How to Make a Leftover Kaleidoscope Cane

How to Make a Polymer Clay Leftover Kaleidoscope Cane Step by Step

• I’ll be using four different colors of leftover clay today.
• Roll each pile of leftovers into a ball and then a cylinder. (I cut one ball into two so now I have five cylinders.)
• Take each cylinder and place them next to each other in a sheet.
• Compact them with your fingertips so that they stick together.
• Flatten the sheet with your acrylic roller.
• Roll this through the pasta machine on the thickest setting so that you lengthen each cylinder.
• Take it down to your fifth thinnest setting, again lengthening the cylinders.
• Repeat on the third thinnest setting.
• Cut the sheet into inch wide sections perpendicular to the stripes and stack them. You should now have a rough rectangular shape.
• Compact your stack using your fingers.
• Squash your rectangular shape into a triangle and reduce it until you can cut out six pieces. See the video for the correct procedure.
• Trim off the distorted ends.
• Cut your triangular cane into six equal pieces. I use my Kato Marx-It to measure out my pieces. You could also use a ruler.
• Place these six pieces together into a hexagon shape just like you would any kaleidoscope. Make sure the pattern lines up exactly on both ends.
• Press all the pieces together by resting the cane on the tile, pushing down with your fingertips, rotating the cane and repeating.
• Go round one final time, rolling each side with your roller to flatten it. See the video for the correct procedure.
• Allow your Kaleidoscope cane to cool and rest for a while before slicing.