By Sena Runa
GMC Publications, 2017
Paperback, £14.99 UK/ $19.95 US
ISBN 9781784943677
Star rating: ****
Quilling designer Sena Runa has a refreshingly contemporary
and irreverent approach to quilling. Her designs have a beguiling fluidity and
elegance. She has a successful online
business – and in her new book, she generously shares her designs and making-up
techniques.
Sena’s preferred method is to create an outer shape which is
then filled with quilled coils and shaped strips. A drawn template is your guide. Sena
has a wonderful way with quilling strips – for example, the yin-yang effect
inside the diamond compartments of her Snowflake design. She has an excellent
eye for colour, and chooses pretty and playful motifs. She is also not afraid
to combine quilling with whimsical drawn elements – the Mermaid, for
example.
The upfront section takes you through the paces of basic
quilling techniques – shapes and best practice.
Projects include Sun, Cloud, Heart, Lion, Duck Fish,
Butterfly, Apple,Rose, Tulip, Birthday Balloons, Sailboat, Coffee Cup, and the
previously mentioned Mermaid. Clear
photographic step-by-steps are provided for each project. Back-of-book,
full-size templates are provided.
The suggestion to display the designs as ribbon-hung
ornaments is a very appealing idea – one which would make a superb stocking
filler (if you got cracking with your quilling). The learning curve is not
steep – but the papery curves are infinite! Well done, Sena Runa.
Note: I was provided with a review copy of this title.
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