3d Quilled Ganesha

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Wishing you all a very happy Ganesha festival.

Handmade Ecofriendly ganesha made for Ganesha Chaturthi this. 

Quilled Bunch of flower cans

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Last week inspiration for Unstampabelles. The Challenge is to create a bunch of flowers and twist is to make a garden. Here is what i have created for inspiration

Quilled daisies and mixed flowers on a quilled watering can.

You have still time to join us the fun till 31st July.

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Linking this to Beyond grey challenges.

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Quilled Thanjavur Thalayatti Bommai

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Navaratri - The word Navaratri means 'nine nights' in Sanskrit, nava meaning nine and ratri meaning nights. During these nine nights and ten days, nine forms of Shakti/Devi are worshiped. The tenth day is commonly referred to as Vijayadashami or "Dussehra" (also spelled Dasara). Navratri is an important major festival and is celebrated all over India.

Navaratri is a time when many homes in the southern states of India—parts of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Kerala—feast on colors, light, music, and food. Visitors are greeted with gleaming dolls, colorful Kolam (Rangoli; that is, floor decoration), lighted lamps, and traditionally dressed women and girls chanting slokas and singing. Traditionally, all family members participate in creating the durbar or assembly of Goddess Durga, which contains a multitude of idols of gods, goddesses, men, animals, and businessmen. This is presented in every house in the form of Golu. 

Bommai (Doll) Golu is the artistic display of dolls on numbered tiers or steps, usually made of wood. The nine steps represent the nine days of Navaratri. Traditionally, a few top steps include idols of gods and a kalash (ceremonial jar) with fresh water, covered with a coconut and mango leaves. The next few steps have idols of saints and heroes of the country. Another step represents human activities, depicting functions such as marriage, temples, and an orchestra or music band. Business is usually represented by the Chettiar set of dolls, with shop items and wooden dolls called Marapachi dressed in colorful clothes. Today, Golu has the thematic representation of ancient stories, depicting scenes from Ramayana and Bhagavad Gita, among others. It is a custom to add a few new dolls every year.

Tanjore dolls will definitely take a special place in the gollu.

Here is my Paper quilled Thanjavur Thalayatti bommai / quilled Tanjore doll

Tanjore Dancing Doll / Thanjavur Dancing Doll is one of the old, traditional, world famous Indian cultural Doll purely handmade doll with paper mache, wax / Lae , plaster of paris/cement, coloring agents,Clay, Cardboard. In Tamil language it is called as Thanjavur thalayatti bommai originated during 19th Century under King Saraboji’s reign.It has been given Geographical Indicator status by Government of India for its origin in culture rich Thanjavur.

This type of doll will welcomes you by shaking its head and its body like oscillating head. It will look like the girl is dancing.Its welcomes you by shaking its head and body like continuous oscillating. The beautiful movement of the doll’s head adds to its uniqueness. It is one of the unique traditional arts of Thanjavur . It is unique and only available in our Thanjavur/ Tanjore district. 

Fornightly contest theme at Indian Quilling Challenge group is to make 3d doll. This is my inspiration project.

Linking this to Curtain Call : October (Pink Colour)

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Charisma cardz - Anything goes
Crafting by designs - Anything goes
Inky Impressions - Anything goes but a card

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Quilled Butterfly

Hi Friends,

Every crafter would have a desire to do something with butterfly. I am also in the list to create such one. Tried one with yellow and black combination(one of favourite butterfly). Here is that quilled yellow & black butterfly which i made to inspire others in Indian Quilling Challenge Group(IQCG Challenge #2).

The challenge is to create a standalone quilled butterfly.

Entries will close by 30^thJune. Winner will get the below items from Creativita Store and Zarabeads & Findings.

Look forward to your active participation.

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Quilled Teddy

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Neli - an bulgarian quiller - She creates wonders in quilling art, the cards she makes with quilled flowers are outstanding. Recently she made teddy bears. I was inspired by her creation and tried to make one for my Son's school teacher. Here is my Quilled teddy with a small bunch of roses. It is just 3cm in height.

Hope you like it.

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House with trees

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In my home town, kerala, each house will be surrounded by trees. We believe that our ancestors will be with us in the form of trees. In South India, you can see atleast one coconut tree in each house.

In Indian mythology, the coconut tree was created by the powerful sage Vishwamitra to prop up King Trishanku who was attempting to gain entry into heaven as a mortal but was thrown out by the gods.

Here is my quilled house with two little coconut trees.

Materials used:

Green paper - 3M
Quilling strips - Itsy Bitsy

My little Ganesha

Little Ganesha - It was one of my pending project for a longtime.

Was thinking of gifts to gift a special person. Thought of many ideas, scratched my head and finally landed with 3D quilled Ganesha. As her favourite God is also Ganesha. I decided to gift her the same.

A little about Ganesha for my Foreign Friends:

Ganesha is also the destroyer of vanity, selfishness and pride. He is the personification of material universe in all its various magnificent manifestations. "All Hindus worship Ganesha regardless of their sectarian belief," says D N Singh in A Study of Hinduism. "He is both the beginning of the religion and the meeting ground for all Hindus.

Significance of the Ganesha Form:
 Ganesha's head symbolizes the Atman or the soul, which is the ultimate supreme reality of human existence, and his human body signifies Maya or the earthly existence of human beings. The elephant head denotes wisdom and its trunk represents Om, the sound symbol of cosmic reality. In his upper right hand Ganesha holds a goad, which helps him propel mankind forward on the eternal path and remove obstacles from the way. The noose in Ganesha's left hand is a gentle implement to capture all difficulties.

The broken tusk that Ganesha holds like a pen in his lower right hand is a symbol of sacrifice, which he broke for writing the Mahabharata. The rosary in his other hand suggests that the pursuit of knowledge should be continuous. The laddoo (sweet) he holds in his trunk indicates that one must discover the sweetness of the Atman. His fan-like ears convey that he is all ears to our petition. The snake that runs round his waist represents energy in all forms. And he is humble enough to ride the lowest of creatures, a mouse.


For More details about Ganesha, I have enclosed the wikipedia link here - Ganesha in wiki
 
Here is my little Ganesha with umbrella...

You can seek his blessing here.

Quilled Ganesha Statue

Ganesha on a plant



My Photo Inspiration

Materials used:

Two toned paper from local shop
3D outliner - Fevicryl
A tooth pick - for umbrella
Crepe paper - Itsy Bitsy

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My Initial days of Quilling

First projects will always be evergreen in the minds of all crafters.

Quilled Flower pot

Quilled Ganesha: My style

 

Quilled Lion: Learnt from Inna

 Hope you all had fun on seeing my lion.

Materials:

Post It papers from 3M

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Flower bunch

Miniature quilling / 3D quilling is fun to do but it requires a lot of patience. Here is my quilled little flower bunch in little pot.

Flower pots - Paper quilled & painted with Acrylic paint

Leaves – with mini leaf punch bought at Sapna Book house

Flowers – Papers from 3M & Quilling strips from Craft Universe

Thermocol balls – from local shop

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