Tropical Flower Tutorial Part 2

then by using your thumb and forefinger you squeeze the top side to look like this.









you lengthen the cane till you get it to the desired thickness










then you measure it and cut it to 2 pieces. 5\8" and 3\8".
you lengthen the 3\8" piece till it gets to the length of the 5\8"

you will then have 2 canes with the same pattern that are at the same length but not at the same width.

then you cut each cane in to 5 equal pieces








you then take the thicker 5 pieces and place them in the center like so










you place the thinner 5 pieces around them.










you can then add a leaf cane (prepared in advance ) or not.









you take another color of clay and fill in the holes around the flower. (I like to make the fill in clay into a long triangle and fill the gaps with that)










then reduce.










cut a slice and enjoy your new cane.

and a special thank u to: Ilene2004 from delphiforums.