In this needlework lesson, we’ll take a closer look at how to create beautiful quilling artworks. Tulip is an excellent object for this technique, even beginners and school-age children can cope with its production.
What is quilling
Quilling (paper rolling) is a creative technique based on the manufacture of flat or three-dimensional images from twisted long paper strips. In Russia, this art has gained popularity relatively recently - around the end of the twentieth century.
Modern craftswomen create paper jewelry, interior items and decorative panels. In needlework stores, you can find a variety of quilling kits. You can make products yourself, from those materials that are at hand.
Why use quilling?
In modern interiors, plain walls decorated with paintings or artistic compositions are becoming popular. Quilling tulips can be a real highlight in any room! They look especially appropriate in the kitchen and living room.
Quilling is also used to create cards, in this technique they decorate gifts and make paper accessories (for example, a brooch in the shape of a flower will add originality to even the simplest dress).
Tulip Features
The most spring flowers are considered to be tulips. They are bright, beautiful, have a wonderful aroma and are pleasing to the eye. The structure of the tulip:
- the stem is pale green;
- elongated, pointed leaves;
- a flower of several petals, which are superimposed arcs on a friend and form an elongated bowl.
The most common colors of tulips are red, pink and yellow.
This flower symbolizes eternal love (in the culture of the East). It is customary to give cards and panels with the image of tulips to women on March Eighth or any other holiday. Paper flower variation can please all year round, and not just in spring.
Quilling workshop: tulips
In its structure, the tulip flower is quite simple. Therefore, even a person without great creative experience can cope with quilling of a tulip. To get the job right the first time, you must carefully follow the recommendations below and follow the sequence in the stages of work. Consider in detail how to make a quilling “Tulips”.
Preparatory stage
First of all, for the manufacture of Tulip quilling, you need to prepare a cardboard base and colored paper. At least two colors are required - green and, for example, red (or any other, depending on the shade of the future flower).
Colored paper should be the same density and thickness. It is better to take a paper weight of medium (thin can tear, but it is difficult to work with thick).
Colored paper is cut into even, equal width strips. Optimum bandwidth for quilling: 5-10 millimeters. The length should be about 30 cm. For cutting, it is better to use a sharp cutter and a metal ruler. Work is carried out on a tablet.
Additional materials:
- glue;
- needle or wooden skewer for winding paper.
Flower making
Work in the Tulip quilling technique is simple enough:
- A neat spiral is wound around a thick needle or wooden skewer. To make it even, you can use a special ruler with round holes. It will also help to control the diameter of the circle so that all the flowers as a result are the same in size.
- The end of the paper spiral is fixed with glue. When it dries, you need to make sure that the paper blank is strong and does not fall apart during deformation.
- Using a needle, the upper part of the prepared spiral is pressed. Hands thus form the outer contour of the tulip. You need to act smoothly and slowly.
- The finished flower is glued to the stem.
Making a bud
- Work begins with twisting the spiral.
- When the helix is ready and the tip is firmly glued, you need to shape the bud with your hands. That is, on one side, the spiral needs to be compressed. The inner part of the blank can take any shape - so the bud will look interesting and “lively”.
Leaf making
The leaves of tulips are elongated and pointed. Work Stages:
- A short strip of green is taken. The ends of the strip are glued together.
- A longer strip is taken and superimposed on top of the previous one.
- This step is repeated as many times as needed to make the sheet.
- The finished workpiece must be bent by hand so that a pointed tip is formed, and the shape of the sheet itself began to resemble a natural one.
Shutdown
When the paper blanks of leaves, flowers and buds are ready, you can proceed to the formation of the composition. Before gluing, you just need to lay out the blanks on a cardboard base. This approach allows you to move elements, experiment and look for their ideal location. In the process of creating a composition, it sometimes turns out that some details are superfluous, or something is missing. This is completely normal, since the creative process involves flexibility and constant search.
When the painting using the Tulip quilling technique is laid out and completely suits the author, you can start gluing. At the same time, accuracy and accuracy must be observed. The glue must be transparent. Traces of glue or excess can spoil even a good composition.
Thus, the painting in the style of quilling "Tulip" is ready and can be used as a gift or decoration of the room.
Gradually, filling your hand, you can proceed to the performance of compositions of more complex forms. Having passed all the stages of the tulip quilling master class, you can achieve real professionalism in this difficult but very fascinating art.