Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Sigiriya Frescos (Sri Lanka) in Quilling

Not been quilling for sometime but here I am with a quilled version of the world famous Sigiriya frescos. I would like you to know a little bit of Sigiriya & how important it is to us Sri Lankans. So I am posting an article too, taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigiriya

.sigiriya (Lion Rock, Sinhalese - සීගිරිය, pronounced see-gee-REE-yah) is located in the central Matale District of the Central Province, Sri Lanka in an area dominated by a massive column of rock nearly 200 meters high. According to the ancient Sri Lankan chronicle the Culavamsa the site was selected by King Kasyapa (477 – 495 AD) for his new capital. He built his palace on the top of this rock and decorated its sides with colourful frescoes. On a small plateau about halfway up the side of this rock he built a gateway in the form of an enormous lion. The name of this place is derived from this structure —Sīhāgiri, the Lion Rock. The capital and the royal palace were abandoned after the king's death. It was used as a Buddhist monastery until the 14th century.[1]
Sigiriya today is a UNESCO listed World Heritage Site. It is one of the best preserved examples of ancient urban planning.[2] It is the most visited historic site in Sri Lanka.[3]
Hope you like it. The quality of paper was not very good and the picture did not turn out as nice as I would have liked it to be. Will be back soon with another picture soon. Happy quilling :)
at

9 comments:

  1. UnknownAugust 6, 2013 at 4:11 AM

    Lovely quilling you've done Anastasia, Thank you for shering it with us. I am happy becouse I was searching for the site on the internet just couple of weeks ago, I've seen a lot o pictures and I read some article about it. Great history.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Artes de NágelaAugust 6, 2013 at 8:16 AM

    Annie,
    This is another beautiful work. I really liked to know a little about the history of your country Thank you!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Ranjana's craft blogAugust 6, 2013 at 9:57 PM

    Awesome!I'm stunned!

    ReplyDelete
  4. ShylaashreeAugust 6, 2013 at 10:30 PM

    very colourful and a great tribute

    ReplyDelete
  5. Suman PanditAugust 7, 2013 at 2:40 AM

    Annie, this is just so beautiful, reminds me of the cave paintings of Ajanta and Ellora!!
    http://www.kalasirjana.blogspot.in/

    ReplyDelete
  6. Pritesh DagurAugust 7, 2013 at 4:17 AM

    Wow, what a beautiful one Anastasia :)

    ReplyDelete
  7. ManuKAugust 13, 2013 at 7:30 AM

    Annie, you never cease to amaze me! The quilling looks fantastic and I enjoyed reading the little bit about the history if your country!

    Hugs!
    Manu

    ReplyDelete
  8. SorayaAugust 19, 2013 at 1:53 AM

    I always enjoy visiting your blog. So inspirational!

    ReplyDelete
  9. SorayaAugust 19, 2013 at 1:54 AM

    Your blog is just great. You're so talented and all your projects are works of art!

    ReplyDelete