Is anyone else familiar with quilling?

[Elke Kohn]

Not to be confused with quilting.

It's not a particularly well-known craft wherever I go, so I'm a bit curious if there are any other quillers on Gaia. For anyone that is unfamiliar with it; "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. The paper is rolled, looped, curled, twisted and otherwise manipulated to create shapes which make up designs to decorate greetings cards, pictures, boxes, eggs, and to make models, jewellery, mobiles etc. The most popular and versatile technique is that of rolling. The paper strip is rolled in fingers or using a tool. The coil is then released and then glued at the tip and then shaped. These shaped coils are arranged to form flowers, leaves, and various ornamental patterns."

For a visual, here are some tight coil pendants and loose coil snowflakes that I've made. I work with 1/8" paper.

[AnpoWicahpiWi]

I tried to get into quilling at one point, it looks so cool and creative~ emotion_c8

[Ciwish]

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I used to dabble in quilling, but since I move around quite a lot these days taking all my projects with me became a big hassle so I had to stop u n u

I remember my first quilling project was in kindergarden and I did an A4 sheet sized penguin (which was pretty big for me at the time) emotion_dowant

But your snowflakes look so amazingly refined! I wish I could do such delicate work o u o

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[Pugnacious Banana]

i've never done much of this but there were some people in my college class who used it in their work.
i'm too impatient. sweatdrop

[planetABXY]

I've never heard of it but that's pretty cool!
I really like the ones you're showing off. The first example especially : O

[Morbiferous]

I tried it once and I made a sheep,
it didn't go well. sweatdrop

[Yuki Misa Night]

I've never done it but that looks so cool. I really like what you've done.

[God-the-almighty]

I used to make beads with rolled paper but never something flat like that.