Quilling Art

by Sena Runa

Quilling―the art of rolling and shaping strips of paper into intricate decorative designs―has been popular for hundreds of years. In Quilling Art, Turkish paper artist Sena Runa gives this time-honored craft a stylish and contemporary update sure to appeal to the 21st century artist.
The 20 stunning projects include an apple, butterfly, cloud, heart, and other popular designs and motifs. Pairing elaborate design with a clever use of color creates exciting effects in the projects, which vary in complexity to appeal to quillers of all skill levels. Each project features easy-to-follow instructions with step-by-step photographs and templates that take guess work out of the quilling process. More than just a project book, Quilling Art is a full-blown course in papercraft that will help you develop skills and techniques that will allow you to create your own show-stopping designs.

Genres: Crafts, Nonfiction, Art

136 pages, Paperback

Published November 14, 2017

Reviews

[Tracy Shephard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quilling Art is a beautiful and colourful book showcasing paper craft at it's finest.

Quilling or paper filigree is an art form that involves the use of strips of paper that are rolled, shaped, and glued together to create decorative designs

Sena Runa demonstrates her craft perfectly, and with step by step easy to follow pictures you to can achieve amazing results.

The projects are simply stunning,  Snowflakes, hearts and even a mermaid are created by the simple technique of paper folding.

Quilling Art can be used as decorations for cards, pictures and even jewellery can be made, the results and possibilities are endless. 

Each project gives a list of tools what I loved most about Quilling Art is the colour, these projects just pop. 

Every one can do this craft, all it takes is a little patience and a lot of practice.

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a good illustrated guide to quilling. I'm not sure if I am ready to tackle these yet, and if I did, not sure how may I would actually do. I really liked the cloud, but many of the others were not for me. That being said, I do think this is a good book for someone looking into quilling and trying out different techniques that are fun and different. Maybe this book didn't quite capture me because a number of the projects involved drawing on paper in a way that made the end products look more amateur than they should have. Like the mermaid. I have seen a mermaid done entirely with quilling which, I will admit, is not easy to accomplish. But having most of the mermaid drawn wasn't quite what I would have expected from a quilling book. I get that it showed how things could be merged, but ....

[Jennie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had no idea that this was a type of craft until I worked at the library and saw it at a co-worker's desk. Impressed with it's 3D-ness and use of colours, I wanted to find out how to do it.

Inside are outlines, tools required as well as techniques to follow.

Contained are flowers, tea cup, sun, cloud and many more. Not many tools are required besides the paper, if cost is an issue. I have seen framed pieces sell in home outlet stores for $75-$100 a piece.

Perfect for schools, libraries, gifts, parties and/or showers.

The book pictures are quite colourful and bright. I would love to see what darker or deeper colours would create.

A must for my personal library.

Highly recommended!

[LadyS · Rating 4 out of 5]

I recently decided to take up another hobby-- quilling. So i purchased the kit and got all the tools for an amateur. The next step was ideas. Thankfully there are many resources out there like this book. This book promotes creative ideas on how I can transform basic quilling techniques to impressive pictures, cards and decoration. I was motivated by the amount of works that can be done with quilling techniques and learned how I can make my art more presentable. Recommended to quilling rookies (like me)

[Monet · Rating 2 out of 5]

Great explanation of the basics before step-by-step walkthrough of intricate designs, using the same foundational techniques. All of the designs use the same outline technique (i.e., white cardstock border filled in with quill techniques for dimension) and I would've appreciated some variety. It's helpful to have the traceable outlines in the back of the book, even if the technique is a bit one-note.

[Leonard · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just glanced at this. But it is an interesting art form.

[Friederike · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super pretty and really something different to all the tutorials you can get in Germany.

[Connie · Rating 5 out of 5]

EXCELLENT book - with more advanced techniques but something to aspire to!

[Silvina · Rating 5 out of 5]

lovely guide

Greatly explained guide for quilling artists ( beginners). Just perfect to learn the basics! 👏👏👏👏You can't miss it! Beautifully illustrated.

[Ita · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful illustrations, lots of step-by-step pictures with clear instructions.

[Tina Panik · Rating 5 out of 5]

Outstanding instructions for very creative projects.

[Jennifer Collier · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loads of ideas to play with.

[Carrie Zaragoza · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good beginner book with clear directions

[Kristine]

Seen at the Libra art, lots of pretty designs.