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Caning How-To ... Combination Cane

In this gallery I'll show you how to use all the previous lessons to make a more complicated cane.

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Okay... you need to create a shaded bullseye cane and a complimentary striped cane for this lesson. As you can see in the photo... I've made five horizontal slices into the shaded bullseye. I've also taken a number of thin slices off the striped cane.

Okay... you need to create a shaded bullseye cane and a complimentary striped cane for this lesson. As you can see in the photo... I've made five horizontal slices into the shaded bullseye. I've also taken a number of thin slices off the striped cane.

 Here you can see that I slipped a slice of striped cane in between each piece of the shaded bullseye and reassembled it.
Here you can see that I slipped a slice of striped cane in between each piece of the shaded bullseye and reassembled it.		 Here I've added an outside wrap of white.
Here I've added an outside wrap of white.		 Here I've used more slices of the striped cane to add a checked edge to the outside of the cane.
Here I've used more slices of the striped cane to add a checked edge to the outside of the cane.
I've reduced the cane and cut it into four equal parts. I've also added a small square of a complimentary color to the center so that the cane will keep it's rounded edge in the middle. You can skip that if you want them to square off when you reduce it.

I've reduced the cane and cut it into four equal parts. I've also added a small square of a complimentary color to the center so that the cane will keep it's rounded edge in the middle. You can skip that if you want them to "square" off when you reduce it.

 Here you can see that I've squared off the outside edges and wrapped the whole thing in white again. I also like to keep a hunk of the cane in it's preliminary stage... it can be used alone or as an accent to the finished cane.

Here you can see that I've squared off the outside edges and wrapped the whole thing in white again. I also like to keep a hunk of the cane in it's preliminary stage... it can be used alone or as an accent to the finished cane.

 This shows the same cane using different colors.
This shows the same cane using different colors.		 Just thought you'd like to see my cane tray... I've gone a little cane happy since the bug swap started.
Just thought you'd like to see my "cane tray"... I've gone a little cane happy since the bug swap started.

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Mary Clare 22-Dec-2004 11:54
Hello Joan, My name is Mary Clare and I have been admiring your gallery of your creations. I have a couple questions. You have a cane (in the picture of all your canes on your workstation), and it's blue squared, with progressively lighter shades of blue as you go towards the outside of the square. It looks a little like a quilt square. How do you do that? I love that look and would love to reproduce it in my canes.
And how do you make a 'Rock Purse'??? If you wrap the clay around the rock and then bake it, how on earth do you get the rock out without distroying the purse? A comment from another one of your admirers stated that you can't even see the opening where you take the rock out of it. Is there a closure made to cover up the opening? Is it a hinged closure? I can't picture it in my mind. Please help!
Thank you so much for displaying all your wonderful works of art, as well as a glimpse into your 'world' of where you create them, your darling pets, your GORGEOUS gardens/pond, etc. I've enjoyed the journey!
Happy Holidays to you and yours!
Mary Clare
Helene 22-Sep-2003 08:55
Joan, thank you for the tutorials--so many ideas. Maybe I can turn my hohum bugs into happy little critters. ~~Helene
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