You might be surprised that none of the details on my polymer art are painted. They are created using a technique called ‘millefiori’ which is similar to the way Italian Murano glass artists make their canes. The patterns are made by wrapping different colors of polymer clay together into canes. As the clay canes are reduced in size, the entire image becomes smaller. Canes can be cut, put back together, and reduced again to make complex images. Amazing designs are revealed when the canes are sliced with a sharp blade.
Because it is constructed out of polymer clay, each piece I create is quite light.
Here’s how it’s done
