September 16, 2013

Quilled knee cross-sectional anatomy

Impressed with the work of Lisa Nilsson, I decided to try my hand at anatomical quilling, too. A few months ago my husband had a problem with his knee and I made ​​a small gift for his orthopedist — this quilled knee cross-section.

Working on this project was fascinating. Although the work is small in size, making it took a lot of time. My progress with the bones was especially slow. Nevertheless, I enjoyed quilling this piece like never before. As usual I used 1/8"-wide and 1/16"-wide paper strips (3 mm and 1.5 mm correspondingly). I absolutely agree with Lisa Nilsson, who wrote "I find quilling exquisitely satisfying for rendering the densely squished and lovely internal landscape of the human body in cross section". I hope this is not my last work of this kind, but hopefully no more knee problems.

The finished work is framed in a deep 7 by 9 1/2" frame (18x24 cm).

13 comments:

MySpecialist said...

This is really, really gorgeous (not the knee problems, of course, but the artwork)!
I adore anatomical quilling!

Suman Pandit said...

absolutely gorgeous detailed quilling!!
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Sathya said...

Just awesome Inna...Love to see ur post after a long time :)

Pritesh Dagur said...

Wow Inna! This has done more than justice to the cross section of the knee! Your trademark perfection is oozing from the piece :)

Nena3110 said...

Nice and interesting work.
Congrats!

Ann Martin said...

So nicely done and I hope the surgeon was pleased!

Unknown said...

This is absolutely amazing! Fabulous x

Nati said...

Amazing, Inna!!
Nati from Brazil

WhiteRacoon said...

Впечатляет!
Весьма правдоподобно =) аккуратно и интересно. Особенно понравились ободки-бороздочки на костях, сделанные при помощи разной плотности роллов. И цвета хорошо подобрались, натуральненькие =)

Aurum said...

Удивительно и прекрасно!

Unknown said...

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Mestesugarul said...

Very nice!!!

Baukje said...

so beautiful, I love it!
Greetings from Holland Baukje