With just black and white polymer clay, you can create an amazingly dramatic cane. Below, I'll list the steps I used to make it. The image on the left is also a great reference.
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1. Select three colors: I chose white, dark charcoal, and a medium gray.
2. Roll out medium gray on a size 9 and white on a size 7 using your pasta machine and layer strips: white, gray, white, gray, white, gray, white for a total of 4 white strips and 3 gray strips. Trim neatly into a rectangle.
3. Lay an extra piece of white along the bottom of the rectangle and pinch the top to create a more rounded top.
4. Reduce petal to 1/5 its original size and slice into 5 equal pieces.
5. Layer white, medium gray, and charcoal strips (#9 on pasta machine for all)
6. Roll layers from step five to create a spiral and reduce to about 1/3 of its size.
7. Wrap spiral cane in solid black (#9)
8. Reduce to size needed to match petals created in step 4
9. Slice piece of spiral cane to the same size as the petals and arrange the five petals around the spiral cane
10. Cut 5 equal portions of medium gray and mold into triangular shaped logs the same length as the flower
11. Use medium gray to fill the gaps between the petals