Paper Quilling Four Seasons Chinese Style

by Paper Arts Zhu Liqun

Overview

Create stunning papercraft works of art for every season with this creative and easy-to-follow Chinese paper quilling book.

Quilling, the art of coiling and shaping narrow paper strips into 3-D designs, has been popular with crafters for some time but the art form is hundreds of years old. Chinese paper quilling is a lovely and flexible art form perfectly suited to illustrating scenes from different seasons. This seasonal guide links beloved Western crafting with traditional Chinese Arts. Paper Quilling Four Seasons Chinese Style presents unique creations and includes the terminology, methodology and detailed step-by-step instructions you need to recreate these pieces and to design your own art.

This guide offers: • Background on various Chinese art forms to help stoke your imagination. • Adaptable paper quilling methods, breaking from traditional; approaches to paper quilling. • Unique elements of Chinese paper quilling to help you discover different creation techniques. • Cultural background on the 24 solar terms, which have been used for more than 1,000 years and are still relevant today, and examples of artwork that capture these terms.

Get started today with your own beautiful depictions of the four seasons with this unique paper craft. The flexibility and elasticity that paper has gives you endless possibilities. All you need to get started is strips of paper, glue, and a tool to roll the paper. You can readily get these at any craft store or use what you already have: recycled paper and a bamboo skewer or toothpick work well.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781602200333
Publisher:	Shanghai Press
Publication date:	04/17/2018
Pages:	196
Sales rank:	856,735
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 10.30(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Born in 1948, Zhu Liqun is a senior Master of Arts and Crafts, a member of the Shanghai Society for the Study of Folk Literature and Art, a member of the Shanghai Arts and Crafts Association, and director of the Paper Art Professional Committee. Working in art and industrial design for over 30 years, he has won many awards at large art design contests in China.

Zhu Liqun Paper Arts Museum, formally launched in June 2010 in Shanghai, displays thousands of works of paper art including furniture, lamps, sculpture, decorative carvings in relief, and human figures. All were designed and created by Zhu Liqun and his team over a span of ten years. Their innovative practice has led to the growth and spread of paper art to other fields, and they have also published Paper Quilling: Chinese Style, Paper Relief: Chinese Style and Paper Collage: Chinese Style.

Table of Contents

Preface 9

Introduction 13

Chapter I The Artistic Charm of Chinese-Style Paper Quilling 17

1 Borrowing from Traditional Chinese Folk Custom Techniques 18

2 Passing on the Characteristics of Traditional Chinese Painting 18

3 Drawing Materials from Traditional Chinese Culture 24

4 Possessing Unique Artistic Characteristics 26

5 Embedding the Theme of the "24 Solar Terms" 27

Chapter II Preparation 29

1 Materials 30

2 Tools 31

3 Ten Techniques of Chinese-Style Paper Quilling 34

4 Categories of Basic Elements of Chinese-Style Paper Quilling 37

Lines and Scrolls 37

Coils 38

Loops 39

Crescents 40

Chapter III Beginner Tutorial 43

1 Beginning of Spring 44

2 Rain Water 48

3 Waking of Insects 51

4 Vernal Equinox 54

5 Pure Brightness 58

6 Grain Rain 61

7 Beginning of Summer 66

8 Grain Budding 69

9 Grain in Ear 72

10 Summer Solstice 76

11 Slight Heat 80

12 Great Heat 83

13 Beginning of Autumn 87

14 Limit of Heat 90

15 White Dew 93

16 Autumnal Equinox 97

17 Cold Dew 100

18 Frost's Descent 104

19 Beginning of Winter 109

20 Lesser Snow 112

21 Great Snow 117

22 Winter Solstice 121

23 Slight Cold 125

24 Great Cold 129

Chapter IV Intermediate Tutorial 133

1 Spring in the Air 134

2 Verdant Mountains and Blue Water 140

3 Blossoming Moth Orchids 144

4 Swan on Water 148

5 A Fine Autumn Day 152

6 Flower Petals Falling in Profusion 157

7 Fruits of All Seasons 161

8 Flowers of All Seasons 165

Chapter V Advanced Tutorial 173

1 Spring Mountains 174

2 Summer Water 180

3 Autumn Forest 186

4 Winter Snow 192