Quilling has been around for hundreds of years, but it’s still as impressive and popular now as it was during the Renaissance.
The art of quilling first became popular during the Renaissance, when nuns and monks would use it to roll gold-gilded paper and decorate religious objects, as an alternative to the expensive gold filigree. Later, during the 18th and 19th centuries, it became a favorite pass-time of English ladies who created wonderful decorations for their furniture and candles, through quilling.
Basically, the quilling process consists of cutting strips of paper, and rolling them with a special tool. It sounds simple enough, but special skill is required to create more advanced shapes like marquises, arrowheads or holly leaves. All through the years, the art of quilling has remained almost unchanged, but new specialty supplies now allow quilling masters to create anything from detailed 3-D figures to wall-sized museum installations.
Because it requires so few supplies, quilling is available to anyone with enough patience to give it a try, and with a little bit of practice you’ll be creating some pretty amazing paper artworks, just like iron-maiden-art, whose works I think show the beauty of quilling.
These are so beautiful, and I love them all. The hand and the one that says “Dreams” are my favorites. Kudos for such imagination and ability!
Wow that is amazing!!!!
Awesome! I really like the star one
these are so sweet, amazing work! who was the artist who did this?
Love the artwork, anywhere that I can make a purchase of it? Pls contact me at dsvgoh@gmail.com
The work looks like the work of Yula Brodskaya http://www.artyulia.com/index.php/Illustration. I wonder if both sites are hers?
Some use for those scrap papers lying around. Thanks for the wonderful share.
What are the tools mentioned? Sure would like to know about how to do these types of art?
I did a bit of checking and I don’t think that Iron Maiden is the site of Yula Brodskaya who I’m pretty sure created this art work. Take a look at Yulia’s site and see what you think. http://www.artyulia.com/index.php/Illustration Her work is astounding. The website Iron Maiden is under the name of Kathleen.
If you read the Iron Maiden site she states that she wishes to become a professional illustrator like Yula Brodskaya…
Absolutely amazing. I never seen this before. I am surprised they do not sell kits in craft stores to do this. Excellent work.
these are amazing… will try to do it someday myself
awesome! marvellous display of gr8 imagination & skills!
These are gorgeous! I did not even realize the butterfly had the word flight in it until I went back to look at them again. They are so intricate!
can I purchase one of these artworks? my email is hails.law94@gmail.com. Thanks! (:
Beautiful art! Love the fish!
Photoshop the art, of fooling people.
Actually, BU, this is not photoshop. This is completely possible in the world of paper quilling.
I love the hand the most. My grandma does this, and she can make some really beautiful things.
They actually do sell kits and instruction booklets on how to do this (more beginner though) I got a kit by Klutz and it comes with everything you need to get started. It’s quite easy…i was about 12 when i started quilling
QUE LINDOOOOOO!!! Eu quero pra pôr na parede do meu quarto!
These are gorgeous. I would love to see the process of making and displaying these wonderful pieces.
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I use to do this when I was in middle school. I had 3 books on how to put this together. I remember making the flowers.
I love your work. The bright colours are just beautiful. I have been quilling for over 20 yrs, and I just love it.
My work can be seen on Flickr I’m yorkshirelass49
I have been Quilling for about 5 years now. I love the bright colors. Are there a lot of men that Quill?
I love your art! I, too, am a quilling artist, but have never ventured in this type of quilling. It’s so stunning and perfectly beautiful! I love the vividness of your colors. So wonderful! Thank you for sharing your talent.
I have been quilling and looking at pictures of quilling for several years. I have NEVER seen anything quite as beautiful as these.
Thank you for sharing. Just looking at your work made me so happy.
awesome work. man love it
please tell me how you came up with this idea. brilliant. absolutely amazing.
Absolutely beautiful! Amazingly detailed and vibrant!
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Marvelous ideas…thanks! My daughter n I so love it!!!
These are amazing! Such beautiful and vivid colours!!! great work
wonderful
Quilling is soooo….. like Origami !
These are really beautiful.
I have been quilling for a long long time but I have not been able to find any pattern or and kind of instruction on anything at an intermediate level. Nothing to teach advanced technique or anything and its driving me crazy. How can I learn to make amazing quilled pieces of artwork if I can’t find anything to help teach me the technique? Does anyone know where I can get this type of instruction?
This is amazing, i had tried my hands at quilling at a very basic level. I love the imagination you put in this. Its beautiful!!
BRILLIANT WORK OF ART!
awesome! i really lke that star
Wow! Its amazing! it looks more like a metal work than paper. This is what is called creation to perfection.
I adore all of these but I share the same concern for the fact that the artist is not credited for the pieces shared here. I know for fact that the “fish” & “butterfly” were created by ~iron-maiden-art on Deviant Art.
This is their link:
http://iron-maiden-art.deviantart.com/art/Quilling-fish-147922193