Honest opinions please

I don't think it lost all it's detail at all... In fact, I think you are quite talented and should give yourself more credit!!! Seeing that you posted this a month ago, I'm going to bet you've already sold this piece to someone who loves it just as much as everyone on here!

I think it looks beautiful. not as detailed as the one as your avatar, but still very pretty. You are very talented.

its beautiful! i like both your avatar and the image you up load. im very interesting with this clay. is it can dry? harder? water resistance? thell me about this clay.

I think it's beautiful. Is the one in the picture the end result? I don't believe that it was reduced horribly. If anything, it looks quite unique. You're pretty talented!=D Don't be too hard you're creations, its actually quite fine.

It's very pretty? Is the black rose picture made the same way?

I admire any body that can make a cane that looks good, and like the item it is supposed to resemble! I am soooo severly cane challenged it is ridiculous! LOL LUV the colors, love the skinner on the petals, LUV it ALL! But then I didn't see it before it got reduced, so that's just me. The "Wild Lentils" in my flickr album started out as a safari cane. That ended REAL quick. You might need to work on the lighting though, looks like your flash went crazy! I am still learning how to use DH's latest Digital - a real SLR and a major pain in the behind! And I know how to work digital cameras... Gerene

I love it. It is lovely and graceful looking. You are very talented dear.

I think it's lovely. The colour is very nice.

The picture is not good, but the item is lovely. I think you did a great job.

I think it's wonderful! It looks almost real, like it is trapped inside of a glass piece. Keep up the amazing work!

Ok, you said honest opinions - it is blurry, not clear like your avatar. I am wondering, the descriptions says "cane" is this the top of the handle on a cane? You make these? If so do you do the whole cane or just the handle or am I totally confused. I love your avatar and although I've never worked with clay myself I've always had an interest in it.

It looks beautiful to me! I wish I had the talent and patience to create canes from polymer clay. I love the rose in your avatar, too...it's gorgeous! How long have you been making these? How did you start?

Goodness, I didn't know there were so many others interested in pc. If your avatar was your first rose cane my hat is off to you! I have several tutes on canes of various kinds and reducing them...I'm probably just too impatient when I am working! Do you go to Polymerclaycentral.com? Great site! I also used to take the magazine "Polymer Cafe". Great magazine!

I have trouble reducing my canes. They either become terriby distorted or lose detail. There is a trick to arranging the clay to avoid losing so much detail, but I haven't found it yet! I never have made a good rose cane. I cna't really see the image that well to evaluate it, but you're right, it doesn't have half the color that your avatar one has.

I think it is very pretty! I bet you are thetype who is hypercritical of your work when it doesn't turn out as you have envisioned.

Well it looks pretty good to me..lol A darn sight better than anything I could do. Sorry it doesn't reduce well but it looks nice like that if it makes you feel any better. I think you did pretty good for just using scraps.

Oooohhh.. those are really pretty. I especially like the one in your avatar. I totally like it. The picture you posted wasn't as nice as that in your avatar, but it's pretty nevertheless.. I wonder where i can get one of those. lol.

What do you mean by "reduced"?

I agree with the others! It's very pretty! I can see what you're saying about the detail, and I'm not sure why it would do that, unless you might have been using a softer clay than usual. Canes seem to do better with the firmer clays, but if you only have soft, all is not lost. You can "leech" excess oils out of soft clay by making into a sheet, then putting it between sheets of paper, and pressing it between books or something like that. You might need to change the paper if it still seems soft, but it will definately make it firmer for you. :-) Let us know if still have that problem with other canes. Still, I don't think it's bad looking at all. It would make lovely slices or jewelry!