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INGE THOMAS:

Picture

“Midsummer’s Night Storm” 

Trying to capture moments in time but also change in perspective.  
Not just looking at the big picture  but small notes that aften overlooked
or lost in the vastness 
of the environment around us.

The glass frame represents what one would see  looking out their window, 
at night during a thunder storm
Quilling (Paper Filigree )      image 9.5” x 7.5”  
framed  14.25” x 11.25“
(Stained Glass Technique)


 Quilling or paper filigree
Quilling is an art form that involves the use of strips of paper that are rolled, shaped,
and glued together to create decorative designs. The paper is rolled, looped, curled, twisted
​and otherwise manipulated to create shapes which make up designs.
During the Renaissance, French and Italian nuns and monks used quilling to decorate book covers
and religious items. The paper most commonly used was strips of paper trimmed from the gilded edges of books.
These gilded paper strips were then rolled to create the quilled shapes.
​Quilling often imitated the original ironwork of the day.
In the 18th century, quilling became popular in Europe and  also spread to the Americas,
there are a few examples from Colonial times.

(Courtesy of Wikipedia)

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