About
a fun art project with easy materials
I know there is an official name for this. I was just playing around with some paper. Its really quite addicting.
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arina m. favorited Paper Coiling
08 Jan 23:07
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Fuzzy buddy commented on Paper Coiling
19 Apr 23:53
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Youghurt Jaja favorited Paper Coiling
27 Oct 19:25
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You Will Need
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Step 1
Cut a couple (i used about five) of different colored pieces of paper into fairly thin strips. It doesn't matter if the strips vary in thickness or if a single strip has different widths. It gives your art more character!
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Step 2Using scissors to curl the paper like you would a balloon ribbon, give one end of the paper strip a starting curl.
You don't really need to use scissors for this, you can just use a fingernail, or make it curly some other way. I just think its fun.
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Step 3Roll the paper between your fingers to get the right kind of spiral. I think you get the idea
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Step 4Roll up the rest of the strip to your desired size. Varied sizes are fantastic!
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Step 5Now you can shape your spiral a bit. Squish it between your fingers to get different shapes. After you make some pinched corners, let it loosen a bit so you have this cool effect. Its sort of hard to explain, but try it on really tightly spun paper strips : pinch and let unravel.
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Step 6Glue the loose end of the spiral down. Now you have a self sustaining spiraly circle
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Step 7
You can also do shaping after you glue the loose end down. It really doesn't make a difference unless you want to have the unravel part.
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Step 8Now you need to glue down the pieces. If you are not using a quick drying glue, you may need to hold it there for a while. But it will still work if you don't have any fancy types of glue.
i didnt think so many people would like this project.
thanks everyone.
shivi, paper quilling! thanks for the official-ness you have granted!
deb