Article · The Paperdashery
Paper cutting for absolute beginners
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Beginner
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2016
About this lesson
A practicing papercut artist's guest post on her personal method: sketching a design, transferring it with tracing paper, choosing a paper weight (around 135gsm), and cutting with scalpel or scissors, with finishing and equipment notes.
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