Paper and ink are both tricky. When it comes to the ink used for the OV printing, you are basically left to trial and error untill you get as close as possible to the right shade and varience effect. There is no standard out of he box colour for this, though pearl ex dualtone green/gold does come very close, as does interference gold, still, you'll have to get some primary colour pigments and toy about with it.
As for paper it's not as complicated as you'd think, wash a bill (nail polish remover works if you don't have anything else available) and cut it down, tour about paper supply companies, as long as you have a good reason they are usually very helpfull. I pretned I'm an art student here in NYC and never get a raised eyebrow from even the most obscure requests. A linen/cotton, or primarily cotton blend will get you started on the right path, hell sumi rice paper actually works pretty well if you find a good consistency, it just doesn't wear well over time. I'm expiramenting with flash papers but that has to do with my magic routines.
Calculate the weight of a given, standard paper size for bills (I'll help; a dollar is 6.6294cm by 15.5956cm, is 0.010922cm thick and weighs exactly 1.0000 gram) Now half the thickness (0.005461cm) and the weight (0.5 gram) and you have the dimensions of what you'll be using, you can go overboard and calculate for the volume/weight of the dried glue as well if you want. Now convert this to a standard paper size and you'll have exactly the weight you're looking for. Now you can start asking around because I wouldn't give up suppliers anyway.  |