Rolled Paper Crafting?

[cosmoblue]

Does anyone do rolled paper crafting?

[cosmoblue]

RSA - You are working on rolled paper crafting with portraits?

[iamdiverted]

What's rolled paper crafting? Do explain.

[cosmoblue]

Rolled Paper crafting is like quilling, according to the Jane Austen Centers online magazine it is:

"One genteel pastime for young ladies in the late 18th and the first part of the 19th century was decorating objects with rolled paper. At the time, undecorated wooden frames were sold for this purpose. Ladies then decorated the object with pieces of paper rolled and cut into different patterns. After being rolled up, the papers were cut in short lengths and glued to the wooden frame in a filigree pattern. The project might be finished by painting and gilding. Sometimes a focal point was created using a watercolour or print. Objects decorated in this way might include mirror frames, jewel boxes, tea caddies, and even a screen."


www.janeausten.co.uk/magazine/page.ihtml?pid=444&step=4

[ladymelissa]

Thanks for sharing. I didn't know anything about this. I definitely want to try! It would make great Christmas presents.

[Mme de Beaufort]

I noticed yesterday during the P&P '95 marathon that Kitty is doing rolled paper crafting during the scene where she is being reprimanded by her father that she will be put to a review after ten years. If you watch her, she's sitting at a table with a little blue plate or something, and there are little coils of paper all over it. You don't see much of it; but it's worth a little notice if you're interested int he craft.

[Mme de Beaufort]

As for the "working on it" thing, I actually posted to the wrong topic. I was talking about the ball portraits.

[cosmoblue]

I totally watched that after I read the artice, but I did not notice that scene even though I was looking for it. Maybe I'll catch it next time I watch it.

[Mme de Beaufort]

It's when the girls are gathered in the room, and Mr. Bennett comes in and tells Kitty that she shall never attend a ball unless she stands up with her sister, etc. She starts crying. She's sitting at the round table, and in front of her there is a project of rolled paper. It could be in another scene, but I remember making a mental note of it as soon as I noticed it.

[LadyGeremia]

If you are interested in starting this type of artwork, go to www.quillingsuperstore.com They have a ton of quilling papers and tools. There are even "projects" you can get to try it out. My girls and I will be giving this a shot over spring break...(once we've gotten over the new oil painting phase we recently started.) I downloaded a coupon you can use for free quilling paper. I tried to post it on the board, but it wouldn't work. So, you just put the word "Instant" in the promomtion code for the free paper.

[cosmoblue]

Thanks for that tip.

[Miss Credit]

I have actually tried it once and I found it was quite fun, it just took a lot of patience. One day I just started messing around with paper and the next thing I knew I had a simple flower and leaves shaped so I added some vines and glued it on the end of some cardstock and made a lovely little bookmark. Perhaps I shall take some photos and show you.

[chiemi]

For those interested in Quilling here is a another site with a brief tutorial on how to make a flower.
worldmags.com/magazine/page.ihtml?pid=444&step=4

[kmeireis]

I absolutely love Quilling. But I hardly the time for it now with 3 little girls. But I have made some pictures. They are not small (as they were the first ones I made), but they are very pretty. And I had not the precut paper strips so I just cut my own out of colored paper between 1/8 and 1/4 inch wide at most. I also do not possess a "quilling tool" so I just used the end of a small paint brush. It worked quite well. I also used a big needle, like a doll needle, and it worked well, but was a bit more tedious work.

[Anna]

Klutz Press has a book/kit on quilling out. The Klutz books are typically aimed at kids, so their directions are very simple and don't get much past the basics of the art. They come with basic supplies and tools (usually geared towards bright colors, rather than subtle), and further supples can be purchased. If you don't mind (or like) that the book is geared towards bright colors and kids, they're excellent beginner's books.