Paper Quilling Art

About Paper Quilling Art Android App

In this Paper Quilling Art App, you can get creative Paper Quilling Art Designs Ideas to recreate at Home.

If you are a paper craft lover, the chances are good that you have searched the internet for inspiration and have seen paper quilling works of art. Paper quilling is a favorite crafting pastime but is by no means new. This paper art has existed for centuries since the invention of paper.

Some of you may be asking yourselves just what the heck is paper quilling and why would I want to learn this craft. Paper quilling is the art of cutting paper into long thin strips, rolling and pinching the pieces into different shapes and then gluing the shapes together to form decorative art. Paper quilling projects can be used to decorate cards, boxes, gift bags, picture frames or even be made into 3d stand-alone art pieces.

Easy Quilling Paper art Ideas

Your imagination only limits the possibilities. The decorative pieces can be simple or complex, but one thing is for sure, paper quilling can be mastered in an hour or two. Quilling is the perfect project for beginners! It is easy for a novice paper crafter to get good results, and another plus is the fact that this craft costs almost next to nothing to make.

Paper quilling then resurged in popularity in the 18th century as a "suitable" pastime for the women of the aristocracy. The art of quilling spread from Europe to America and was favored by the American colonists as a decorative method. Quilling has had a resurgence in popularity, and it has been raised to an art form today.

Art of Paper Quilling

Quilling, the art of creating intricate designs from simple rolled paper shapes, has made a big come-back in paper crafting, scrap booking, and card making.

Since quilling involves rolling strips of paper into spirals, a quilling board helps you ensure that all of your spirals are the same size. You can roll a tight coil and then let it open up to be the size of any of the circles on the board. Some quillers use straight pins to hold pieces to the board. The large open space on the right is an area where you can experiment with different designs of the basic shapes.

Simple Paper Quilling Art Designs

If you simply want to give quilling a try with some very basic designs, then the most important tools for you to have are just paper strips, a few round toothpicks, and some good liquid glue. With these basic tools, you can easily make all of the Basic Quilling Shapes. After you have mastered the basic shapes, be sure to also try your hand at Simple Quilling Designs.

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