Wax Seals & Collage Making

Video Transcript

"So, I'm going to do one last touch. I have some wax and a seal here with my initial. I think I might put a little wax seal on it and again, in order for the...you have to use melted wax in order for it to melt you have to use fire or something hot. I just have a simple matchbook here. Exercise extreme caution and make sure you have supervision if you're not comfortable doing this by yourself. I'm just going to put a little seal right here on the bottom of this gummed tape, so I'll light the match and just let the wax drip down onto the paper. It takes usually a few seconds for it to get soft enough. So, you want about a quarter of an inch diameter. That's good, blow my match out and then just take the seal, press firmly and hold it for a couple of seconds, let go and you have a little seal."