- What is a paper quilled duck foot
- How to make a duck foot
- Ways to use a duck foot
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A duck foot looks like just that - three pointy toes on top and a round heel on the bottom. Since duck feet are formed with a loose coil, they can be very irregular and difficult to control. Feeling lucky? Add a paper quilled duck foot to your next design.
Basic process of quilling a duck foot
1. Use a toothpick to roll up a paper strip
2. Always expand to make a loose coil, and glue to secure it
3. Pinch the left and right sides of the coil to make a marquis shape (like an eyeball shape)
4. Pinch up a triangle in the center of the marquis. You should now have a shape with 3 points, like a duck foot
Note: Because they are made with loose coils, duck feet are tricky to make consistently. On the plus side, duck feet can be pinched into many different kinds of shapes. Just like the crescent, be careful not to modify the shape too much.
Ways to use a duck foot
Duck foot designs:
-Use a green strip of paper to make a flower stem/the part right below the flower
-Use a peach strip of paper to make a nose or a chin
-Use a black strip of paper to make armor
-Use an orange strip of paper to make dragon spikes/horns
-Use multiple strips of paper to make flower petals
-Use a white strip of paper to make teeth or claws
-Use yellow strips of paper to make actual duck feet
Frankly, I'm not sure what duck feet are used for. Duck feet are probably best used in combination with other paper quilling shapes. If you want to paper quill short fur or spikes, then duck feet are a good option. Try your luck and see what can happen with a duck foot.