Quilling Comes In All Sizes
I have said before that my two favorites are miniature and giant quilling! I would put this one below in the big category! I used one-inch crimped red and green strips of construction paper glued end to end. The stems are spongy insulation material that I cut into pieces and painted black. The leaves are 6" long and the cherries are 3.5" in diameter.
This is a piece I made to take to a CHA show in 2006 when I bought a table spot to show my designs. It is a MUST to have some type of eye-catcher to draw the manufactures and publishers to the table. My table was set up to sell my quilled cherry projects and large wall art designs. I used this cherry project, a 14-inch quilled snowflake and three 12-inch layered paper flowers as my eye-catcher. My plan worked :)
I wanted to share this technique to show that there is no limit to what you can do with quilled paper. Here are a few more examples:
Lori Mondell ~ has an amazing creative mind when embellishing her projects (check out other items in Lori's store)
Suzana Ilic ~ brings quilling to a next level with her brilliant dimensional art
Ann Martin ~ this is an excellent example of how to be inspired by non-paper material and incorporate into quilling (also, check out Ann's new book!)
I hope you are encouraged to try something different and quill a miniature, traditional or big piece of art using your own creative style.
Have fun!
~Molly
Update: I found this poor photo showing how the large items are suppose to grab attention. This was the year I forgot one of my bags - containing makeup and my camera. I bought one of those disposable cameras and the photos turned out itty-shay!!!
I have said before that my two favorites are miniature and giant quilling! I would put this one below in the big category! I used one-inch crimped red and green strips of construction paper glued end to end. The stems are spongy insulation material that I cut into pieces and painted black. The leaves are 6" long and the cherries are 3.5" in diameter.
This is a piece I made to take to a CHA show in 2006 when I bought a table spot to show my designs. It is a MUST to have some type of eye-catcher to draw the manufactures and publishers to the table. My table was set up to sell my quilled cherry projects and large wall art designs. I used this cherry project, a 14-inch quilled snowflake and three 12-inch layered paper flowers as my eye-catchers. My plan worked :)
I wanted to share this technique to show that there is no limit to what you can do with quilled paper. Here are a few more examples:
Lori Mondell ~ has an amazing creative mind when embellishing her projects
Suzana Ilic ~ brings quilling to a next level with her brilliant dimensional art
Ann Martin ~ this is an excellent example of how to be inspired by non-paper material and incorporate into quilling
I hope you are encouraged to try something different and quill a miniature, traditional or big piece of art using your own creative style.
Have fun!
~Molly
I am so excited to share the "M House for Marilyn" created by the talented quilling artist, Suzana Ilic. This is a gift Suzana made for a special online friend celebrating Suzana's one year hosting of her blog, Quilling with Fun . The thought put into this elaborate paper house and the quilled details are amazing.
Suzana's blog is filled with her fabulous work (check out the Slide-show). Click below to view more pictures of this project and read the inspiration behind creating this gift for her friend Marilyn. Her pictures are larger showing close-up details, dimension and different angles. I think her peace dove is beautiful and brilliant. Quilling with Fun
Enjoy,
Molly
