A Polymer Clay Tutorial: The Yellow Optical Pyramid Version 2

The Optical Pyramid - Version 2

It’s time to clay like an Egyptian! Let’s make an optical pyramid.

Yes, this is version 2. I debated about uploading both because one seemed so much simpler. What I forgot is that as I use Kato - cutting blocks into shapes is quite easy. A very soft clay would be more difficult so I would say Version 2 is ideal for stiff clays that are easy to cleanly slice into.

We’ll also correct some flaws, yup. And, put together a Tumbling Blocks cane, too.

Tools and Materials:

clay: to make this pyramid cane, you’ll need:

2 - 2 ounce packages yellow
1 - white
1 -brown
1 -orange
1 -black

stiff blade
water bottle
hex template: follow this link

https://www.keepandshare.com/doc2/123...

Color Formulas:

Yellow Orange (aka American Cheese)
1 part orange
16 parts yellow
Sunflower
1 part Yellow Orange (above)
5 parts yellow
Ecru
1 part yellow
3 parts brown
15 parts white

Chapters

1:36 Mix Our Colors
4:19 The Hex Templates
6:40 Clay Prep and Slab Making
13:27 Cutting Triangles and Cane Assembly
27:25 Just a bit of reduction - you’ve seen this in many tutorials!
30:27 Correction time. A new wrap, Tumbling Blocks and the difference between black and white wraps and slightly translucent colors of clay.

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