0:00:54.847,0:00:56.146 Good evening, 0:00:56.548,0:01:00.265 and welcome to a new relaxing tutorial. 0:01:01.816,0:01:04.050 I missed paper sounds 0:01:04.050,0:01:08.835 and these are probably my favourite triggers[br]when it comes to ASMR. 0:01:10.235,0:01:16.737 So tonight I will focus on something[br]I've never done as a video theme before: 0:01:17.689,0:01:22.423 paper folding and more specifically,[br]letters. 0:01:24.073,0:01:29.491 Envelopes are a quite modern invention[br]in the History of humanity 0:01:29.491,0:01:33.592 and we really started to use them[br]during the 19th 0:01:33.592,0:01:36.610 and even more the 20th century only, 0:01:37.760,0:01:42.079 before that, people would simply[br]write their letter 0:01:42.079,0:01:46.214 and fold it, and sometimes lock it[br]or seal it 0:01:46.214,0:01:49.232 so no one would open it[br]but the recipient. 0:01:50.864,0:01:55.232 There was no specific rule when[br]it comes to letter folding, 0:01:55.232,0:02:02.452 but starting from the 18th century[br]we could start to see some returning methods 0:02:02.452,0:02:07.336 including some that became quite popular[br]in the 19th century. 0:02:08.854,0:02:13.138 So let's dive straight into[br]what I'm going to use tonight, 0:02:13.138,0:02:18.956 starting with a few really beautiful[br]papers I've come across. 0:02:22.308,0:02:27.677 There are 2 handwritten texts. 0:02:29.612,0:02:35.196 This is a letter from Jane Austen[br]to her sister Cassanda 0:02:36.236,0:02:41.060 that I copied on canvas paper, I think. 0:02:42.732,0:02:46.216 This is specifically made for letters. 0:02:50.183,0:02:57.869 This is a poem by Robert Frost. 0:02:58.455,0:03:02.304 But my handwriting is not really[br]beautiful on this one, 0:03:03.338,0:03:05.206 I might no use it. 0:03:06.278,0:03:10.428 But I love this paper,[br]this is parchment. 0:03:18.881,0:03:24.768 I've also come across these papers[br]with printed handwriting on it. 0:03:31.054,0:03:34.170 And I think this is very pretty[br]for origami, 0:03:36.022,0:03:37.572 especially this one. 0:03:53.911,0:03:56.813 And I have also printed 0:03:59.279,0:04:01.830 a letter from the 16th century 0:04:03.498,0:04:07.480 by Alexander VI, a pope. 0:04:11.934,0:04:16.252 This paper is probably my favourite,[br]this is cotton paper. 0:04:19.353,0:04:23.904 It has so much character,[br]I really like the texture. 0:04:25.637,0:04:28.939 It's not the easiest one to fold, though. 0:04:30.071,0:04:32.872 I'm not sure I will use it. 0:04:37.058,0:04:40.693 And this is umi-e japanese paper, 0:04:41.942,0:04:43.626 I'm not sure about the name. 0:04:45.128,0:04:49.196 And I have slightly aged it[br]with a bit of coffee. 0:04:52.729,0:04:54.630 For more crinkles. 0:05:08.948,0:05:11.649 I'm also going to use sealing wax. 0:05:14.351,0:05:21.436 This is real natural wax by the way,[br]made from pine resin, 0:05:23.824,0:05:28.705 and not these plastic sticks[br]with a wick 0:05:28.705,0:05:30.605 that I really don't like. 0:05:36.538,0:05:40.538 I will also use a melting spoon, 0:05:42.989,0:05:44.440 I have a couple here 0:05:45.057,0:05:47.374 and sealing stamps. 0:05:49.408,0:05:52.559 I have a few different ones. 0:05:57.845,0:06:04.430 I will also use a ruler, a pen[br]or a pencil 0:06:06.064,0:06:07.199 a bone folder, 0:06:09.699,0:06:13.867 which is optional but it makes[br]your creases so neat. 0:06:15.634,0:06:20.235 And for the first folding[br]I will also use a craft knife. 0:06:22.218,0:06:28.305 So, the first folding is after[br]the last letter written by Mary Stuart 0:06:28.788,0:06:34.091 in 1587, to the king of France, [br]Henri III. 0:06:36.190,0:06:41.141 This is one of the most interesting[br]techniques I have seen actually. 