Flower Bouquet cane – How to reduce a large polymer clay cane

 

Making a large detailed polymer clay cane is always a challenge. It begins with an idea for a design and it holds a lot of details, meaning in this case, a group of flower canes and leaves that will all be arranged together to one flower bouquet cane.

And even more challenging is the reducing step of the cane. We all want the cane design to be lovely after it reduced, we want it to appear exactly as we've made it, showing all its details in a small diameter scale.

So, it's important to pay attention to the little details while constructing it, first arranging all the components like a jigsaw puzzle, so there will be no spacing between them, and then when it is done, adding the background to a full circle.

If we've managed that successfully, then when the cane is reduced, chances are that all the little details are preserved and are shown exactly how we meant it to be.

* Details:
Diameter: 12 cm / 4.75 in 

Height: 3.5 cm / 1.37 in

Weight: 464 gr / 16.35 oz

Reducing the cane took me about 20 minutes and I've added a video to my YouTube channel with a quick version, so you can see that although it's a challenge, it can be done easily with patience and persistence.

The Flower bouquet cane is also listed at my Etsy here.