How to Make Butterfly - Handcraft Ronghua Tutorial
Butterfly
Materials and Tools: Velvet strips, silk thread, copper wire, hairpin rod, ruler, scissors, tweezers, clamping board, setting water, lighter.
Steps：
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1. Prepare one 3 cm long ochre velvet strip.
2. Sharpen it into the shape shown in the picture 2.
3. Wrap copper wire with brown silk thread to make the butterfly's antennae.
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4. Prepare four blue gradient velvet strips, each 4.7 cm long.
5. Fold each strip in half and twist the brass wire at both ends together.
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6. Use the clamping board to flatten the strips from bottom to top.
7. After spraying with setting water, flatten them again with the clamping board.
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8. Trim the strips into wing shapes.
9. Trimming complete.
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10. Group the wings in pairs, twisting the brass wires together to form the shape shown in the picture.
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11. Twist the two pairs of wings together as shown in the picture.
12. Place the antennae in the middle of the wings.
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13. Take the butterfly body prepared in steps 1-2, and use brown silk thread to tie the body, wings, and antennae together.
14. Cut off the brass wire at the front end of the body.
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15. Wrap the main body around the hairpin rod.
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16. Knot, seal the end, and finish.
