Quilling typography is the art of shaping letters with thin strips of paper. This requires a lot of patience and precision. I have always been fascinated by the Quilling Typography works of Yulia Bodskaya. She has developed a unique art of shaping colourful strips of paper and creating amazing pieces of art. Inspired by her technique of quilling I have made my recent project. Though it took a lot of time and needed loads of patience to complete it, I was totally in love with the end result.
I learnt many things from this project which will help me in my future quilling works. One thing was to start with the right thickness of paper and other was to get hold of the correct quality of glue. I also developed my technique of applying glue to the outlines. Earlier I used to take out some glue in a small bottle cap and apply it with a tooth pick. this took alot of time and the glue in the cap dried off too fast making it even more difficult to apply. It also left untidy spots here and there.
A few days back I saw a tutorial where a quiller was using a syringe to apply glue to outlines. Having a 2yr old in the house constantly messing up with my things, I can never think of using such things. What I did as a variation was to make a cone of transparent polythene sheet fill it up with glue and fold the open end and secure it with cello tape. If you are living in India or have applied henna to your hand you can relate it to a henna cone. It served as a life hack for me. No more mess and drying up, even very little wastage. You can give it a try or mail me if you want me help you make one.
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I learnt many things from this project which will help me in my future quilling works. One thing was to start with the right thickness of paper and other was to get hold of the correct quality of glue. I also developed my technique of applying glue to the outlines. Earlier I used to take out some glue in a small bottle cap and apply it with a tooth pick. this took alot of time and the glue in the cap dried off too fast making it even more difficult to apply. It also left untidy spots here and there.
A few days back I saw a tutorial where a quiller was using a syringe to apply glue to outlines. Having a 2yr old in the house constantly messing up with my things, I can never think of using such things. What I did as a variation was to make a cone of transparent polythene sheet fill it up with glue and fold the open end and secure it with cello tape. If you are living in India or have applied henna to your hand you can relate it to a henna cone. It served as a life hack for me. No more mess and drying up, even very little wastage. You can give it a try or mail me if you want me help you make one.
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