Show us your wax seals

[Aquinata]

Very fine! Looks like some excellent detail and nice depth. I'd be hanging around the mailbox too--enjoy!

[Shelumiel]

I've started making Chinese stone stamps and they work for doing a wax impression as well.

[Shelumiel]

Figure it might be better just sharing my pinterest collection of stamps than occupying too much space here

 

 

www.pinterest.com/barnakat/stamp-carving/

[sumidero11]

Some examples of my handmade waxs seals

 

[Sowulo]

Sumidero, are they made of clay?

[sumidero11]

Sumidero, are they made of clay?

 

No ^^, It's made with epoxy, You can view the tutorial in this post :

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/241119-how-to-make-a-wax-seal-with-epoxy/

[Aquinata]

Sumidero, I love the Templar seal!

[Aquinata]

Figure it might be better just sharing my pinterest collection of stamps than occupying too much space here

 

 

www.pinterest.com/barnakat/stamp-carving/

 

Very interesting! Especially the irregular stone stamps-thank you for the link.

[Aquinata]

I'm disappointed in the Hoopoe stamp; the carving is quite uneven so I'm attempting to return it. I was able to do a seal easily with a long fireplace match. I just stirred the wax puddle a bit before stamping to mix in the dot of soot and it looks fine to my eye.

 

I haven't even tried the brulee torch I got yesterday...

Edited November 28, 2013 by Aquinata

[Aquinata]

Busily sealing up my Christmas cards, thought I'd share my three new seals; can you tell they were practice runs?!

 

Compass:

 

 

Claddagh:

 

 

Initial:

 

Edited December 10, 2013 by Aquinata

[kiavonne]

Very nice!

 

And practice runs are known as personal touches.

[Aquinata]

Thanks, the compass was a nice surprise after a weeks long wait for the Hong Kong Ebay vendor to ship. Very well defined and I'm happy with it for a stock stamp.

[ahclem]

Got my very first seal today, it having arrived in near record time from Mustom in Korea.

 

And here's its (and my) very first impression (still have some work to do on that stirring the wax thing):

 

[kiavonne]

Excellent, ahclem! I suspect a story there...

 

Looks to me like the wax stirring was just fine. Nice, clear impression from your seal. I still get a few bubbles now and again, too.

[Aquinata]

Very different and interesting design! I ​d​o enjoy these seals!

[Aquinata]

By the way, I was just informed that our "compass" design is technically called a"Compass Rose" and it's the actual needle which is the compass...a bit of trivia for you

[ahclem]

Excellent, ahclem! I suspect a story there...

 

Only that we're now required to include a seal on all communications with the mothership (to ensure authenticity).

 

Looks to me like the wax stirring was just fine. Nice, clear impression from your seal. I still get a few bubbles now and again, too.

 

Interestingly, through a happy bit of happenstance, a friend and I were driving through Half Moon Bay on Wednesday and had arranged to stop and have lunch with Ward and Linnea of Atelier Gargoyle (wonderful people, BTW). Since the seal had unexpectedly arrived Tuesday, I took along that impression on their wax. Ward used it to demonstrate a technique by which you hold a lit match over (but not too close to) any bubbles and they pop and then remelt enough to basically disappear. Neat.

[ac12]

@ahclem

Thanks for the tip, HMB is just over hwy 92 for me.

That would be a fun day trip.

Edited December 13, 2013 by ac12

[saskia_madding]

Another one I've had for a while but not tried out yet.

 

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af97/Saskia_Madding/Wax%20seals/DSC09957_zpsede911b3.jpg

[kiavonne]

We definitely need "Like" buttons!