November 2002 Volume 3, Issue 11

Peacock Feather Cane By Jean Sheppard Jean's Photo Gallery

	Step Eleven:  Create a Skinner Blend with Color D and Color E using the thickest setting on your pasta machine.
	Step Twelve: Roll the Skinner blend sheet into a log, with the darker color on your left and the lighter color on your right.
	Step Thirteen: Shorten the log into a plug.
	Step Fourteen: Flatten the plug into a block shape and...
	...give it a quarter turn to place the dark side away from you and the light side toward you as shown above. Stretch the cane out by grabbing the right and left sides and pulling them apart so you end up with a l-o-n-g rectangle
	Step Fifteen:  Run Color F through the pasta machine on the thickest setting and make it fit the length of the rectangle.
	Step Sixteen: Pinch one end of the rectangle...  Feed it through your pasta machine on the thickest setting making a very, very l-o-n-g ribbon and then cut into several 2 to 3 inch pieces.
	Step Seventeen: Lay one piece, Skinner blend side down, on your work surface. Put second piece next to the first with the dark EDGE on your work surface next to the dark end of the first piece. This will give you an "L" shape. Butt the base of the piece standing on end up against the piece flat on the work surface.
	Step Eighteen: Leaving the edge touching your work surface, fold the second piece over on top of the first piece. Continue adding pieces, always with the dark edge on your worksurface, and folding it over on  top of the previous pieces.
	Step Nineteen: Keep adding pieces until you've got them all stacked together.
	Step Twenty: Your cane should now look like this picture if you flip it on its side.

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