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- Canson 160g black drawing paper (Amazon link<\/a>) \u20ac5.6 for 12 sheets<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- A selection of Canson 160g mid-tint papers (Amazon link<\/a>) \u20ac4.7 for 10 sheets. I tested 180g but I find that 160g is a good compromise between thickness and rigidity<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Aleene’s glue: it’s quite concentrated and the advantage is that when it dries, it becomes transparent (Amazon link<\/a>), \u20ac8.5<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- I use the Standard cutting mat of my Silhouette Cameo 5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nThe templates come from the book “Cute Bird, three-dimensional cutting paper: with of the World Wild Bird Bird Close Up To 45 Piece” (ISBN : 978-4416315460). Unfortunately, this book is only available in Japanese and French.<\/p>\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nThere are no files provided with the book, but you can scan the templates and vectorize them in the Silhouette software to create cutting files. This is quite practical as it allows me to cut 25 feathers at once with the Cameo 5 instead of cutting them one by one by hand.<\/p>\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nHere’s the first bird made with this method:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n - A selection of Canson 160g mid-tint papers (Amazon link<\/a>) \u20ac4.7 for 10 sheets. I tested 180g but I find that 160g is a good compromise between thickness and rigidity<\/li>\n\n\n\n