I have found a new creative outlet! Quilled Critters and Other Things!
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quilled paper Ant |
This is my first 'critter' and he has already been sold!
When I started making my critters, I hoped they would sell but I was surprised that a number of them sold the first time I really displayed them.
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Stationwagon & Caravan |
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I have been having fun making my own patterns and developing those found on the internet. I am using 1/4" and 1/8" paper for my creations. As I am too impatient to wait for my order of quilling paper to arrive I have been painting and cutting my own paper or just using stock paper that I have on hand.
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Blue Bull (sold) |
I have a number of different animals that I plan to make; everything from raccoons to butterflies. I hope to have a whole ark of critters ready for the Wynndel Christmas Craft Fair on December 5. I think most of my quilled pieces would make fun ornaments, either for the Christmas tree or hanging in a child's room. People could even put a few of them together and make a mobile or they can mount and frame them.
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Going on Holiday | |
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Just for fun, I took a photo of the car and trailer with one of my watercolor paintings in the background. From an angle the whole thing looks like fun but straight on - not so much.
This way the quilled pieces look pretty ghostly so I think they will do better on a plain background.
Anyway, I will continue to play with strips of paper and glue and let my other creative media take a backseat for a while. As always I will probably go overboard and make too many things, but I figure that as long as I am having fun it doesn't matter.