Paper Quilling Chinese Style

The photos in this book are beautiful. The book is eye candy; there are no snowflakes or silly dog faces or teddy bears. This is quilling as a mature art form; not something silly aimed at children.As soon as I looked at Amazon's "see inside" feature I was hooked on the imagery and wanted to try making some of these designs. I would not choose it as a first book for quilling if you're never tried the craft, but quilling is basically rolling strips of paper and gluing them shut and squeezing them into shape. If you can do basic shapes you should be able to follow the instructions and photos to recreate the art shown.I've had the book a little over a week now and I've made the dragonfly (6. Dragonfly Skimming the Water Surface). I didn't have enough of one color of paper to do the body and wings so I used multiple shades of red and silver, and I added some rhinestones to the eyes to give my insect a bit of pop. I haven't quilled in years so this was my first project in a very long time and it came out reasonably well.There are four chapters broken down into sections. Chapter 1 talks about the Chinese take on quilling, and Chapter 2 introduces the basics, including materials, tools, and ten basic techniques. Chapter 3 gets you started on easy projects, and Chapter 4 includes advanced lessons. There's also a short appendix of shapes at the back for easy reference.The sections include short descriptions of what the art represents. For instance, the section on the Carp talks about how the carp is an auspicious symbol and gives a little bit of background and history. The text is a little dry, but the information is interesting, and seeing how the artists draw on Chinese folk tales is giving me some ideas for drawing from other cultures as well.

This book is for quilling artists that are past the beginner stage. There are so many great ideas and valuable information in here, I can’t wait to read through it all. So far, I have just skimmed through the book, but I can tell I’m going to have a field day with it. One thing that I’ve already learned, that other books didn’t tell me, was how the different widths of quilling strips have different applicability. I was so intrigued, I decided to buy all the different widths to try out. The most valuable thing about this book is the inspiration that it brings to my crafting.

This book gives very detailed instructions for the beginning or advanced person to quilling. It has some challenging patterns for the advanced person and excellent pictures for the beginner to learn

Love this book! The quilling designs are much more sophisticated than found in other books. The designs are spectacular and for an experienced quiller, you'll likely have no issues mimicking the designs.However, for a beginning quiller such as myself, the instructions are SEVERELY lacking. Just know that if you want to make one of the designs, you may need to learn some of the techniques used in the book from another source, or simply figure them out on your own through trial and error. Even so, I'd definitely recommend getting this book... It's aspirational for me!!

I love this book. I read it from cover to cover and could not wait to begin the project in my head. It is truly inspirational and has the most beautiful art. This is well worth the cost. All of the pages are applicable to answer your questions, give you inspiration, and show you the true spirit of quilling. This is unlike other books where you bend one corner for your favorite page and end up with 5 favorite pages out of the entire book. Great job in conveying this art.

I wouldn't recommend this as the only quilling book to have, there's not a lot of step by step instructions, but since the first half of almost every other quilling book is taken up with the same instructions, they really aren't necessary. I'm finding it inspirational and freeing, since it's a different style from the normal coils.

I had gotten a bit bored with quilling as I know it (flowers, small shapes for cardmaking, etc.) and am not quite ready for some of the advanced stuff I've seen (Erin Curet), but I wanted to try something different. I looked at some of Yulia Brodskaya's work and started hunting around for different quilling techniques. I found this book. Wow. Gorgeous!! I haven't actually tried to quill anything from this book yet as I just got it, but at the very least it offers a lot of inspiration, which is more what I am looking for. Note: I don't use patterns and I've gotten pretty good at guessing lengths for different sized projects, but if you are looking for precise measurements for your projects (except for the backing size), this book doesn't provide them. Visual instructions, yes; paper lengths, no.

I waited a couple of months to get this book, but the wait was worth it. This book is full of lovely examples of quilling. There are notemplates, but there is a beginner's section which has simple examples. Detailed instructions are given for all the examples. I, at first, found that I was confused because no paper lengths were given. But I soon discovered that I could estimate the length of paper needed fairly easily. There is a very simple rabbit, a more complicated red horse, a crane to die for, and a wedding of rats which is so funny.If you love quilling and want to get beyond the roll a few coils, pinch them, and, presto, you have a flower, this is a very good book. It may seem intimidating at first, but do NOT dispair. I'm way past retirement age and my hands shake a little. This book has given me a new way of looking at quilling and I love it.

El papel, fotografías e impresión son de muy buena calidad.Excelente opción si estas buscando nuevas ideas con formas muy delicadas y fluidas.

Gran calidad en el producto y el vendedor muy responsable. Los modelos propuestos, animan a intentar sin importar el nivel de dificultad.

ce livre est magnifique, de belle images, très détaillé, difficile à faire des enfants toutefoisles adultes adoreront s'en servir

Splendido libro sulla tecnica del quilling, le tecniche vengono spiegate in maniera molto efficace anche per chi incomincia per la prima volta ad approcciarsi a questa tecnica . Nonostante sia un libro ben strutturato e spiegato in maniera eccellente non lo consiglio di un principiante ma a chi ha già una certa manualità con la tecnica del quilling. Bellissime le foto e bellissima la copertina rigida che gli da un tocco in più. interessanti progetti anche se probabilmente non li realizzerò ma mi è servito per vedere delle tecniche più accurate di quelle che già conoscevoPro qualità della carta ottima eccellenti foto spiegazioni molto chiare progetti interessanti copertina rigida che conferisce eleganza libro contro progetti difficili per un principiante completamente in inglese ma a mio parere fruibile a chiunque

Ein wunderschön bebildertes, übersichtliches Buch.Kurze Schritt für Schritt Anleitungen, tolle Farbvorschläge mit Mengenangaben und Technikbezeichnungen, klare und hilfreiche Bilder, gesammelte und übersichtliche Bezeichnungen und Beispiele mit steigenden Schwierigkeitsgrad .Nicht unbedingt für Anfänger, aber für den etwas fortgeschrittenen Quiller sicher gut umzusetzen, eine schöne Ergänzung zu Grundlagenbüchern.Mir gefallen die Inspirationen, die Farben und die Fotos.Englischkenntnisse sollten vorhanden sein, da viel auch im Text erklärt.Kein billiges Buch, aber qualitativ eine Bereicherung in meiner Sammlung.