Treasure Box - Lacy Flower

Hello All!

Preparations for the exhibition on 7th June at Lansdowne Art Space are in full swing. One of my favorite items so far is this treasure box, decorated with a lacy flower.

The box is covered with handmade paper (Oh...how I love those!), and on the lid is a beautifully delicate flower in shades of pink.

Here is a closeup of the flower.

The tutorial for this flower is given in this wonderful website - http://ajourneyintoquilling.blogspot.com/2012/11/new-quilling-technique-tutorial.html. Thanks Chris for the amazing tutorial! There were a few steps that I did not understand, but the one direction I liked best was - "Just try to get the given shape" :)

I have tried to get some shading effect by using multiple shades of pink in the beehives. The MOST tough part of making this was gluing the petals at an angle...each petal is glued over the previous petal and under the next petal...phew!

All in all, I love the way this flower looks, delicate and elegant. A treasure in itself!

Cheers!
Manasee

Clocks...customized

Hello All!

A friend loved the way the White Lotus Clock looked, and wanted something on similar lines, but with a twist. She sent me the image below, asking me whether it was possible to merge this image with the technique of the White Lotus Clock.

The inspiration

This was a tough one! The technique of the White Lotus Clock works best with single paper strips, and hence comes out in a single color. Creating something like the sunflower image above would involve using smaller strips of multiple colors, glued together and then spread out in the given pattern.

Multiple smaller strips = more delicate work = more change of messing things up :)

I decided to give it a try, and came up with the idea of using 3 strips, brown, dark yellow and light yellow, each of 2 mm length, glued together end to end to make one longer strip. These strips were then put together in the pattern of the White Lotus Flower.

Here is how the project looked like half way through -

About a hundred such strips were made, joining smaller strips of brown, dark yellow and light yellow together. In the end, this is how the clock came out -

Custom Sunflower Clock

                                Price - $35

                                Size - appx. 7" diameter

I loved the gradation of the colors, the meticulous work and the patience in making it did pay off!

The friend loved the clock which she gifted it to her cousin as a house-warming present :)

Cheers!
Manasee

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