#sealingwax — Public Fediverse posts

when you seal your envelopes for holiday gifts, you can level it up by adding a wax or silk cord. I’m really pleased with how these came out. #gifts #sealingwax #artsandcrafts #waxseals

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You do the first color in one wax and then cut out the parts you want and press them into the seal. Then you press it into another layer of wax for multiple colors. Some people take this to a very high level. I learned from this video:

(I really enjoy the quiet style of 하든 Harden's videos. She is always exploring new types of wax and new ways to use seals.)

#waxSeal #sealingwax #crafts #videos #artsAndCrafts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_KUHCHWFNA

So, Freund*innen der Nacht. Karten wurden gebastelt. Dinge geschrieben (schief, mit Fehlern - egal, freut euch gefälligst). Kerzen entzündet, Wachs geschmolzen. Siegel elegant aufgebracht (bezweifle, dass die den Postsack überleben, aber hey). Things happened!!

(Nochmal: Es herrscht kein Bastelzwang. Freue mich über jede Karte. Das hier war mein Ding. Ich mag schöne Sachen im Alltag und ich hab die Aktion extra angeleiert, weil ich meine Siegel ausprobieren wollte.)

#HalloweenPost #Halloween #Briefe #Post #Postkarte #FountainPen #Füller #Ink #Tinte #Siegel #Siegelwachs #SealingWax

TIL: using an hot air station (the soldering kind) to heat #sealingWax works just fine, is not messy, doesn't require a table mostly free of burnable material, and can also help fixing mishaps like not having left enough wax on the paper by reheating it.

using an open flame is still much better for the whole ritual of sealing #letters, however.

but it's nice knowing that I have the two options.

Vatican News
"The burial of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI: the closing of the coffin Wednesday evening and placement in the grottos under St. Peter’s Basilica following the burial rituals and tradition of Popes."
I nave no great love for this particular individual but am still gruesomely fascinated by these kinds of rites and rituals. Are these the last folk making active use of #SealingWax?
#Catholicism #Burial #Pope
https://twitter.com/VaticanNews/status/1611041892602638338?t=igAeF7KnQPL2B59qZofomA&s=09

When Animation Assist came to Procreate I started making gifs. Some of them worked, most of them didn't, and wow did I learn a lot!!

This image was originally part of a hand series of family and friends, then made into a greeting card (which, lemme tell ya, sold like Aristotle's lost Book of Comedy...) Now I have five 6-card sets waiting for the right venue to come along to sell them... hehe...

#medieval #hand #illustration #gif #SealingWax #Procreate #GreetingCards