Working on making canes

     One of my favorite things to do is work on developing cane patterns in polymer. ( Second only to combining them to create designs and images!)  Today I worked on a number of canes in bright saturated autumn colors.  Some of them might get worked into pieces that are similar in color or style.  But what is sometimes more interesting is finding unlikely ways to create different combinations of pattern and color.  

    All kinds of patterns inspire my canes.  (here you see both a plaid and circular pattern.)  Lately I have been inspired by both fashion prints in fiber arts as well as "older" (non electron) microscopic images of cells, virus, and bacteria.  Check out my Pinterest boards from Dio Designs as I begin to share and collect images that I find inspiring.  I would love to see what you are looking at as well!