Using Old Polymer Canes To Create Ikat Pattern
One evening while I was on Facebook, I came across a 2 part tutorial by https://www.facebook.com/Amatistart62/ It shows making an Ikat pattern using old canes and I was hooked! Following is a pictorial with some explanation of the process I used after watching her video. It's a great video worth watching. Many of us have old canes that we aren't sure what to do with but don't want to toss them or smash them up for scrap. I found this to be a very interesting way to use them. These are the two canes I decided to use. I flattened the brown flower cane after conditioning by squeezing it Then I ran it through the pasta machine and the colors stretched into stripes. The colors are blended by folding the clay color to color and running it through the pasta machine You can see the subtle pattern. Thin slices are cut and placed against each other on a black ground. It is important to use the end cuts nex...