If you’ve ever wanted to create your own authentic wax seal, I’ve finally cracked it using a laser-engraved brass stamp — and I’ll show you how.

They come and go out of fashion, but wax seals still evoke a sense of quality and authenticity that has survived for hundreds of years. Over a lesser number of years, I have attempted various ways of making my own version, from a faux wax seal using embossing powder, to another made from pewter and latterly engraving acrylic with the laser and painting over with a soft-touch varnish. None of those were authentic though

With the arrival of my xTool F1 Ultra fiber laser, the opportunity was there to finally create my own proper, customised, brass wax seal stamp and apply an authentic wax seal to my work.