Some people ask me if the flowers on my pendants are painted. They are not painted. They are tiny pieces of clay made into a "cane." A cane is a cylinder of clay with a design running through it very similar to those holiday cookies you buy to slice and bake. In the first photo, a skinner blend is prepared with slits to form the veins of the flower. Then the plug is reduced (or made longer and cut into six pieces. Then they are placed around a central stem (as in the second picture). The third picture shows the translucent clay placed between the petals and around the plug. The plug is then reduced again as in the fourth picture and extremely thin slices are taken from the cane and placed on the pendant as in the fifth picture.
Skinner blend plug with slits made for the veins of the flower.
After it has been reduced and cut into sections, placed around a central stem.
Then translucent clay is wedged between the petals to keep them apart. The cane is then reduced once more to elongate it and make different size flowers.
Here is the cane made into different size flowers.
Extremely thin slices are then taken from the cane and placed on the pendant before firing.
Skinner blend plug with slits made for the veins of the flower.
After it has been reduced and cut into sections, placed around a central stem.
Then translucent clay is wedged between the petals to keep them apart. The cane is then reduced once more to elongate it and make different size flowers. 
Here is the cane made into different size flowers.
Extremely thin slices are then taken from the cane and placed on the pendant before firing. 
