Evening star., 1924-02-22
Colored Scaling Wax
as Decoration.
- XoUISITE and useful articles
- Of all kinds can be made oS

~ tQUISITE and useful articies
- of all kinds can be made by
applying sealing wax OF any
Dreferred color or combina-
zion Of colors to articles made OF
cardboard, tin, glass, ivory or metal
and the decorations may be cithe!
simple or elaborate, according TO the
amount of practice that the decorator
has had: but even woman without
any previous experience in the WORK
.an do somcthinG-the process is so
easily learned.
BEAUTIFUL ornaments for the home
can be made including vases. fancy
boxes, candlesticks. lamps. decorated
crockcry and glassware for the din
ing room and numerous other articles
as well as dress ornaments, such as
decorated hat pins, hair handcauA'
beads. artificial flowers and other
garnitures. Such articles would be
welcomed as gifts for any OCCASION
because it iai not difficult to give
finished professional appearance with
no suggestion of being homemade.
To do this decorating YOU will need
very little equipment ana the SIM
plost of tools, namely, some deha
tured alcohol for dissolvinS the wax,
some small brushes. an ordinary
vegetable knife. tiny spatuiaiike
instrument, 4 wax mold, clear hame
and several sticks of sealing wax OF
different colors. \ small alcohol or
other lamp is good TO use for heat
ing the WAN. These are all plain
and inexpensive instruments, whlch
you can obtain at any art or depart
ment store.
When dissolved in denaturcd alco-
hol sealing wax produces a remark
able enamel of clear, brilliant color.
II may then be applied with a brush
just as paint is applied.
To paint u large surface in one
color, first melt the wax In con-
tainer. then remove from the heat.
allow to cool slightly, then add some
alcohol very slowly, stirring all the
time. Mix the wax in the proportion
of two large sticks OF wax 10 hait d
pint of the alcohol. Allow one coat
10 dry before applying a second coat
or doing any fancy decorating. When
modelled with a tiny Spatula after
heating slightly, most charming little
flowers can be produced for decorat-
ing pendants. pins, place cards, gift
boxes and hosts of other things.
Household Articles.
Probably the simplest way to deco
rate with sealing wax is to blend
this work use the plain china or
glass vases or candlestickS that can
he bought in many different shapes.
TO begin the work. melt the end OF
tho surface of D vase. if that is what
YOU are decorating, beginning pref
crably at the top. Then hold the
vase horizontally and turn it in one
melt and spread. and by changing the
angle at which you hold the vase you
can cause the WAX TO flow in any
direction you wish onto the surface.
T'nDtiD1Ia srn3rjDEr the nYn(cSS.
plying dabs Of wax and blending
them over the flame. Be sure to
leave no thin or uncovered spaces. y
second color can be worked in by
and letting the two colors mingle on
the vase. If the second color is put
on very thick and is heated only
between the two colors. or you can
have streaks of one color running
down into the background color, pro-
ducing an artistic effect: For in
You can blend blue. yellow and silver
in L pretty, swirling effect
4 distinguished looking vase can
sign. The Japanese are noted for
their ability to perceive the beauty
in a single, graceful spray or fan
tastic tree seen against the skyline:
and vivid yellow would resemble an
Indian design. After a little practice
you will become skillful enough to
make definite patterns from your
colors. Using spatula or knife
blade and your fingers. you can learn
to shape the blots of sealing wax and
thus form alternating squares OF diff
ferent oolors, stripes, diamond-shaped
designs and others.
Plain crockery ware with simple
and graceful lines can be made into
very attractive vases by the applica-
tion of designs in sealing wax. Plates
A@I
strikinely decorative. a portable
lamp base can be decorated to har-
nnoniZe with any color scheme. Ten
cent glass sherbet cups can be treated
with a hot sealing wax enamel and
lovely, sparkling amber effects OBJ
famed. or two-tone effects of blended \
rose or blue with gold can be shown.
BY this method of decoration. these
tie affairs TO hold powder puff.
CandlcStrtcks and bud vases treated
in 'he same way. blending greens,
blues. amber and gold. are Similar to
lovely luster pieces.
Cardboard md Metal.
Cardboard boxes can be trans
formed into things of beauty The
inside and the edges of the box should
first be brushed over with gold paint
in order to hide all traces of the ,
yard. The sealing wax should then
Be dropped onto the box. and before
u hAr0enS SnOuld De pressed with
the fingers. previously dipped in cold
water, until it is thiniy spread. Then
another patch should be dropped and
spread in like manner. and so on un-
ri the whole of the box is covered
The. wax should then be softened
again by holding a lighted match or
taper close t. il. Tt is then dented all
over in little circles with a piece of
wood rounded at the end. This is
only one method of decoration
Landsca pcs or designs of flowers
can be work cd ont with wooden in
Strument" shaped according to the
requirements of the various strokes
20 he used. The boxes can be made
10 look as If they were inset with .
precious stones. such as touruuotse
by dropping the wax of the right
color in little Jumps on the surface
nj the box after d gold or silver COW
ertnC to the box has been applied
LET these harden, then surround the m
with gold or silver wax in such a way
that they will stand up a little above
The finished surface of the box An
other novel method of ornament tation
on cardboard can be carried out with
odd shaped pieces of colored glass. |
Place these at fairly regular intervals
on the cardboard article to be |
adorned. The spaces in between
should then be filled with smooth |
strips Of scaling wax. carefully laid |
go that the edges of the glass are