For this day long event I choose to go to the art club event of wax seal stamp making. We walked into the room and there were a couple of people already there. I was with Marcia and Brenn. We had meet Jessica and others there. When we got we were introduced to a series of wax sculpting instruments. A member from the art club told us what to do the clay and the process that would be needed to harden the stamp. She then handed all of us pieces of clay. I sat down and began to mold the clay into a stamp. I tried drawing the face of someone but it wasn’t working out so I smeared it off. I figured then that I would cutout a flower. The flower didn’t turn out as I expected so I smeared it off. The art club girl mentioned that five minutes were left before we had to hand in the stamp. I settled and decided to write “Hi”. I handed my stamp in and waited for 30 minutes for it to bake. Ten minutes before time was up the art club member taught everyone how to pour the wax and properly place the stamp. When they were ready I grabbed mine. It was very warm. I took an orange wax candle and lit it. I held the wax candle at an angle and let the wax drip on paper. When the wax puddle came to be of a sufficient size I blew out the candle. I dampened the stamp and then pressed it firm on the waxy puddle. After a minute I took the stamp off and it revealed the “Hi”. The workshop had come to an end at this time. I gathered all my materials and left with my stamp. It was fun making stamps because I had friends to talk to and I learned how to make wax stamps.
