"K" for Krishna

Well, completed my first monogram quillography after coming to France :)

Quillography is a combination of Quilling + Calligraphy and so can be more or less described as writing in calligraphic fonts using paper strips instead of a pen! Different techniques of bending the paper and filling up the letters give the different finish. Choice of color and font style are also contributing factors. I first came to know about this term and eventually learned this technique from Art'Zire from my friend Pritesh Ananth Krishnan :)

This one is quilling the monogram in "Royale Initialen" font (freely downloadable from www.dafont.com)

The background effect is created with Tim Holtz distress ink pad (Mahogany red) and a border using simple punch craft with small daisy flower as a pattern. The complementary colors red and green are used as outline and beehived filling respectively, also keeping in mind the "green" shades in peacock feather which also symbolizes none other than my favorite Krishna :) 

Here comes the final picture:

The snapshots are as follows:

(1) Getting the impression on the colored background

 (2) Completion of the outline by Brick-Red text-quilling strips (available online at A1craftsupply)

 (3) Adding some distressing shades in complimentary green to add some extra finish before starting the beehive work inside the letter.

This brings me back with a memory of creating my first quilled typography word "Krishna". It was created on a patterned photo paper and using Adine Kirnberg Calligraphic font. The peacock feather is a real one. It is one of my favorite typography work so far and is gifted to a close friend of mine.

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