1. Take a bean sized piece of the solid colored clay and warm it in your hands until it is pliable and soft. Roll it in the palms of your hand into a small round ball. Now set it aside for a moment.
2. Using the blade or the metal rib, slice a thin piece off the cane, making sure that you get the whole design.
3. Apply the slice to the outside of the solid colored ball. Continue to slice and apply the slices to the ball until it is nicely covered. Then roll the ball in between your palms until all the seams from the decorative slices disappear.
4. Poke a hole in the bead with a toothpick or a bamboo skewer for string to go through.
5. Cook the bead in a toaster oven or a conventional oven at 220 degrees for 20 minutes. Let the beads thoroughly cool. If you want, you can coat them with a clear glaze to make them shiny. Then string them together with fishing line, thread, or string, either by themselves or in combination with other beads.
Please take a look at my newly designed polymer clay beading tool, the "Beady Buddy" (Patent pending). I have it listed in my ebay store, a must have for bead artists. Click here for instructions on how it is used (Note: Adobe Acrobat is needed...find it here)
