The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-22
WORKING WITH
SEALING WAX
The Amateur Crafts Woman Uses
1t In the Fashioning of Many
Pretty Trifles For Her Personal
Use and Adornment.

ing medium with which to +
experiment. 1t is surprising +
how many novel and attractive articles
may be fashioned with the aid of wax
such as is used for sealing letters or +
packages.
When one sets out to work with seal +
ing wax, the best article to start upon
is a simple round headed hatpin.
For this a plain hatpin with a small |
black or white head is required and
stick of sealing wax the desired color.
Now light candle, hold the hatpin
n the left hand and the wax in the
right Heat the latter at the candle
until it Che wax is at melting point,
then rub it over the knob of the hat
pin.
Moisten the palms of the hands
slightly to prevent them from getting
burnt and roll the still soft waxed hat
pin head between them to get it as
perfectly round as possible.
If the wax hardens too quickly, be
core it has been got into the required
shape, heat it near the candle till it is
pliable again.
Remember that the flame of the can
/ die must not actually come into con-
+ tact with the wax at any time, or it
will get blackened
If the hatpin is to be more ornate it
i is an excellent plan to dab pieces of
melted gold sealing wax here and there
and press them fiat with the fingers,
heating any bunny looking" places,
pn "a IA I1n I1prfa.tIv
smooth, glossy surface. The effect of
his combination often closely resem-
Dies the finest Venetian glass.
All sorts of artistic or grotesque
shapes in hatpins may be fashioned by
the ingenious girl. Oblong shapes have
a round headed hatpin for founda-
ton. The wax is first smeared all over
1t and is afterward nodded by the fin
gers into this popular shape More
wax, of course, is required in this in
stance. and it is necessary to let it
harden gradually.
Rather a pretty effect is produced by
pressing a watch key all over the soft
wax surface \ kind of blackberry re-
suit is produced in this way In fact,
quite a number of small articles, such
rs seals, tiny bronze animals or other
models, may be used to make an inn
preston on the wax
Another good way to get pretty
shapes is by means of cork.
4 clever girl might shape the cork.
: by means Of a very sharp knife, into
the model of a bird. or any other OBJ
ject that may suggest itself to her as
suitable. Having done this, the blunt
end of a headless hatpin is thrust into
the thickest part Of the cork model and
secured there with wax. or some strong
glue if preferred. Then the model is
covered over with the wax in the man
ner already described. Still another
way is by using wooden button molds.
1t is a little difficult to fix these
to the hatpins in the first instance.
The blunt end of a hatpin should be
smeared round with wax until large
enough to be inserted in the hole ut
the center of the button. 1t should be
Inserted, of course, while the wax is
still hot, SO that the two articles will
adhere
/ The further covering of sealing wax,
: both over and under the button mold,
help to make it still more secure.
. There is Il great art in the blending
$ of colors. Pretty blues and green's, yell
lows reds, etc, can be amalgamated rs
Il desired by just putting one color above
[ another in thin layers before the pre-
vious layer has been allowed to harden
+ In this manner the one color blends
i into the other. and novel effects are Sc
produced
The prettiest results are got by using
q good deal of both gold and silver
wax, along with other colors.
Button molds will not do for sealing
wax buttons, as they have no shank
Il and so there would be nothing to sew
them on by to the garment afterward
Il 1t is best to procure a smooth sur
, faced. quite plain button, with the
usua. shank. the latter being held be
e tween pincers while the wax modelling
Il Is going on.
u Brooches, too, are easy work to the
girl who makes up her mind that she
will excel as a sealing wax worker.
These are made by attaching q small
strong safety pin to the back of II
oval piece of stiff cardboard, or any
= other fiat surface that will take" The
= wax and decorating with the wax ant
jewels as described above.
Buckles which have seen better day.
: will look like new again if a prett,
! shade of sealing wax is used as
decorative medium.
a plain little wooden box may b.
! transformed into ga thing of beaut.
= and a joy forever by means of sealini
= wax.
; To do this. thick layer of the wa,
70 should be melted over the top of th
ID box, and round the sides wax shout,
be smeared thinly.
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