Quilled Animals (Twenty to Make) - Softcover

Boden, Diane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1782210881 ISBN 13: 9781782210887

Publisher: Search Press, 2015

Synopsis

The aim of the book will be to provide 20 easy yet imaginative designs covering a range of animals, including cats, dogs, sheep, a hippopotamus, a fox, giraffes and an alpaca. The market tends to favor the cute and whimsical rather than weird and wacky, but the overall aim will be to provide designs that will attract the traditional quillers looking for new ideas as well as provide inspiration for the new breed of quillers looking for something a little different. The 20 designs in the book will include three-dimensional designs, and each project will include elements that are variations on the central theme. All of the projects are mounted on subtle, pastel-colored card and include small details such as grass, flowers, a tree trunk etc. The focus will be on the quilled designs themselves rather than how they can be used, though some of the projects lend themselves to greetings cards, and picture frames.

About this title

About the Author:

Diane Boden first discovered quilling in 1982. Shortly after that she joined The Quilling Guild and went on to become a freelance craft tutor, running quilling classes and workshops all over the UK. Recently she and her husband bought J.J. Quilling Supplies, the successful online supplier of all things quilling previously owned by fellow quiller Janet Jenkins. Diane specializes in miniature quilling (working with strips 2mm wide or less) and is known for her meticulous, detailed work and imaginative designs. She is the author of Miniature Quilling (publ. August 2007) and Quilled Greetings Cards (publ. May 2005).

Review:

Quilling is a paper craft in which long strips of paper are coiled, then arranged into decorative shapes in this case, animals. Master quiller Boden (Miniature Quilling) provides a brief introduction to quilling technique, followed by 20 cleverly designed quilled animals, suitable for use on greeting cards or other decorative objects. Some animals lend themselves easily to quilling. The sheep, for example, features basic round coils in black or white paper representing the curly wool. Others, such as the whimsical hippo crafted from teardrop-shaped coils and the fringed hedgehog, require more creative techniques. The directions are easy to follow, and enlargeable templates provide the basic outline for arranging the quilled paper. VERDICT Getting started with quilling is easy and inexpensive, and Boden’s quilled menagerie will appeal to paper crafters with a taste for whimsy. - Library Journal, April 2015

About this edition

• Publisher: Search Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1782210881
• ISBN 13: 9781782210887
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 48