A Look at Paper Quilling

Mar 152012

March is an exciting month: it?s one step closer to spring, it brings longer days with Daylight Savings, and it begins an active season of new books reaching publication. One of these books we?re so very excited to see on shelves is Quilled Flowers: A Garden of 35 Paper Projects by Alli Bartkowski. In posts to come, I look forward to giving you a peek into the book, lovely insights into the life of the book?s author, Alli Bartkowski, and some fun paper quilling giveaways (woohoo!).

But wait, what is a quilled flower? What is paper quilling, for that matter? Paper quilling is the art of rolling, scrolling, and coiling thin strips of paper into shapes and designs. It has been around for hundreds of years, originating as filigree for religious artifacts and gradually becoming a mode of home decor. Individual quilled paper shapes can be joined together to form multifaceted, larger creations: single quilled teardrop shapes can be joined to create the petals of a blooming flower; small quilled circles molded together create drops of dew or a cluster of grapes.

I thought it might be nice to take a look a paper quilling and share some examples of beautiful, innovative quilled projects created by the artists featured below. A big thanks goes to these artists for taking paper quilling to lovely, diverse lengths!

Happy almost spring to you, friends.

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The House of Life :: by Natasha Molotkova