This is part of a series showing how to create polymer clay letter canes. (These alphabet cane tutorials were all originally published on my other website (KayVincent.com), but now I’m moving all of my polymer clay-related posts over to the PolymerKay site instead.) The letter G is one of the more difficult letters to create in cane form because it contains a combination of lines and curves and is also asymmetrical. There are several ways to create this letter (and the design also depends on your preferred typeface), but I’ve suggested a couple of versions below. Therefore the step-by-step, video, and summary versions may all be slightly different. I might come up with an even better version one day, but in the meantime here is the Letter G Polymer Clay Alphabet Cane Tutorial.
Letter G polymer clay alphabet cane tutorial
You will need
- About 30g white clay (approximately half a standard-sized block of clay)
- Approx. 8g black clay (about an eighth of a standard block)
- Pasta machine (5 things to look for when buying pasta machines for polymer clay)
- Tissue blade or clay slicer
Step-by-step instructions: Letter G alphabet cane tutorial
Step 0: Condition the clay (e.g. by rolling each colour through the pasta machine at least ten times, until they are soft enough to work with). (Here is an article about how and why clay should be conditioned.)
1: Roll the black clay into a sheet about 1.5mm thick (usually the middle setting of a pasta machine):
2: Roll the white clay into a cylinder about 25mm (1 inch) in diameter:
3: Slice off about a third of the white cylinder and save it for later:
4: Cut off one side of the white cylinder, about a quarter of the way in from the right:
5: Cut the right section in half horizontally:
6: Take the lower right section and cut that in half vertically:
7: Fit the small white section back onto the larger piece of the white cane.
8: Wrap the top, left, bottom, and half of the right side with one layer of the black clay sheet.
9: Reattach the bottom right section of white clay, then a horizontal black strip across the top.
10: Reassemble the cane.
11: Using the white piece of clay that was cut off in Step 3, roll it through the pasta machine on the thinnest setting and then wrap thin white layers around the sides of the cane:
12: Reduce the cane (e.g. by carefully rolling it on a flat surface until it becomes longer and thinner).
Finished Letter G polymer clay alphabet cane:
Here is the TikTok video tutorial:
…and finally, here is a handy graphic which shows the main steps all on one page. (As I mentioned, it shows slightly different steps to the instructions above, but still gives the same result at the end.)
Thanks for reading – I hope you found this letter “G” tutorial useful. If you’ve tried making any of these alphabet canes – or if you’ve got suggestions of better ways to make them – I’d love to hear from you. You can share any successes (or problems) via the comments section or contact us page. Please also consider supporting me via the Ko-fi button below, which allows people to contribute to my polymer clay stash so I can keep creating these free tutorials for you.