Table of Contents
Preface Learning Quilling Is Like a Child Learning How to Speak Zhu Liqun 9
Introduction The Beginning and Development of Quilling 13
Chapter 1 Chinese Quilling 17
1 Chinese Art Inspiration 17
2 Chinese Auspicious Implication 17
3 Chinese Quilling Characteristics 19
Chapter 2 Quilling Preparation 23
1 Materials 23
2 Tools 24
3 Ten Basic Techniques 26
4 Chinese Quilling Category 28
Line and Scroll 28
Loop 29
Coil 30
Crescent 31
Chapter 3 Introductory Lessons 33
1 Splendid Fireworks 34
2 Rabbit 37
3 As Close as Fish and Water 40
4 Orchid 44
5 Rat 47
6 Dragonfly Skimming the Water Surface 50
7 Deer 53
8 Chrysanthemum 56
9 Abundant Year 60
10 Mandarin Fish 64
11 Ruyi 68
12 Carp 72
13 Perfect Bliss 76
14 Sunflower 80
15 A Frog at the Bottom of a Well 84
16 Swallows Returning from the South 88
17 Tulips 92
18 Crane 95
19 Lotus 100
20 Peace for All Seasons 105
Chapter 4 Advanced Lessons 111
1 Live Peacefully and Work Happily 112
2 Fluttering Fragrant Osmanthus 116
3 Lofty Mountains and Flowing Water 122
4 Warm Spring River 128
5 Ginkgo 134
6 The Drunk Imperial Concubine 140
7 Peacocks 146
8 Blooming Flowers 152
Appendix A Collection of Chinese Quilling Shapes 158
