Quilling craft technique - ideal for the Christmas season
Instructions No. 709Quilling - this ancient technique was already developed in the Renaissance. At that time, monks and nuns used the scraps of paper that were created when cutting the valuable books to size to make filigree decorations for pictures and books
Today, Quilling is inseparably connected with the name Karen-Marie-Klip
The imaginative figures, which are Paper strips rolled, shaped and glued from narrow ones, are an enchanting decoration and gift idea especially at Christmas time. The various sets from the Danish company contain not only the required items but Paper strips also detailed illustrated instructions, which make it easy to rework the filigree works of art.
How the Quilling technique works
In classical quilling, most basic forms are created from a simple spiral. For this purpose, the Paper strips is threaded through the slot at the end of the quilling pin and this is turned. In this way the long strip automatically winds itself into a tight spiral, which is then placed in the desired field of the quilling-Stencil . If you release the Paper strips , it will jump up to the size given by the round Stencil . The ends are now fixed with paper glue and the basic form is finished, from which all further elements are created. Here it is important to use a paper glue that sets very fast and dries transparent.
In recent years, classical quilling has been developed further and further. Current variants are the 3D-quilling and the comb-quilling. In 3D-Quilling the twisted spiral is pushed apart with a slim rod or with the fingers like a cone, so that plastic figures are created. In comb quilling, the Paper strips are woven through the prongs of a metal comb. What is particularly attractive about this creative hobby is that all variations can be freely combined with each other.