Bead Making Tutorial
These beads are made using canes. I use my cane scraps and small cookie cutters to make beads consistant in size (as much as possible anyway).
I plop the scrap bead into middle of cane slice, then I fold my corners to meet in the center of other side. This is my favorite cane to do this technique with, an unexpected pattern appears on the other side when corners are joined.
I slightly push those corners flat, and then roll in palm of hand to form perfect ball shape. I want my hole to be very large for these beads, so I use my crochet hook. I bake beads with hook.
I call this my stencil press technique. I used brass stencil embossing plates. Slice your cane, center slice in shape opening, and press. I follow the opening edge nice and even, I use my stylus tool to press stencil around edges. The clay will raise a little like you are blowing up a bubble. For this to work properly, you will need to choose stencils that have simple shapes. With alot of use, a groove has formed from my stylus tool. This actually helps tool from sliding where it should not.
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