Radha quilling doll

                                                 

                                                          

       

                                          

               As you all must be knowing Radha also called Radharani or Radhe, is a Hindu goddess who is almost always depicted alongside Krishna . Radha is regarded as the original Goddess or Shakti. It is declared that Radha and Krishna together constitute the absolute truth. Radha is the most important gopi in Rasa lila (sacred dance) with Lord Krishna. 

In this post I am showing you how to make the Radha quilling doll.

Face ( Step 1 to Step 3 ):

• I have used 5 mm quilling strips. For the front part of the face I have used 5 strips of skin color. 
• Attach 5 quilling strips and make a tight coil. Slightly make a cone. 
• For the back part of the face I have used black color . Make a tight coil using 5 strips.
• Attach these two parts and complete the face by drawing the eyes , nose and mouth. 

For the neck , make a tight coil using 3 skin color 5 mm quilling strips. Attach the neck to the head. 

Hairs ( Step 4 ) :

For the hairs , I have used black color wool and weaved plaits using that. Then I have decorated it with kundans.

Step 4

Once the hairs are made , you can attach it to the back part of the head.

Body ( Upper part Step 5 - 7  ) :

• For the upper part of the dolls body I have used red color , 7 mm quilling strip.

• First make a tight coil by attaching 20 quilling strips .

• Make one more coil of the same dimension.

• Make a small cone and attach both of them in the pattern shown in the picture.

Sleeve ( Step 8 and 9 ):

For the sleeve , I have used 5mm red color quilling strip. I have used two quilling strips for each sleeve. Make a small cone and attach it to the body.

Body Lower part ( Step 10 - 11 )

For the lower part of the body , I have attached 40 quilling strips of 10 mm dimension. I have used green color, You can use any color of your choice. Make a tight coil and and make a cone .

Attach the upper part and the lower part of the doll . Then attach it to the head ( Step 12 - 14 ) :

Hands ( Step 15 ) :

 Make a loose coil and give it a shape using two skin color 5 mm quilling strip.

Step 16 :

                  After these steps , you can take a crepe paper and wrap it around the doll like a saree. I have used blue color crepe paper for the saree. Stick a border which will make it look more elegant.
 The complete doll looks like this. You can also decorate the saree with kundans and beads.

Hope you liked this creation of mine . Please share you views on my work. 

Krishna Avatar

    The eighth Avatar in the Dashavatar series is the Krishna Avatar. Lord Krishna is the most popular of all the Avatar.  In this Avatar He showed himself as the supreme statesman , warrior , hero , philosopher and teacher.  He taught the Bhagavad Gita to his disciple Arjuna on the battle field of Kurukshetra. Krishna is the eighth son of Devaki and Vasudev.

In this post , I am showing how to make quilling doll of Lord Krishna

Face ( Step 1 to Step 3 ):

• I have used 5 mm quilling strips, for the front part of the face I have used 5 strips of blue color. 
• Attach 5 quilling strips and make a tight coil. Slightly make a cone. 
• For the back part of the face I have used black color . Make a tight coil using 5 strips. Make hairs by cutting small black color paper strips and stick it to the back of the head.
• Attach these two parts and complete the face by drawing the eyes , nose and mouth.

Neck ( Step 4 ) :

 For the neck , I have used 5 mm blue color quilling strip. Make a tight coil using 4 quilling strips. 

 Body ( Step 5 - 6 ) :

   For this I have used 10 mm quilling strips.  Make a a tight coil using 5 quilling strips of blue color. Make three such coils. Attach the one above the other. Attach the neck to the body.

Legs and Hands ( Step 7 ):

For making the dhoti , legs , feet and hands please refer to the earlier dashavatar posts .         ( Click here ). You can also wrap a blue crepe paper around the  dhoti to make it more elegant.     

Step 7

  Complete Body ( Step 8 ):

Attach the head , body and legs together . This is shown in Step 8.

Step 8

Crown ( Step 9 ) :

Use 5 mm gold color quilling strip for the crown. Decorate the crown with kundans.

Flute :

For the Lord Krishna's flute , I have taken a small cylindrical stick and wrapped golden paper around it.  

After attaching all the parts , the complete idol of the Lord looks like this.  

Once your quilling doll is ready , you can decorate the idol by putting a pearlbead chain to the neck of the God. You can also stick kundan in the middle . Arrange the dasara dolls during the navarathri festival. It will look very beautiful. I hope you liked my creativity of making this doll. Please share your views on this. Please watch this space for more in the Dashavatar series.

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