0:06:42.595,0:06:49.280 This is a tutorial that already exists [br]on Youtube and which is quite famous 0:06:49.280,0:06:51.847 as unintentional ASMR, 0:06:51.847,0:06:55.516 but I just wanted to make it[br]with my own vibes. 0:06:57.383,0:07:00.200 So I'm going to use this paper. 0:07:04.702,0:07:12.005 And this is a technique that works[br]very well wether you have a simple sheet of paper 0:07:12.005,0:07:14.556 or a double spread. 0:07:16.064,0:07:21.214 So I will start very simply [br]by folding my letter in two, 0:07:25.433,0:07:27.751 so I can see where the middle is. 0:07:33.519,0:07:38.138 And then, this is the thing[br]I prefer about this method, 0:07:38.138,0:07:42.458 I'm going to cut a very small [br]strip of paper here, 0:07:43.708,0:07:45.791 starting from the middle. 0:07:47.559,0:07:53.592 I'm just going to take [br]a wooden board. 0:08:11.082,0:08:15.034 So, starting from the middle... 0:08:31.997,0:08:38.949 Making sure it's still attached at this point,[br]but separated from the main page 0:08:38.949,0:08:40.934 at the top of it. 0:08:53.338,0:08:57.422 I'm using a craft knife[br]but you can do it with scissors. 0:09:03.162,0:09:04.345 Alright. 0:09:10.547,0:09:11.982 There it is. 0:09:17.518,0:09:22.036 Now I will fold it again,[br]following my previous crease, 0:09:22.920,0:09:25.938 leaving my little strip out. 0:09:46.478,0:09:50.114 And this is when I can use my folder. 0:10:02.624,0:10:07.860 Now I will fold it again,[br]but not up to the top, 0:10:08.194,0:10:11.577 I want to leave about 2 centimeters here. 0:10:32.384,0:10:35.469 And then simply fold in two. 0:10:58.577,0:11:04.390 And then one last time,[br]in two again, across the width. 0:11:22.526,0:11:26.078 And we are done with the folding part. 0:11:27.145,0:11:32.113 And now I'm going to use[br]this little strip of paper 0:11:32.580,0:11:35.013 to lock all the layers together. 0:11:38.815,0:11:42.501 So I will use the knife again... 0:11:47.868,0:11:54.002 And make a hole right at the center,[br]near the edge, 0:11:55.821,0:11:59.022 but not on the edge,[br]or else it won't do. 0:11:59.438,0:12:03.457 It doesn't have to be huge[br]just about one centimeter. 0:12:13.159,0:12:15.778 But it has to go through [br]all the layers. 0:12:42.562,0:12:43.597 Good. 0:12:49.889,0:12:54.690 Now I can put the strip[br]through the hole. 0:13:09.428,0:13:10.679 Carefully... 0:13:29.518,0:13:34.754 And I'm going to bring it up again[br]and go through the hole a second time, 0:13:36.537,0:13:39.121 this will be a little trickier. 0:14:06.722,0:14:08.007 There it is. 0:14:28.464,0:14:33.499 And I can tuck what's left underneath. 0:14:43.552,0:14:44.868 And that's it. 0:14:49.387,0:14:52.238 As you can see it's quite locked now, 0:14:52.888,0:15:01.159 and it would be very hard to open it[br]without breaking that little strip of paper, 0:15:01.890,0:15:07.409 and the recipient would immediately[br]know that someone read their letter. 0:15:09.277,0:15:15.797 Now let's jump to the 18th and[br]beginning of the 19th century 0:15:15.797,0:15:20.031 where letter folding became[br]more standardised 0:15:20.031,0:15:22.781 although there was still no rule. 0:15:24.903,0:15:30.567 There were slightly different versions[br]of the one I'm going to show you, 0:15:30.567,0:15:32.230 depending on the decade, 0:15:32.933,0:15:38.401 but overall it is the simplest folding[br]method I will show you tonight. 0:15:39.985,0:15:44.004 So, here is my letter, 0:15:45.485,0:15:52.020 and I will start by folding [br]about two centimeters, one inch, 0:15:52.020,0:15:54.822 on each side of the letter. 