Vol-047-2 Rose Brain Cane PcT Tutorial (Intro)
Video #251: “Can I add my request for the brain cane tutorial? Thanks.” ~Marion-R
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** This post is an introduction to one of our paid tutorials.
Over time, I am coming to realize that you should never underestimate a simple idea, just because it is simple. Nowhere in the ‘Book of Life’ or the ‘Artist's Handbook’ does it say that something has to be complicated to be great.
I see people over-complicating things all the time. It is as if the idea wouldn’t be ‘good enough’ unless it was hard. If it takes some serious, precise calculations, a week-long workshop and an art school or rocket science degree to figure out, it has got to be better… right?
Wrong!
Although I am usually pretty good at simplifying the complicated, there have been a few cases when an idea has been overlooked because it seemed so simplistic that it almost felt like ‘cheating’ to show you all how to do it.
Did you know that if Doug hadn’t pushed me to show you all my Teardrop Blend method of making complicated multicolored Skinner Blends, that I may not have even bothered to show you? At the time, I really didn’t think too much about it. I found the other way of doing it too hard, so I did it an easy way. No big deal I thought… wrong again!
Well, looks like I did it again… skipped over something cool because it was easy! It wasn’t until Marion-R read an old post and reminded me to show you all how to make my Rose version of the Brain Cane, that I even remembered about this project. So after whipping up a few sample canes and some beads, I fell in love! The beads turned out gorgeous… once again, I had undervalued a simple idea.
Time for a mental slap… Ouch! Remind me to not do that anymore!
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This cane is just so simple, and so effective. And Cindy, I love the little tip of backing it with a sheet of pearl.
Lesley S
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Love your tutorials! Just made my first brain cane. Success! When I have friends asking me how to get started in Polymer Clay, I tell them to go to your site. It has been SO helpful!
Shilo T
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As Cindy said, the colours she chose looked quite garish before she worked her magic using her colour-shift method. I am so glad that I found Polymer Clay Tutor. If I don't get it the first time, I can watch until I do. So a BIG thank you Cindy! What would we do without our regular dose of feel good medicine.
Elaine F
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Welcome Rhonda to our family of clayers. Cindy has a wonderful search feature and if you type in bead rolling you will probably come up with lots of suggestions for video’s.
Hi, I am new to this and this is your first video I have watched. After you have made the cane, how do you make them into beads. Could you suggest a tutorial video I should watch for the bead rolling process. Thanking you.Kind regards Rhonda
Hi Rhonda, I am glad you are enjoying the tutorials! What I would suggest is that you get yourself the Polymer Clay Bead Making Course for Beginners. It has all the information you need for working with polymer clay successfully, and will show you how to avoid the common mistakes that just about everyone makes when learning about polymer clay. It will save you time, money and grief on having to learn on your own. Plus you have myself and the rest of our clay family here, to help should you have any questions along the way.
Have fun!
Nice to have another new member to share with. I joined about 6 months after Cindy started her tutes and knew a little about clay and actually thought the beginner course wouldn’t teach me anything I didn’t already know. Boy was I wrong. I loved that course and it even showed me a lot of new ways to do things I was already doing but very soon found out Cindy’s way was always easier and faster than any other way I had done. I still refer back to this beginners video at times. A very nice refresher course. Even for those that know some already. then of course withing a short time I had purchased every back issue I missed. So my library is 100% complete. I love them all so much. Even those I don’t use often I have learned something from I can carry with me in other tutorials or just messing around with my scrap clay. Cindy’s way is by far the best way to learn and make it so much more simple and faster. You can’t and won’t go wrong with any of the tutes.
Welcome Rhonda and enjoy every moment. I did and still am.
Dixie Ann, yep now I will only need a decent camera (soon be my birthday) well in about 6 weeks.
Glad you had a good one.
