, I’m shooting it now. Hugs!

[@sharonkeef]

Donna I think u so much as I’ve haven’t got to meet u yet in person one day maybe anyways I have been so excited to see you posting I can’t wait for the new ones I check daily just hoping I love your canes they are lovely how long have you been claying Donna just wondering I don’t know if I’ve ever hard anyone say . ❤❤❤❤

[@Bonnie-kr4cw]

Thank you Donna. I have been trying to remember what you taught on that technique in Vegas. It is exactly what I was looking for. You are the best giving all of this to us! Bonnie

[@lauramcguinn2187]

thank you so much, Donna!

[@smccarter64]

Wow! There’s really no two canes alike.

[@kathyd9324]

Thank you. 💜🤗

[@chrystalyenger7356]

❤❤

[@maryvanderwood5552]

sure miss going to your live workshops, even tho I enjoy your KZbin videos!

[@loriaxelrod5741]

I made the wavy can the other way and this is much easier. TY

[@walkingpureheart4330]

Not sure why but I wasn't notified about your tutorials and I have it on notification for all videos..I just wanted to let you know..I only found the one from 9dys ago by accident..I had wondered why I hadn't put anymore black n white tutorials out..I am just going to go thru sub channels myself. Love the depression canes..thanks ❤️

[@DonnaKatoArt]

Hi! I’m not sure what’s happening! The bell is supposed to be automatic, I think. Basically, I schedule tutes on Wednesday and sometimes on Saturdays. Sorry you weren’t notified…❤️

[@walkingpureheart4330]

@@DonnaKatoArt Thanks for replying.. It's supposed to work that way, unfortunately it doesn't though. Many creator's on KZbin, go thru not getting notified or subscribers being unsubscribed and they don't realizing that's the issue. I just wanted you to know as the creator, to know that it's happening so if the numbers don't seem right it might be others are dealing with notification issues. So glad you started your channel, I love your creativity and it shines forth in your rings!

[@pourinstar9103]

The one you did for this video actually looks more 3D. Love them all! Thanks for sharing! Oh btw, is it just the lighting, or is your wedding ring purple gold? I was a fine jewelry designer but had to retire about 8 years ago. Some time before I did, my casting company said they would be coming out with purple gold soon. So it was a while back, but I haven't been in a jewelry store since I retired, and I haven't seen anything done in purple gold yet! If yours is, its the first piece I've seen! Very pretty either way lol!

[@DonnaKatoArt]

Hi! Nope not a purple gold ring! ❤️

[@kathybasil2643]

You’re tutorials are amazing! I can’t work fast enough! Question:? How did you get the lovely jagged wave? Thank you for sharing your knowledge❣️

[@DonnaKatoArt]

Hi Kathy! Thank you! The jagged wave occurred when there were air pockets in the wave. They were accidental! Cheers, D😊❤️

[@annitagalvan9049]

Mrs Donna thank you so much for sharing with us all these precious tutorials. Do you have any tutorial about memory wire to be used with leather or rubber cord? Thank you.

[@DonnaKatoArt]

Hi Annita, I will add that to the list of classes to do! Thank you for asking😊❤️

[@annitagalvan9049]

Hello Mrs Donna, thank you so much for letting me know. Much appreciated. ❤️

[@jilllloyd-jones624]

Hi Donna, working on your beautiful wavy can. Mine not so beautiful but it will get better! My question is about ckeaning the machine between volours as i am getting white on black and vjce versa. I have used a thin tooth pickmonnbothnplaces i csn see there is clay. Wiped the rollers and everything ekse with baby wipes but still get colour transfer. What am i missing. Is there a hidden clay goblin in the depths of the machine? Aargh! Thanks, jill

[@DonnaKatoArt]

You know, Jill, I take a towel and run it under the rollers to remove the schmutz. I find that's the best for me, maybe it'll work for you. I hope so! Hugs, D

[@carolinaadrianbarbero3088]

Thank you for Let me know all your knorledge

[@karenthomas2302]

These are so cool, I love that checkered on look pretty cool also. I really need to get back to making things with polymer, I guess it ebbs and flows with me. lol here’s a stupid question how do I get the black out clay? So far I haven’t seen it in our stores. 😢 Tfs have a beautiful day.

[@DonnaKatoArt]

Hi Karen, you can get it online, kid. Check out prairiecraft.com (that’s my hubs!) We just got a shipment of it and the Conditioning Bar (I love these products so much.) Hugs!

[@lolaost9559]

Fantastic tuto and beautiful work Donna. I notice your beads on the necklace are shiny. I imagine you buff them? Or do you coat them?

[@DonnaKatoArt]

Hi Lola, if it’s shiny, I sand. I better look at the beads - they might be beads, like glass beads! I will look…😊❤️

[@lolaost9559]

@@DonnaKatoArt Thank you for replying 🩷

[@jilllloyd-jones624]

Hi Donna, Jill here in the uk. Just searching gor a brass rod and discovered there are threaded brass rods. Have you ever worked wiyh one gor this cane? X

[@DonnaKatoArt]

You know, Jill, I think those would be so useful to make a pattern of fine lines in clay. I don't have one but it's on my list next time I hit Lowes! Hugs, D

[@rondasievers4419]

Beautiful¡ what kind of wire or cord do you use for something like these beads?

[@DonnaKatoArt]

The image with the 5 pieces is actually strung on memory wire that I slid hollow buna cord over! The memory wire is thin and I believe the cord was 2mm in diameter but I would have to check to make sure of that. It’s a good system as the pieces don’t sag on the cord. Hugs, D

[@mariruthbrown1591]

Why is clay set toward the middle of the veneer, such as a backing piece then the piece is cut around all four sides. If the piece is toward a top corner you would have a nice piece instead of four scraps to be combined, rolled, conditioned, to get your creative process continuing again for the cutters

[@DonnaKatoArt]

I just do it that way,Mariuth! Sometimes it really is habit! ❤️

[@deniseosborne4045]

Have you ever figured out the last cane where it looks like it’s criss cross waves?

[@DonnaKatoArt]

Denise! Are they criss crossing lines? If so, can be a cane but most likely, I made a sheet by incising lines in raw clay and laying extremely thin snakes in. Roll to smooth! I hope that I answered your question, kid. Hugs, D

[@deniseosborne4045]

@@DonnaKatoArt yes it was a stack. Lol I call stacks canes. Duh!

[@deborahnoble7361]

what work service do you recommend is the best

[@DonnaKatoArt]

Hi Deborah, I work on marble now but it’s cold and maybe I should switch to formica! The disadvantage of marble would be (in a cold basement) the coldness, my clay is cold (this could be advantageous in a hot clime). The cold does minimize clay sticking to the surface, though. Formica is very neutral and if you get the lightly pebbled kind, the clay doesn’t stick to it. I guess you might start by considering the ambient temp in your studio and act accordingly. I hope this has helped!❤️

[@kristibbradshaw]

So why not use thinner slabs????

[@DonnaKatoArt]

I have to look and see what this is in reference to, kid! I will try to do that. Cheers, D

[@susanhiggins8973]

What size acupuncture needle do you use?

[@DonnaKatoArt]

Hi Susan! It’s very, very fine. I don’t know the size but teeny! 😊❤️

[@susanhiggins8973]

Thanks. It must be 16 gauge which is the smallest. Why not just use a regular needle?

[@kristibbradshaw]

I thought that you wanted it irregular.

[@barockeuse]

merci mais dommage que le bruit du moteur du laminoir (machine à pâtes) soit abominable !