Description

The art of quilling has been aroundforcenturies and it has indeed become a great form of artinvolvingthe use of strips of paper that are coiled and curledusing acurling tool and shaped into shapes that will make up a muchbiggerdesign or pattern such as flowers.

This paper art was also known as paper filigree and forsomeothers, it was named paper-scrolling. For those who practicetheart centuries ago, they use to make use of quills in rollingthestrips of paper, thus the name quilling. Today, a curling toolisused in making these fine paper ornaments.

If you want to try your hand on the art of quilling, youcanactually start simple. Instead of buying pre-cut paper strips,youcan practice on lightweight card stocks and cut them intothestandard 1/8-inch strips.

Once you're done practicing the curling and coiling, you canthentry on the basic shapes. Here are the basic shapes you canstartpracticing.

The tight coil and the loose coil are the basic coils you needtopractice because from these two, you can make the heart shape,thesquare, the teardrop, the marquis and the different scrollshapes.For example, in making the teardrop shape or the raindropshape, asothers would call it, you will start from making a loosecoil andthen pinching one side with your thumb and index finger toform theteardrop shape. The marquis shape is similarly done aswell butpinching two opposite sides of the loose coil.

The challenge in practicing the art of quilling is the patternordesign you have to make. If it is your first time trying it, youcanfind great ideas on quilling resources online to appreciatethebeauty of the designs made out of quilling. From makinguniquehandmade cards to making 3d flowers and ornaments, you willbetruly inspired to make your own simple designs and expressyourcreativity.

Generally, the art of quilling is a simple art form and averygood hobby that you can even teach your children. Asidefrominexpensive materials, it does not involve other machinesorcomplicated tool as well. Of course, you just have to beextracareful if you are working with children. Make sure they areusingthe curling tool safe and make sure too that you are workingwith anon-toxic glue.

By being creative, you can actually make a lot ofartisticproducts from quilling. For ideas on where to use quilling,you canmake designs that can be framed and placed in your wall, youcanalso make cake toppers with them, quilled roses for mother'sdaygift, or valentines gift, quilled flowers in baskets,scrapbooks,photo frames, holiday decors, and many other ornamentsyou can makewith it. Indeed, from a simple rolling and curling ofcolorfulpaper, you can make a wonderful work of art. In fact, someof thequilling pieces from long ago are being placed in museums fortheirgreat design, artistry and beauty.