Ballerina in Quilling

Ballerina in quilling is not much of a creation but it is to be given as a gift to a ballet dancer who teach little kids dancing in kindergarten . The photograph I took of it is not that perfect too but I bet the real one looks much nicer .lol. My first quilling for 2015 and in a long time too. Hope to be more active this year. Happy quilling dear friends & visitors. Wish all of you a prosperous 2015

Ancient African tribal princes in Quilling

African paintings fascinates me always. They add a lot of beauty on any wall in any place. The people of Africa, love multi colours & it looks so pretty. It never bore me to do quillings of this sort. Came across this picture on the internet. I did it my way, in quilling. Hope you like it

The Lovers (Quilled)

Been some time since I did a posting on my blog. Did a few greeting cards and could not do a wall hanging for September after the Red Rooster.  This is a combination of graphic quilling and husking. The only tool I used was my doggy comb. The picture is 12'' by 10" and I have used 1/16" and 1/8" strips, cut out of A4 coloured paper. Hope you like it. No idea for my next quilling, but will be back soon :)

Kandy Esala Perehera in graphic quilling

Kandy Esala Perahera in graphic quilling, a photo by Anastasia Annie Wahalatantiri on Flickr.

Esala Perahera (the festival of the tooth) is a religious festival held in Sri Lanka and is a very colourful pageant, that takes place in the hill capitol, in July or August. It is a unique symbol of Sri Lanka.  and a Buddhist festival. The colourful pageant consists of dances and decorated elephants with the Majestic tasker(only elephants with tasks are taken) in his full glory, carrying the casket of the sacred tooth relic on his back. The pocession which takes about six or seven hours round the streets of Kandy, takes place daily, starting from the temple around 8pm, for about two weeks before the full moon and ends on the day of full moon.More than 150 elephants and over 500 dancers participate in the procession. There are fire-dances, whip-dances, Kandian dances and various other cultural dances. The elephants are usually adorned with lavish garments. The festival ends with the traditional 'diya-kepeema'.

The Dalada Perahera is believed to have begun when the Sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha was brought to Sri Lanka from India during the 4th century.

The perahera theme has been done by many artists in paintings. This is my version in quilling




Via Flickr:
http://www.anastasiaw.blogspot.com/

Lord Budda in Paper Quilling

Quilling a Buddha image was on my mind for some time, but it was nothing like this. I wanted to quill "Laughing Buddha".But each time I started or thought of quilling it my inner self stopped me from doing it. May be because I am a Catholic and I respect  the religion I am in and I equally respect all religions, I did not think it was very respectful to quill Lord Buddha with a big stomach and a grin from yer to yer and something stops me from doing it. Mysteriously I happened to come across this image in the news paper as if it said quill me, and I started on it immediately. If you think it is nice, credit is not to my ability but something inside me that  guided to get it wright. Looking at the robes I really am amazed that it came out beautiful. Wanted to try the same method on the face, but was scared that I might spoil the features. Hope you would like it. Happy quilling till I think of something new. Take care :)

THE ENTIRE PICTURE IS CREATED ONLY WITH 1/8" STRIPS OF PAPER