The origins of quilling are uncertain, but some believe it started as early as ancient Egypt or first century A.D. China. Paper quilling as an art arose in the late 1500s as a pastime of gentle ladies ...

Paper quilling, or paper filigree, is an art of rolling, shaping, and gluing strips of paper to create decorative designs ...

Using scissors fringe the pink quilling strip. Try and cut as fine as possible. While fringing, ensure that the scissor leaves a small and consistent margin. Step 2 Once you have cut enough strips ...

All it takes is a needle, a thin paper strip, some patience and imagination. Wrap a strip around a needle tightly and then let it uncoil gently. Pinch one side into a sharp corner and you’ve shaped a ...

Yue Shun displays one of his paper quilling works at his workshop in Heze, Shandong province. [Photo provided to China Daily] Eight years of studying paper quilling has given Yue Shun the ability to ...