Recently I had a request for a set of buttons with gumnuts on them. For those who don’t know what a gumnut is, its the ‘capsule’ for the flower of the Eucalyptus tree. These are very common here in Australia and there are many different colours and shapes depending on the species. Here’s a photo of one from our own garden:
So, here is a step by step series of photos showing how I created the gumnut cane. Enjoy!
Wow! What clean lines! That’s impressive.
[...] If you were ever so inclined as to make a polymer clay cane with a gumnut pattern in it I’ve written a tutorial (complete with half good and half blurry photos) here on my Polyclarific blog. [...]