Quilled peacock

I used an embroidery pattern for this peacock.   I struggled a lot with the colours and the technique at first once I was done I was amazed at the three dimensional effect of the peacock design. The green layered wing is an after thought. This is a request from one of my favourite customers . She suggested the peacock idea along with the name . .The flowers were made mostly to fill the space in between the name and the peacock. I used 5mm for the peacock and 3mm for the flowers.

Quilled logo

  This is a logo of a Silk saree company.  I was asked to Quill the logo to be framed and gifted. 

I used a maroon colour slightly thick strips for the outline and a dark red colour to fill the inside. Although I used the same red colour through out the use of different technique has resulted in different texture. 

Quilled Peacock

      I made another peacock for another request . I used the same image as my earlier peacock( I was asked to make a similar one). After I  finished the peacock I drew the tree around it and filled it with beehive quilling technique using two shades of brown. The peacock is made using 5 mm quililng strips, whereas the tree and flowers are made using 3mm quilling strips. This did not take as much time as my earlier one ,I had all the colours ready and I also remembered the lengths and the size of the coils I had used. Although I tried the exact same peacock , the arrangement of the feathers turned out different making this also as unique as all my other quilled versions.
     It so happened I had to photograph on the very rare summer morning in Chennai when the Sun would n't come out. I had to rush to the framers and hence the dull picture.      
     I am also in the middle of my Summer English class with another batch of sweet and creative kids.

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Quilled peacock

        For me the most difficult part with a big project is getting  it started, especially when  I am given as much time as I want  . I was asked to make a quilled peacock for a children kindergarten school almost a month ago. I took a free digital image of a peacock as a model for this quilled peacock . I made the feathers same as I did while making my earlier peacock ,except the tail in my earlier version was double layered. Although it took me many hours to make feathers for the tail and then arranging them, I am happy with the final look.
       The peacock is made using 5mm store bought strips , the flowers are made using 3mm pre cut strips. The finished work is A4 size.

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