Quilling Goddess Saraswati

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                Goddess Saraswati  is one of the Hindu goddesses, she is the custodian of knowledge and wisdom and is worshiped by all students across age  for her divine grace so that acquires knowledge, music, art and wisdom. She is the consortium of Lord Brahma , the creator of the universe. During Navarathri , on the fifth day ,a special pooja is performed for the goddess Saraswati. In homes on this day we worship all the artifacts / sources of knowledge as they represent the goddess . 

I have crafted the Goddess Saraswati using quilling . 

    To start with ,make a rough outline or take a print out of the Goddess. The whole picture is crafted using 3mm quilling strips . Goddess Saraswathi is mainly associated with white color for her dress, vehicle (swan/hamsa), seat (lotus) as the white color signifies purity and knowledge.

• Make an outline of the desired shape by placing the quilling strip vertically along the border/outline of the drawing
• For crafting the lotus petals . use  3mm white strips and make a loose coil .Press the coil to fill in the shape of the petals of the lotus. 
• For the crown , decorate using pearl and stone lines ( red , green , white ).
• Design the saree using white colour quilling strips. I have made use of comb flowers closely sticking  them so that they look like saree . Make the border using tight coils ( gold and red colours ). Glue the  ball chain to the edge of the saree. 
• Design the  blouse by making small tight coils ( red and gold colour ). Place the tight coils to fill up the blouse space. 
• For the hands use skin colour quilling strips :

                 Make marquise shapes for the fingers ( using 1/4 th strip each ).

                 Make a loose coil to fit inside the shape of the hand and palm .

• For the legs use skin colour quilling strips:

                 Make marquise shapes for the fingers ( using 1/4 th strip each ).

                 Make a loose coil to fit inside the shape of the feet.

• For the Face use skin colour quilling strips:

                  Make a tight coil to fit the shape. Make a cutout of the face using an ohp        sheet.Draw the facial attributes on an ohp sheet. Glue the sheet onto the tight coil. Make the hairs using black colour quilling strips ( marquise shape ).

• For the Veena , I have used purple , black and gold colour quilling strips .

                 For the base make 5 comb shapes ( purple colour ) . Make around 15 tight coils ( gold colour ) to complete the base. Make rectangle shapes using black and gold colour ( half strip ). Place them in an alternate fashion. Decorate the Veena using ball chain and stone line. Attach the strings on the veena. 

• Swan is made using white and grey clour shades marquise shapes.

         Make marquise shapes using half quilling strips ( white and grey colour ) . Arrange and glue them in the desired shape. Make the beak using red colour quilling strip. Give it a pointed rectangle shape .
For the details please refer to the picture given 😄

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                        HAPPY  QUILLING