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fandomhigh2019-02-07 04:58 am
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Dollar Store Arts and Crafts, Thursday, Period 1
"Sup class," Hardison said, grinning a lot as they walked in. He couldn't help it, he was pretty pleased with the days crafts. "So, today, we're gonna be real fancy. We're makin' ourselves some wax seals an' stamps to go along with it. So, you know, you can seal your envelopes an' stuff all nice. Valentine's day is comin' up, maybe you got your eye on that special someone or someones, maybe you wanna personalize your cards...or maybe you just wanna send each other Barry Plodder letters. Whatever floats your boat."
For today's class, there were multiple corks - yes, the type that usually went into wine glasses - a collection of various fake coins and other small, die-stamped items, decorative rubber stamps and ink, glitter, essential oils, crayons, glue sticks, spoons, candles, and x-acto craft knives. But oh, from these odd items could such wonders be wrought!
"So, old timey seals require two things," he explained. "Sealing wax, which is pretty much any wax that melts at a low heat and then dries firm, an' some kind of debossed item that could could raise a recognizable pattern. Debossed just means that the design goes in, not out. It's the opposite of a rubber stamp like these," he continued, holding one up. "An embossed stamp means you get the ink goes on the design, leaving you a colored image on a blank background. A debossed stamp means the ink goes around the design an' when you press it to the background, you get an image formed of negative space. A debossed seal, works by pushin' down the wax, so when you pull it away, the wax itself is embossed in your design."
He demonstrated a few times - more than was really necessary for the class, but hey. He was having fun.
"So, today, let's have some fun makin' stamps an' sealin' wax. Please don't cut or burn yourselves, a'ight?"
For today's class, there were multiple corks - yes, the type that usually went into wine glasses - a collection of various fake coins and other small, die-stamped items, decorative rubber stamps and ink, glitter, essential oils, crayons, glue sticks, spoons, candles, and x-acto craft knives. But oh, from these odd items could such wonders be wrought!
"So, old timey seals require two things," he explained. "Sealing wax, which is pretty much any wax that melts at a low heat and then dries firm, an' some kind of debossed item that could could raise a recognizable pattern. Debossed just means that the design goes in, not out. It's the opposite of a rubber stamp like these," he continued, holding one up. "An embossed stamp means you get the ink goes on the design, leaving you a colored image on a blank background. A debossed stamp means the ink goes around the design an' when you press it to the background, you get an image formed of negative space. A debossed seal, works by pushin' down the wax, so when you pull it away, the wax itself is embossed in your design."
He demonstrated a few times - more than was really necessary for the class, but hey. He was having fun.
"So, today, let's have some fun makin' stamps an' sealin' wax. Please don't cut or burn yourselves, a'ight?"
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Make Your Stamps
Or, if someone wanted to be really fancy, they could use an x-acto knife to carve a design into the cork itself. The easiest way to do that would be to stamp a design onto the end with one of the rubber stamps, and then dig out all the inked parts. That would leave a debossed design in the end of one cork.
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Make Your Sealing Wax
However, there were any number of ways to make it fancier. Adding a chunk of a hot glue stick would make the crayon wax thicker and easier to work with. A light sprinkle of glitter could add a shimmer to the wax. Using several different colors could create whole new looks; either by blending them to get a different color, or letting them melt separately in the spoon and carefully pouring the mixture down to create a marbleized effect.
Hardison even included small molds so the students could make their wax bars by melting full crayons together and letting them set. With that much wax, students could even add a drop or two of an essential oil to give it a light fragrance.
...In essence, it was much like making a very small candle, only instead of lighting a wick, you melted it.
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