Metal To Paper Quilling
Today’s quillers work exclusively with paper so it may come as a shock to some but the craft of quilling actually began as far back as the fifth century with artists using gold and silver wires to make decorations for rich families and religious institutions. This form of the art, known then as metal filigree, carried on for many hundreds of years before the ever rising cost of materials meant that paper began to be incorporated in designs. The use of paper meant that the craft now became available to all and the term quilling was introduced for the first time to replace paper filigree.