Quilling Revised

Quilling Activity
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Quilling Activity
The essay sheds light on revealing some features and creativity regarding quilling. In fact, many people prefer sewing or knitting as it requires a lot of efforts and specific tools to handle. However, quilling is more exciting and unusual activity which provides many advantages.
The area of occupation quilling applies to leisure and occupational therapy.
Initially, it is craftwork involving pieces of paper that should be rolled into specific shapes and glued together to create a masterpiece. This activity has caught the attention of people from all over the world as it can be viewed as occupational therapy. There are some different groups taking quilling as a treatment. Quilling develops humans’ motor skills, improves attention and eyesight, increases mind abilities as it requires a rigor approach to create an artwork.
Motor skills.
Quilling develops different motor skills such as reaching for material, bimanual UE movement, coordination of movement, hand manipulation, and stabilizing
Processing skills.
Quilling requires the person to pace his/her movements consistently throughout the process. A person must use and handle tools and materials properly. He/she must sequence the steps, logically placing the materials in the workplace.
The context of the environment
Quilling does not require any specific environment. The most important is that all the things must be easily accessed. There must be enough light, and the place of activity must be comfortable to sit, so no harm for posture and sight is caused.

Grading up and adapting the activity.
Grading and adaptation help people to increase anxiety and participation. For instance, one of the grading methods is scaffolding which means aid to those who cannot complete an art or they need a hand in the processing. Also, there are specific group meetings to solve some issues together and find out more about other ways of quilling. Regarding adaptation, it is vital to provide adaptive equipment or modify activity itself which evaluate and observe performance skills and abilities during the process. While doing quilling, a person can select different techniques, sizes, and the number of pieces in the handmade. This will increase the hardness of the activity.
References
Shehan R. (2017). What Is Paper Quilling? Learn the Ancient Art of Paper Filigree with a Modern Twist. The Spruce. Retrieved from https://www.thespruce.com/the-art-of-paper-quilling-4046023.