Quillography

Hello!

Quillography, or lettering using quilling is quickly turning into one of my favorite quilling items to do. Made this frame as an entry to the challenge posted by Pritesh.

I simply love the complexity in making the 'Paper Crossovers' as I call them. Paper strips intersect each other on the canvas to create wonderful meshed graphics. One has to be very careful in making these crossovers as the curves have to be perfect, look like intersecting lines, and not just pieces of paper glued side by side. This would be a good candidate for a tutorial!

Here is the finished product - EARTH.

FR003 - Quillography, EARTH

I had a green theme in mind for a long time, and initially thought of making thick 2D letters in white, surrounded by various leaves in shades of green. But while I was trying out the letters in various fonts, the 'E' seemed to be a perfect candidate to sprout a few lush leaves. The other letters quickly followed suit, and soon became entangled into one entity with the brown soil and the greens meshing together, not to mention the sparse blue popping out on the top! My vision of earth :)

Here is a view from a different angle -

A close-up of the leaves.

The challenge requires a minimum A4 size product, so here it is with the ruler to show the scale.

Cheers!
Manasee

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Grand Opening!

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Paper Precious welcomes all to the grand opening of the online shop on Etsy!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/paperprecious

Please visit, and let your friends know about it too!

Cheers!
Manasee

Blue Swirls Wall Clock

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For some time now, I have been fascinated and eager to try a new technique in quilling, something that I call 'Paper Crossovers'. It is the technique in which the artist gives the appearance of the papers intersecting each other, something like this -

http://averychocolatewedding.blogspot.com/2011/04/and-my-very-second-quilled-letter.html

It is a *very* painstaking technique, where one has to cut the paper strips of small lengths and then assemble them together to create smooth curves. The effort is worth the end product though.

Here is my attempt at making a wall clock using this technique.

GA005 - Blue Swirls Wall Clock

The timepiece is yet to be added to the clock. Notice the flower shape created from the paper intersections. Keeping in line with the blue theme, the background is a dark blue and black combination.

Here is a closeup of the coils and the swirls.

GA005 - Blue Swirls Wall Clock

Next project - lettering using this technique!

Cheers!
Manasee

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Quilling for Kids

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Quilling, and working with kids - two things I absolutely love! Paper Precious had two wonderful girls over for a basic quilling workshop this week, and between the incessant chatting, laughing and quilling, it was a fun riot :)

Sufi and Shreenidhi, both enjoyed the workshop so much, that they were refusing to stop and go home even after three hours of continuous hard quilling work! They both arrived at the workshop super excited and eager to start, and I am glad their enthusiasm did not falter at a single moment throughout.

They prepared a lovely bookmark and a greeting card each, and left smiling :)

Sufi and Shreenidhi engrossed in quilling

All smiles with their greeting cards

Loved having you over girls!

Cheers!
Manasee

Sunflower Wall Clock

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Time to try something new! Pritesh from Aadya Originals had this idea of making a wall clock, and I simply loved it! It inspired me to make my own quilled wall clock.

So here it is, my sunflower wall clock -

GA004 - Sunflower Wall Clock

The petals are a shade of yellow, orange and red, and their size increases by the hour. The clock is about 6 inches in diameter, perfect for a table clock, or the wall of a small study nook. It is a proper working clock, and runs on a single AA battery.

Here is a short tutorial of how I made this one.

The initial sketch of the clock, with tentative coloring - 

Quilling petals of the required sizes -

Putting it all together -

The assembly is mounted on a thick cardboard to make it stand stiffly. I have used the Wallnut Hollow 1/4th inch timepiece (http://www.walnuthollow.com/238563pcclockkit14.aspx) for the clock, which just needed to be fitted in the center after cutting out a small hole.

Lo and behold! A perfectly working wall clock is ready!

Cheers!
Manasee

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Baby Shower Card

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Made this card for a close friend who has a bun in her oven :) This card has a baby boy theme, but it can be easily customized for a baby girl.

GC010 - Baby Shower

Cheers!
Manasee

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More Miniatures

Hello!

Miniatures are cute. Miniatures are pretty. Miniatures are challenging! The miniature 3D flower pot and butterfly got me hooked on to making more 3D quilled items, and here are a few I came up with.

A word of caution for beginner quillers who want to make 3D miniatures, make sure you bring a LOT of patience to the table. The coils are going to get big, they are going to unravel at the most inopportune time, and the miniatures are going to refuse to stand up on their own. But what the heck...overcoming these challenges is the fun part!

Miniature Doll - Standing in her frilly white and blue dress, with her curls blowing around her angelic face, the doll is about 3 inches tall, and can stand on  her own on her bling studded heels :). She wears a light yellow hat, with a bling studded blue bow.

FG002 - Miniature Doll

Giraffe and Hippo Set - A dancing hippo and a smiling giraffe standing side by side. Notice the lavish eyelashes the hippo has! Inspired from Melman and Gloria from the movie Madagascar.

FG003 - Giraffe and Hippo

WALL-E and Eva Set - One of my favorite animation movies, and favorite characters. They are holding hands...awww...

FG004 - WALL-E and Eva

I loved making these characters, and would love making different ones! Which characters would you like to see on your table?

Cheers!

Manasee

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