Where can I find free tutorials on how to make polymer clay alphabet canes?
If you do a Google search for “How to make polymer clay alphabet canes”, it is surprising how few resources and tutorials there are which show how to make letter canes using polymer clay.
Letter canes are useful for:
- Creating unique ‘signatures’ for your polymer clay pieces.
- Making personalised jewellery and gifts.
- Including messages in polymer clay artwork.
So why aren’t there more letter/alphabet resources?
I did find a short tutorial on Polymer Clay Central which showed how to make the initials “P” and “C” (naturally!), but not the rest of the alphabet.
…or there was an article on Tina Holden’s “Beadcomber” blog showing how she created a monogram cane…but again that was a very specific (although lovely) cane that just incorporated her own initials.
unikatissima’s website mentioned using CityZen Cane’s mosaic “pixels” method…but didn’t give detailed instructions on how to create a whole alphabet.
So where can polymer clay enthusiasts find letter canes for the whole alphabet?
The only full set of instructions I have found so far is a tutorial by fantastic polymer clay artist Iris Mishly:
If you don’t have time to make your own alphabet canes, some sites do sell canes that are pre-made and ready to use. (E.g. here (although I think these canes may be pre-cooked??))
But that still leaves the question of “Where can I find a quick and free tutorial on how to make polymer clay letter canes?” So in that case I will oblige!
Here is my new series:
Free step by step polymer clay alphabet cane tutorials
I’m about to create some basic instructions showing how to create each capital letter in the English alphabet. They are all round canes, but if you’d like square versions just contact me via the comments below. (Or use the contact us form, or tweet @polymerKay.)
One day I’ll develop ‘proper’ tutorials, but for now here is the link, or if you prefer a big button:
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