Bettencourt’s most complicated designs, like Rising Phoenix and Roaring Lion, use thousands of pieces of paper and take up to 60 hours to complete. Besides basic quilling tools, Bettencourt also uses ...

The paper ribbons were then spun into simple shapes like flowers or decorative coils. Quilling was considered an un-academic art that was practiced by ladies of leisure.

Paper quilling or paper filigree, is an art that uses paper strips rolled, shaped, glued or otherwise altered to create decorations. A quill is used to roll the paper to create coil.

POTTSVILLE, Pa. — Quilling is the ancient decorative art of curling, manipulating and gluing strips of paper. One can create intricate designs for framed art, invitations greeting cards ...