It is so great when you have good tools to work with and I love that Cindy uses and shows us all her gizzmos and gadgets. I would never have drempt the uses for the “card making” equipment so really looking forward to learning more with Cindy ……………………..cheers xx
Well i found that lovely tag thanks to Dixie Ann, but wouldn;t you know it, they don’t ship to New Zealand!!!
Cherie, I did a search on Amazon and found them on sale for $1.99 that didn’t include shipping which wasn’t too bad. Just type in Sizzix Tags, Scallop #2. I wouldn’t wait to order, they are on clearance even on the Sizzix home site but I think they sold out there. Good Luck.
Hi Cindy and polypeeps.
Well I am nearly brain- dead after trying to get my new printer to be nice to my new little laptop. Read the instructions a zillion times but didn’t “get it”. Took a simple suggestion from DH ( after he made me a cup of tea and told me to calm down) and hey presto it worked !!
Why do written instructions just go over my head? I attempted making a “brain cane” from written instructions many moons ago but was not pleased with the result………..PC (PRE- CINDY).
Watching CINDY showing us all the steps, advising us on the results of reduction and what happens to the colours, all makes so much sense to me now.
As she said, the colours she chose looked quite garish before she worked her magic using her colour-shift method. I am just so glad that I stumbled upon our Polymer Clay Tutor. I can now be proud of the end products (using CINDY’S fail-safe methods)
. Even if I do not “get it” the first time I know that I can go back into my Library and try again and again till I eventually say “Jeronimo” or words to that effect.
So a BIG thank you Cindy, what would I (and heaps of others) do without our weekly dose of your feel good medicine………………………………………….cheers xx…………………………………
Congratulations Elaine on your new laptop and printer. Isn’t it great when you get a new toy and it works like it is suppose to!
Happy Belated Birthday, Dixie!
thanks Jocelyn, it’s actually Saturday the 14th. I am going to be 68!
Happy Birthday Dixie Ann! Have a fun and playful 68th!
Thank you Cindy doll, it has been fun. I found your Sissix tag die on sale for 1.99 and couldn’t get it ordered fast enough. What a great buy! I found out the Art Museum here in Cedar Rapids might want to display my polymer clay jewelry and I am so-o-o-o excited. A very dear friend contacted them about my jewelry and mixed media art and totally blew my socks off! Most fun birthday ever! (((hugs)))
Happy Birthday Dixie Ann! Where did you order the tag dies from? I have been searching on line and could not find them.
I had the best day – I watched: the brain cane tutorial, the bead cones, and the clover beads. I can tell you I had a smile on my face from ear to ear. Your work is breathtaking! I love everything you do – the die cutting was like… woah!
My goal is to eventually get all of your video’s – I enjoy you so much – feel like I’ve known you my whole life!
I especially like your videos because it helps me to forget about my son’s autism… for those minutes… I forget about seizures, mental retardation, cancer (mine) – my pain goes away!
When I work with polymer, it truly helps me forget about my back pain. Thanks to chemo, I have chronic pain due to advanced bone degenerative disease. It makes me feel like I felt without cancer. You are a genius – you have a natural talent for polymer.
So for what it’s worth – a huge and humble thank you from me and my son, Danny.
Thank you again – have a wonderful weekend with your family. I appreciate everything you have done – all the extra time you have taken for us. You are beyond words at the moment to me.
All our love,
Sue and Danny
Cindy,
Thank you so much for your help with my payment. I really appreciate how fast you answer my emails. Fantastic customer service. I really like the Rose Brain Cane. It is to be my project for tonight.
Have a Blessed Day
Karen
What a neat twist ! A simple cane -only different ! This will be so pretty and colorful – Springy ! Thanks for you innovation …………..glad you taught us this. Isn’t it fun to do something JUST a little different and see what comes out ?
I love this tute! Can’t wait to sit down and try it. It makes such beautiful beads in whatever colors you use. Love how you used the pearl with it !
Thanks for doing this tutorial Cindy, I knew it would be great!
