Quilled Wedding Invitation: Art Nouveau
One of the many things I love about paper quilling is that it's possible to recreate any scrollwork design. Recently a newlywed sent over an image of her wedding invitation to ask if I would quill a corresponding mat as she planned to have it framed. Created by Ellie Snow of Hello Tenfold, the Gatsby invitation features an elegant art nouveau-inspired design composed of graceful scrolls. My immediate response was yes!
I worked with white and silver-edge white quilling paper and stayed quite true to the original design. To give the scrolls extra strength and flexibility, two strips were glued back-to-back and allowed to dry completely before shaping. Rolled scrolls are surprisingly springy, so I find final positioning and gluing to be the most challenging parts of the process.
I worked with white and silver-edge white quilling paper and stayed quite true to the original design. To give the scrolls extra strength and flexibility, two strips were glued back-to-back and allowed to dry completely before shaping. Rolled scrolls are surprisingly springy, so I find final positioning and gluing to be the most challenging parts of the process.
So elegant and so neat. It is especially difficult to glue on such dark background without the glue showing. Your swirls are so exact to the one in the invite. Although it would seem easy to have a reference it can be difficult to get it exactly same
ReplyDeleteThank you, Suganthi, I loved having a reference this time around and enjoyed the challenge of making it look like the original. Very true about gluing - that's the trickiest part.
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Jan
Absolutely lovely! Elegant and minimalist at the same time. I love it!
ReplyDeleteBeautifully done Ann. As always, your love of quilling shines as it accentuates.
ReplyDeleteAlways love seeing your scrollwork. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much everyone!
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