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Paper Quilling Four Seasons Chinese Style, Hardback Book

Paper Quilling Four Seasons Chinese Style Hardback

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Create stunning papercraft works of art for every season with this creative and easy-to-follow Chinese paper quilling book. Quilling, the art of coiling and shaping narrow paper strips into 3-D designs, has been popular with crafters for some time but the art form is hundreds of years old.

Chinese paper quilling is a lovely and flexible art form perfectly suited to illustrating scenes from different seasons. This seasonal guide links beloved Western crafting with traditional Chinese Arts.

Paper Quilling Four Seasons Chinese Style presents unique creations and includes the terminology, methodology and detailed step-by-step instructions you need to recreate these pieces and to design your own art. This guide offers: Background on various Chinese art forms to help stoke your imagination. Adaptable paper quilling methods, breaking from traditional; approaches to paper quilling. Unique elements of Chinese paper quilling to help you discover different creation techniques. Cultural background on the 24 solar terms, which have been used for more than 1,000 years and are still relevant today, and examples of artwork that capture these terms.

Get started today with your own beautiful depictions of the four seasons with this unique paper craft. The flexibility and elasticity that paper has gives you endless possibilities.

All you need to get started is strips of paper, glue, and a tool to roll the paper.

You can readily get these at any craft store or use what you already have: recycled paper and a bamboo skewer or toothpick work well.

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  • Format:Hardback
  • Pages:196 pages, color photos throughout
  • Publisher:Shanghai Press
  • Publication Date:
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  • ISBN:9781602200333
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  • Format:Hardback
  • Pages:196 pages, color photos throughout
  • Publisher:Shanghai Press
  • Publication Date:
  • Category:
  • ISBN:9781602200333