I’ve discovered your secret – sorry, gal, it’s out! – your ideas don’t just produce a single item but are the basis for an almost unlimited range of projects. You plant the seeds and leave us to grow fabulous creations! You’re the best tutor I know of who encourages her students to learn from her designs but then go on to develop them further. This is so much better than one static project and the only real way to learn.
Thank you so much, Cindy and Doug! More power to your elbow!!
Marion
I love love love this cane. I have so many ideas running round in my head for this cane but i cant do it :o(
We are in the middle of a move so every thing is in boxes and has been for over a month. So many tutorials and i cant even do 1.
I want to thank Cindy for all her hard work its been a long time since i could think of any thing but my depression. Cindy has sparked some thing inside me that has given me a whole new lease for life.
Thank you Cindy x
You waited three years to share this with us???!!!!
Whew, pretty sure you are in for the next decade, lol.
I have never heard of the “Brain Cane” but what a pleasant surprise. I am going to enjoy doing this cane and since it is my birthday this Saturday I can’t think of a better birthday present than making a new cane from Cindys Tute, although I did get a new Sizzix Big Shot Die machine and have been playing with it, this past week, I really love the challenge of a new cane. I did make a Stroppel cane also and it turned out so unique. It looks like folded calico fabrics for quilting. I will try and put a photo on our facebook page. Everyone should try this technique. You can’t make a mistake and you really get some cool results.
Happy Birthday for the weekend, Dixie Ann! This cane is just so simple, and so effective – and Cindy, I love the little tip of backing it with a sheet of pearl, am SO going to give this a try.
I too love the Stroppel cane – great for using up all those little leftover cane scraps, impossible to mess up, and so many different effects are possible. Just goes to show that some of the cleverest ideas are also the simplest!
And I agree with Elaine, I LOVE the look of that metal clasp, it would be so cool to make my own …… if only I knew how ….. (is this a hint?}
Wishing you all a great weekend!
A very happy birthday,Dixie Ann!!!!
Thanks Lesley and Pollyanna for the Birthday wishes. Best one yet!
Happy Birthday dear friend!!! Sorry I”m late. Hope it was fun filled!
Cindy,
I re-subscribed to the weekly members video library this month. Looking forward to getting creating with you again. I regret quitting!
Regards,
Suzanne
This is sooo my style. I love canes and flowers. I can’t wait to learn how to make the entire bracelet along with the metal clasp. Thanks again Cindy and Doug!
I had an amazing piece of brain coral that I dug up while clearing a space for a veggie patch. It was covered in mud so soaked it in bleach and got it shining white .
Left it behind when I moved, so it will be great to learn how to make a rose brain cane in polymer clay. Also loved the glimpse you showed us, CINDY of your metal embossed clasp. Not sure if I can wait for my birthday to get a cuttlebug or similar.
The pandora style beads were stunning. So just checking I have all the “stuff” needed to complete this Friday’s tute…..cheers……….xx
What a thrill to see this lovely, playful cane this morning! I’m already imagining the rainbow of colourways. Looking forward to tomorrow!
My roses ( real) are blooming – so naturally Cindy comes up with a rose brain cane. The earth is in balance again ! This cane will be so much fun – roses come in soooo many colors. Just think – a whole big bunch of roses in your favorite color……….. Thursday teaser—-wait til Friday……….
We all like KISS……………. and your happy voice to teach us how………………whoooooohoooooooo
This is going to be a good one to do! I will have to wait till next week to try this since it is my hubby’s 50th birthday weekend! He is going to let me take him away for the weekend to celebrate. But, since I love roses so much this will be hard to wait for. I’m still playing around with the wire rose ear wires (oops, I can’t remember the exact tute name.) So, to have another rose cane to make beads to go with that tute will be sooooo fun!
Love this!!! So many ways to color it.
So beautiful! I can’t wait to make one. Love the KISS theory of things! I know if I just let things be simple they come out so much better but it is hard to remember that sometimes. LOL!