0:15:56.589,0:15:57.740 Just like this. 0:16:18.147,0:16:22.983 You can also simply fold it[br]to the middle, 0:16:24.116,0:16:25.400 as you prefer. 0:16:36.304,0:16:40.538 And then I will fold the upper part, 0:16:42.638,0:16:45.489 about 2 or 3 centimeters again, 0:16:45.757,0:16:48.975 it doesn't have to be[br]extremely accurate. 0:17:10.914,0:17:17.483 And I will fold the bottom side in 2,[br]almost to the top. 0:17:28.437,0:17:34.255 And as you can see,[br]the upper folded part 0:17:34.255,0:17:36.190 and the bottom of the letter, 0:17:36.190,0:17:38.007 will overlap. 0:17:38.257,0:17:39.923 And this is what we want, 0:17:44.041,0:17:47.592 because now I will tuck this flap 0:17:51.310,0:17:54.930 into the the upper part, like this. 0:18:13.552,0:18:15.469 And the folding is done. 0:18:19.853,0:18:22.338 Quite simple as you can see. 0:18:23.789,0:18:26.988 And now let's pick a stamp. 0:18:28.390,0:18:29.674 I have... 0:18:35.943,0:18:42.611 The fleur-de-lys, which I used[br]for one of my 18th century videos. 0:18:49.002,0:18:50.553 The tree of life, 0:18:58.023,0:19:01.025 and the flower of life's symbol, 0:19:01.025,0:19:03.041 I'm going to use this one. 0:19:07.588,0:19:13.474 And I will choose the classic red. 0:19:15.957,0:19:20.792 Some just break a little piece[br]of the wax stick, 0:19:20.792,0:19:26.843 but I find it easier to have it melted[br]directly from the stick, 0:19:26.843,0:19:29.394 as I can just stop[br]when I think I have enough. 0:19:41.508,0:19:42.593 Here we go. 0:19:50.660,0:19:53.128 Usually it's quite quick. 0:20:19.553,0:20:20.903 Alright. 0:20:37.059,0:20:39.127 Let's press it. 0:20:50.647,0:20:52.647 Maybe I put a little bit too much. 0:20:58.716,0:21:02.049 Now don't be hasty,[br]you have to wait a little bit 0:21:02.049,0:21:04.135 so it can cool down. 0:21:07.186,0:21:10.438 Alright, let's have a look. 0:21:25.475,0:21:27.343 And there you have it, 0:21:32.894,0:21:36.978 your letter directly[br]from Jane Austen's home. 0:21:39.896,0:21:42.064 Now last letter folding... 0:21:42.981,0:21:47.949 And we're going to move forward[br]to the Victorian era, 0:21:47.949,0:21:52.834 and less specifically,[br]just the whole 19th century, 0:21:54.118,0:21:58.569 with a folding that was very popular: 0:21:59.569,0:22:01.019 the love card. 0:22:02.853,0:22:05.121 So not really a letter. 0:22:06.905,0:22:11.174 This is one I made a little bit earlier, 0:22:11.174,0:22:14.457 but that I haven't decorated yet. 0:22:33.314,0:22:37.432 This one is more complex[br]than the two previous ones 0:22:37.432,0:22:39.683 as it contains a tricky part, 0:22:41.764,0:22:45.614 but I will to try to show it[br]as slowly as I can. 0:22:47.628,0:22:51.779 So this time we're going to need[br]a square sheet of paper. 0:22:53.161,0:22:56.481 And very accurate folds and creases. 0:22:58.531,0:23:02.966 Just cutting a regular A4 sheet of paper[br]will be just fine, 0:23:04.566,0:23:08.518 so you will have a 21 centimeter square 0:23:10.253,0:23:16.988 and for this I will take a two-sided paper[br]rather than a blank one 0:23:16.988,0:23:21.640 as I think it will be easier to understand[br]which side is what. 0:23:26.882,0:23:32.934 So I'm going to need a ruler[br]and a pencil as well. 0:23:39.286,0:23:42.854 So, the first steps are quite simple. 0:23:44.638,0:23:51.457 I will fold my square in 2[br]to create diagonal creases. 0:24:16.433,0:24:18.817 Same on the other side. 0:24:43.140,0:24:46.159 So I have 2 diagonals. 0:24:49.440,0:24:56.125 And then I need 3 identical parts[br]and that's when you want to put marks 0:24:56.125,0:25:03.461 because you just can't estimate it[br]or the final folding will drive you nuts. 0:25:05.433,0:25:10.918 So here for example I have [br]a 21 centimeter square 0:25:11.228,0:25:15.662 so I will need a mark every 7 centimeters. 