I’ve finally finished my big quilling project and I am so proud of it! I started in January and I finished in June. The raised pieces are mountain peaks, with relative heights. The green swirls are representational of the ocean currents. Here is some detail:
Here are some images of the process:
I started by drawing out the outline onto thin cardboard
Then I placed the mountain peaks:
And more land…
When the land was finished I made general sweeping currents before filling them in.
It was really fun and meditative! The hardest part though was getting through the end of it by just placing white circle on the border. It didn’t take much creativity and was pure monotony. I actually put it away for about a month because I was so bored with placing the border. but finally I gained the motivation and completed it!
Reblogged this on Elya Filler's Blog and commented:
Awesome art…
alltså så fint att jag blir lite kär!
Amber, this is just pure brilliance. There is such a beautiful sense of rhythm and clarity in your quilling — your work is a balm for our image-overexposed, cluttered PoMo minds
Thankyou for making this!
This is absolutely amazing.
Superb piece of art
I saw this on Ann Martin’s blog and my jaw just dropped ! I loved it so much ! You have so much patience and love the perfectness in each rolled shape !
You can certainly be PROUD of this accomplishment…it’s amazing!!! Thank you for sharing the process!
Paper Hugs,
Jan in Salem, Oregon, USA
ahhh i want it!!
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Brilliant artwork. Breathtaking!
Love & Spirals,
Anama Lily
Great job! Congrats!
I saw your work on another blog so I stopped by to see more pictures. super cool project, I love all the mountains and valleys!
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Phenomenal work! I saw an image of it on another blog and really wanted to tell you how cool this is!
Eileen
OMG! So happy I saw this! I have been wanting to do something like this, but never even thought to make it 3-D. It would probably take me more than 6 months. Would you mind if I tried to make a flat one?
Susan
I am happy to inspire other people
please show me the result!
Hello, Amber!
Your map is wonderful and very big!
My name is Olga. I am from Ukraine. I have a card with quilling Earth
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http://kalaki-malaki.blogspot.com/2013/01/blog-post_6.html
My blog is in Russian and my English is not good. But if you don’t understand everything, I try to explain
Welcome!
Dear Amber! My name’s Helen, I’m one of the editors of a Russian papercrafts magazine (http://scrapjournal.ru). And we’re much interested in publishing a photo of your creation in our magazine. I can’t find your email or a contact form here, so I’m asking you to drop me a line if you can give your permission for publication, contact me on whiteracoon at mail.ru
have a great day!
Thanks for sharing your creativity any way
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