ArtFire

This is my Quilled Bluebird, handcrafted by me in New Hampshire studio.

It is my original design and one of my 8" x 10" quilled and custom framed "WildLife Scenes". It is triple matted and framed under glass in a black frame as shown. It includes paper punched leaves on the branch. It would make a great focal point when hung with one or two of my other quilled birds. What are your favorites?


What is Quilling?
Quilling is a very old craft. Its name comes of the old practice of trimming the gold edges from books, and then winding the narrow strips of paper around feather quills, using the quill for the tool. Once rolled into circles and pinched into various shapes, the paper is used as texture and detail in pictures.

My own technique uses the quill work as a background and details to cut-outs of wildlife. The quill work simulates the feathers in the duck and birds, the scales on the fish, the veins in the wildflowers, and the fur on the moose.

Bluebirds are rare in my neck of the woods in New Hampshire. I have seen only two in thirty years, but they certainly cannot be missed...soooo blue.

paper, quilling

A little more information about my work -- I do everything from the beginning to the end of each and every piece...Just Me. I start with the design work, the cutting of the overlay with an exacto knife, the rolling of the quilling paper, by hand, the glueing, the cutting of the mats, the cutting of the glass, the putting-it-all-together in the frame under glass, the photographing and all the website work.........if you have any questions, please email me.