0:25:18.129,0:25:22.464 To do this I will take a ruler[br]and put a mark at 0:25:27.099,0:25:30.451 7 and 14. 0:25:35.335,0:25:38.871 And the same on the 3 other sides. 0:25:47.740,0:25:50.823 7... 14... 0:26:02.229,0:26:05.646 7, 14... 0:26:06.745,0:26:08.463 And last one, 0:26:16.349,0:26:22.524 7... 14. 0:26:32.024,0:26:35.376 Now let's fold it in every direction. 0:26:43.459,0:26:45.993 I have my marks here. 0:27:06.309,0:27:12.093 There it's going to be easier[br]because I have my crease here. 0:27:17.779,0:27:22.532 And here I have to be as precise[br]as I can. 0:28:02.229,0:28:04.296 Last one... 0:28:17.800,0:28:23.418 So as a result[br]I have 9 squares 0:28:26.036,0:28:27.870 and 2 diagonals. 0:28:30.905,0:28:34.088 Now let's turn it over[br]to the other side. 0:28:43.286,0:28:51.141 And I'm going to fold each corner[br]down to the opposite corner 0:28:51.374,0:28:52.990 of the center square. 0:29:01.660,0:29:09.214 So, each corner down[br]to the opposite corner 0:29:10.832,0:29:12.631 of the center square. 0:29:18.734,0:29:26.986 And for each side, it's easier if you turn[br]your sheet a quarter of the way round each time. 0:29:32.138,0:29:39.554 The corner down to [br]the opposite corner, 0:29:42.338,0:29:43.906 and so on. 0:30:09.030,0:30:10.448 Last one. 0:30:29.873,0:30:31.106 And done. 0:30:31.887,0:30:34.162 Let's turn it over again. 0:30:38.120,0:30:40.904 And here comes the tricky part. 0:30:41.554,0:30:45.990 I need to fold 4 of the diagonals[br]I have created 0:30:47.556,0:30:49.775 at the same time. 0:30:52.207,0:30:54.942 This one, this one, 0:30:54.942,0:30:57.895 this one, and this one. 0:31:00.233,0:31:03.635 I will add a few marks[br]so you can see better. 0:31:24.042,0:31:25.610 Let's start here. 0:31:29.181,0:31:32.970 I'm folding this diagonal along the line, 0:31:35.471,0:31:37.989 it should come quite easily,[br]don't force it. 0:31:39.788,0:31:42.740 Down across the middle, 0:31:43.656,0:31:49.509 so the corner here should match[br]the corner of our center square. 0:31:52.643,0:31:55.027 And I will do it for each side, 0:31:55.944,0:31:59.912 keeping each part in my fingers[br]without pressing them yet. 0:32:01.596,0:32:03.681 The first one is always easy. 0:32:07.014,0:32:10.816 Then this one, same. 0:32:16.484,0:32:17.568 This one. 0:32:27.721,0:32:29.321 And this one. 0:32:38.790,0:32:43.560 Once I have folded[br]the 4 of them 0:32:44.060,0:32:45.360 I can press. 0:32:53.728,0:32:56.645 It should fall naturally into place. 0:33:01.026,0:33:06.293 And here is our beautiful star shape. 0:33:14.296,0:33:18.815 You will need to practice a little bit,[br]I could only get it right 0:33:18.815,0:33:21.999 with my second sheet of paper, 0:33:23.366,0:33:27.567 and if you have succeeded [br]with the first one, 0:33:27.567,0:33:29.851 congratulations. 0:33:31.986,0:33:36.453 Now I can fold each pointy part[br]over the center square. 0:33:45.523,0:33:50.408 And tuck the last one,[br]under the first one. 0:34:12.665,0:34:18.200 All that is left to do now[br]is to decorate each part 0:34:22.052,0:34:27.787 and maybe put a little present[br]in the small box we have here. 0:34:32.854,0:34:39.625 I'm going to take my blank version,[br]this one was just for the tutorial, 0:34:42.325,0:34:47.660 and I will start decorating it, silently, 0:34:50.078,0:34:54.645 I may use a bit of watercolour. 0:35:00.098,0:35:02.914 And I will probably not finish it today. 0:35:05.198,0:35:08.000 I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. 0:35:08.316,0:35:12.700 And as always, I wish you[br]a very good night.