Indian Quilling History

Hello All,

Here I am, facing a question I truly don't know the answer to! And for a change, I am posting it online, hoping that my Indian quiller friends will pitch in with whatever information they have.

I received an interesting e-mail from someone who wishes to write about history of quilling in India. As luck would have it, there doesn't seem to be any consolidated link giving information about this. Or, I didn't find any, so to say.

So, I am taking it upon myself to gather as much information as I can about it, so that we can compile information about:

• When did quilling come to India?
• What were the materials being used earlier?
• Who were the people practising it initially (nuns in Churches used to practice it in Europe/USA)?
• Where does it stand now, as an art and as a profession?
• How many professional quillers are there in India currently?
• Is there a formal body that meets/interacts regarding quilling and its future in India?

If you're a quiller, I'd request you to answer these questions:

1. When did you start quilling?
2. What/Who introduced you to quilling?
3. Did you learn about it from a physical piece seen in India or online?
4. Who all do you know from India who did quilling before you started out?

If we are lucky, we will be able to go back in time and trace who were the first people who started quilling in India and when :)

I'd be VERY glad for any inputs any of you may provide for this...........

Thanks a LOT!

Happy Quilling

Pritesh 

Indian Crafts Room Challenge - Sum up :)

Hello All,

This is a post filled with my contributions to the Indian Crafts Room Challenge 14 (I am SO sorry Ash, for not having linked back all this while!)......



Here are all my entries (I seem to be addicted heavily) :D

Happy Quilling

Pritesh

PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding........:-)

CAS Edition 2 :)

Hello All,

Clean and simple CAN BE a seriously addictive theme and I am addicted! Hehehe. Here comes my second card for ICR challenge 14. I had once seen Suzana Ilic's Ikebana card and I loved it. I was such a novice at that time that I left it there, never even considered attempting it. Now that I think I could pull it off, here is my version of an (imaginary, of course) Ikebana florals :) [the right side image is a close-up of the Ikebana pot]

I filled the 3D quilled pot with beehived bronze strip and glued it randomly. The central support is a toothpick and 300 gsm green strips work as stems (cut with a tapered end). The tiny quilled roses are made of 80 gsm lemon and sunset yellow 3 mm strips. The 'leaves' are made from 80 gsm sap green and viridian green strips :)

Happy Quilling

Pritesh

PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding........:-)

Purple Donkey

Hi! All,

I have been so terribly busy so here is a quick post - wishing my husband a quick recovery from a nasty cold that has made him so miserable for past 2 days! This donkey is a reproduction of a purple donkey I was once gifted (from a friend whose father worked in Uzbekistan), that never ceased to make me smile! :)

This one's specially for my husband Ananth, my best friend, my soul-mate........

A close-up look of the donkey :)

And well, it so happens that this fits the theme of ICR challenge 14 (clean and simple)........so submitting it there too :)



Happy Quilling

Pritesh

PS: If my posts inspire you to create something on similar lines, I feel highly flattered. But please, do respect the effort I take in conceptualizing and executing, please give a direct link to my work when you are inspired by mine. Thanks for understanding........:-)