Magali shows us the Millefiori technique adapted to Fimo clay.

" Millefiori is a very old technique, particularly used in glassmaking, where the repetition of a colored motif evokes "a thousand flowers"...
Millefiori can be reproduced with Fimo polymer clay modelling clay to decorate salvaged objects (vases, lamp bases) and give them a new lease of life, or small metal objects (Fimo sticks to the metal during firing) such as cutlery, metal barrettes, metal bracelets, or to make beads and jewelry.
The principle is to create canes: a word derived from the glassmaking technique and which corresponds to a long colombin made up of colombins.
although it takes a long time to create a cane, the quantity you can make and the range of objects you can mix and match make it a very satisfying experience.


Step

	1. Make 2 long bobbins in 2 different colors (in this case, light blue and mustard yellow).
Cut them in 2.
	Step2.
Roll them up (all 4, alternating colors) in a rectangle of the dough rolled out with a roller. Smooth out while lengthening the "cane" thus formed.
	Step3.
Cut the cane into 4. Wrap another rectangle of dough (in this case mustard-yellow) around the 4 dolphins. And again, repeat step 3: smooth while lengthening.
	Step4. Now make the final cane. Cut the previous cane into 4 pieces and group them together, inserting a light blue colombin between each one and also in the middle (so 5 colombins). Roll up a rectangle of dough (navy blue here) and smooth while lengthening until you get the desired diameter.

All that remains is to cut thin slices (carefully with a razor blade, as a knife will crush the duck) and place them on the object to be decorated.
This can be a pearl, already formed, in the color of the cane's circumference (navy blue in the case shown). With 6 or 8 slices, the pearl is covered, and all you have to do is smooth it out to make it even.

Decoratinga hair clip
... you know those old hair clips that are so commonplace that you don't know what to do with them: well, those days are over!
cover

the hair clip with a rectangle of Fimo clay. Trim off excess paste and smooth.

glue.

duck "slices" side by side, on top of the barrette and around the edges

Smooth

and flatten the top and edges with a small roller (a cylindrical pencil will do).

and you've got a unique barrette! " Magali

Another Fimo technique, quicker to implement, is the creation of marbling.


[Fimo clay basics] [Marbling technique] [Fimo costume jewelry]