Quilling Tutorial
Quilling is twisting long strings of paper forming 3d paintings. It's a very relaxing and fun hobby.
I got a starter pack with a bunch of strands and a hook/needle thing that has a gap in between to help latch on the edge of the paper. Here's what I ended up making:
This was my first quilling project, used up almost all the paper in the set. I started at the center working outward horizontally symmetric.
The set isn't really mandatory for quilling, you can make the same art with a toothpick and standard printer paper, with A4 you can get a similar width by dividing the paper into 32 strips or 64(kinda hard to divide by hand), could be easier with a cutter. To start you wrap the strip around a toothpick tightly, after removing it you adjust the size of the ring. After picking the right size you glue the outer edge so it stays in place. The shapes are made by pinching sides, pushing to form angles and so on, get creative :)
I found out about quilling from my sister @kristyglas, she made a bunch of poster sized projects for a highschool art class.
Here's one I made by dividing an A4 by hand, the bottom left piece was an edge piece, you can see the difference in shade and roughness, It's better to use some sort of cutter or scisors, the width of the paper is 1/32 of an A4.
Thanks for reading :)
That's wonderful @ivan-g. I haven't done much quilling lately really : just hearts and then used calligraphy on greetings cards 😊. I used an old-fashioned shredder to make straight strips of paper... and had to glue the ends a bit - wish I had photos !
That sounds really cool :D shredder sounds like a good idea.
Ooo that is brilliant @cryptocariad, using a shredder (instead of measuring and cutting strips out using a penknife / blade over stacks of old newspaper or a cutting board)! Thank you!
You're welcome @marblely 😊
Ooh I am a sucker for visual texture, I really like the effect! I am planning to explore different mediums and techniques to apply to a "coloring" mindfulness project and I'd like to use quilling to complete a piece and will definitely be giving you and @kristyglas a shout for the idea!! ;*
Thank you :D You may be interested then in my contest based on ivan's post ^^
https://steemit.com/contest/@kristyglas/random-games-week-5-quilling
Looking forward to your work :D
Sounds interesting, good luck on your project :D
I've never heard of this art form, so it's cool that you wrote a post about it, showed us the tool you used, and presented us with a fabulous piece of art to enjoy! 😊
Thank you <3
Nice @ivan-g! I've always had an interest in quilling but have never tried it. Thanks to both you and @kristyglas, I think I am finally going to try this :)
Great, hf ^^
Amazing!!