A friend was surprised to come across this exquisite paper filigree piece in a craft supply shop in Jakarta, Indonesia. She didn't have a camera with her at the time, but luckily her cell phone pictures do a more than adequate job of conveying the beauty of the work.
She asked about the artist, but all that was known was that the husband of a friend of the store's owner had purchased the framed piece while traveling in Vietnam.
Perhaps via the wonder of the internet, the artist, or someone with knowledge of the work, will come across these photos. If I hear anything, I'll be sure to let you know.
I especially admire how the quilling captures a sense of motion via the fine shaping of the coils that make up the loose, fluttering clothing. By the way, the paper width is only 1.5 mm!
She asked about the artist, but all that was known was that the husband of a friend of the store's owner had purchased the framed piece while traveling in Vietnam. 
Perhaps via the wonder of the internet, the artist, or someone with knowledge of the work, will come across these photos. If I hear anything, I'll be sure to let you know.
I especially admire how the quilling captures a sense of motion via the fine shaping of the coils that make up the loose, fluttering clothing. By the way, the paper width is only 1.5 mm!
15 comments:
I love these! It's amazing how much detail and motion can be conveyed with just a couple of coils. Sometimes less is more and I think this picture truly captures that.
Oh I love this too, Ann. The two girls are even different in shape. Very unique, thanks for sharing.
This is a reminder why we need to identify our individual pieces with our name and date :o)
-Molly
Exquisite! Beautiful, symetrical flowing quills! The artist had a gifted eye for simple but very elegant design. Thanks for sharing!
Sonya
Very impressive and interesting! Thanks for sharing, Ann.
hi ann!
oh it is amazing! it really feels like they are riding!
thank you for sharing it!
Just beautiful! Clean and simple but everything is there.
Remarkable...I agree that the movement captured is delightful.
I hope the artist will make him/herself known, Great find by our friend in Jakarta!
Quilling is such an amazing medium and although I've been quilling for over 50 years, what I see now is a pushing of the envelop to areas I never thought we'd do. Compared to today the quilling I did back in the 60's looks like a Model T compared to a Prius. Their designs are very good, it looks like the gals on the bicycles are almost moving. I'd love to watch them quill so I could learn how to create such graceful shapes.
Ann, I love the movement of the ladies, but the bicycles are exquisite in their simplicity also, yet there is no doubt whatsoever, but that they are bicycles. All of the details of them are left for our own imagination to complete. This is true art.
I return to your site day after day to enjoy your "finds"! Thanks so much!
Helen
I am going to Vietnam and try to find this.
One of My friends brought back this from the trip from Vietnam and I really love it!
Hi, I'm from Vietnam, just so you know, products like this are plentiful in Vietnam. I'm not surprised, hehe.
I'm lucky enough to have the quilled picture of the girls on the bicycles sitting on my piano. Friends bought it for me while holidaying in Vietnam. I love the way it captures movement.
The quilling art is developing fast in Vietnam, I very very love quilling.
This is paper quilling art - the company name is Sun and Moon
Address: 274 Ba Trieu st Hanoi, Vietnam
This is their website: http://www.sunmooncrafts.com/en/Gallery/quilled-printing-pictures.html
The quilling at the Sun and Moon website is lovely. I see it features the work of Yulia Brodskaya on the home page without giving credit or linking to her site.
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