Letter N Polymer Clay Alphabet Cane Tutorial
Woo – we’re now over halfway through the free series of step-by-step tutorial articles on making polymer clay letter canes. Click here for a list of all of the other alphabet canes so far. Here is the latest in the series: Letter N polymer clay alphabet cane:
Step-by-step instructions: Letter “N” polymer clay alphabet cane
You will need:
- Approx. 30g white polymer clay (i.e. half a standard-sized block of clay)
- Approx. 8g black polymer clay (about an eighth of a standard block)
- Pasta machine or clay roller (example from Amazon)
- Tissue blade – a.k.a. polymer clay slicer blade (example from Amazon)
Step 0: Condition the clays (i.e. roll each colour separately through the pasta machine on the thickest setting about ten times until it is very flexible)
Step 1: Slice off around a third of the white clay and put it aside for now in order to work with the larger white piece first.
Step 2: Using the pasta machine, roll the black clay into a sheet approximately 2mm thick (e.g. using the middle setting of the pasta machine).
Step 3: Using the larger block of white clay, roll it into a cylinder with diameter of approx. 2.5 cm (1 inch) tall, with about a 2.5 cm diameter.
Step 4: Slice off the sides of the cylinder (starting from approximately one fifth of the way in from the left and right edges). Keep these pieces to one side, to use later:
Step 5: Slash diagonally from top left corner to bottom right corner:
Step 6: Sandwich the middle of the black sheet of clay between the two diagonal pieces. Then use the rest of the black sheet of clay to cover the remaining straight sides of the cane. Trim off any excess black clay.
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Step 7: Replace the wedge back in the top of the cane, and replace the left and right slices of the cane.
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Step 8: Using the smaller white piece of clay that was set aside in Step 1, roll it through the pasta machine on the thinnest setting and then wrap the thin white sheet around the outside of the cane:
Finished Letter N:
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