Letter A Polymer Clay Alphabet Cane Tutorial

Letter “A” Polymer Clay Alphabet Cane Tutorial

This free tutorial is part of a series on creating polymer clay alphabet canes and shows how to create all 26 capital letters of the English alphabet. (The whole series used to be on my other site, KayVincent.com, but I’m migrating all of my polymer clay-related resources here onto this PolymerKay.com website instead.)

Click here for more resources on creating different types of letter canes, but in the meantime the “Letter A polymer clay alphabet cane” tutorial is below, and here is a sneak preview of the 1-minute TikTok tutorial:

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You will need:

Approximately 14g white clay (i.e. about a quarter of a standard-sized block of clay)
Approx. 8g black clay (one eighth of a block)
Tissue blade or clay slicer
Pasta machine or clay roller (here is an article about how to choose a pasta machine)

Small block of black polymer clay and larger piece of white polymer clay — Black and white clay

Instructions

Step 0) Condition the clay

1) Roll the black clay into a sheet approx 1.5mm thick (usually one of the middle settings of the pasta machine):

Black sheet of polymer clay — Black sheet of clay

2) Cut off around a quarter of the white clay and save that piece for later:

Cut off a quarter of the white clay and save it for later — Cut off a quarter

3) Roll the white clay into a cylinder approx 2.5cm (1 inch) in diameter:

Roll a cylinder from white polymer clay — Roll a cylinder

4) Using the white cylinder from Step 3 above, cut it into a wedge shape (making sure that both cuts start from the same point at the top of the circle):

Letter A polymer clay alphabet cane - cut a wedge shape — Cut a wedge shape

5) Using the black sheet of clay from Step 1, cover the two flat sides of the wedge with a layer of black clay. Then trim off any excess black:

Letter A polymer clay alphabet cane - cover with black — Cover with black

6) Make a horizontal cut across the middle of the wedge shape:

7) Insert one layer of black clay between the two pieces of the wedge. Trim off any excess black:

Letter A polymer clay alphabet cane - insert black clay — Insert black clay

8) Reassemble the pieces of the cane:

Letter A polymer clay alphabet cane - reassemble cane — Reassemble cane

9) Take the piece of white clay from Step 2 and roll it through the pasta machine on the thickest setting, then wrap it around the outside of the cane:

Wrap outside of cane with white polymer clay — Wrap with white

10) Reduce the cane.

Finished letter:

…and here is a handy graphic which shows everything on one page. (Feel free to pin/save it via the Pinterest button on this page):

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Letter A Polymer Clay Alphabet Cane Tutorial