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Good evening,

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and welcome to a new relaxing tutorial.

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I missed paper sounds

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and these are probably my favourite triggers
when it comes to ASMR.

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So tonight I will focus on something
I've never done as a video theme before:

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paper folding and more specifically,
letters.

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Envelopes are a quite modern invention
in the History of humanity

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and we really started to use them
during the 19th

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and even more the 20th century only,

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before that, people would simply
write their letter

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and fold it, and sometimes lock it
or seal it

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so no one would open it
but the recipient.

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There was no specific rule when
it comes to letter folding,

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but starting from the 18th century
we could start to see some returning methods

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including some that became quite popular
in the 19th century.

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So let's dive straight into
what I'm going to use tonight,

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starting with a few really beautiful
papers I've come across.

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There are 2 handwritten texts.

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This is a letter from Jane Austen
to her sister Cassanda

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that I copied on canvas paper, I think.

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This is specifically made for letters.

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This is a poem by Robert Frost.

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But my handwriting is not really
beautiful on this one,

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I might no use it.

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But I love this paper,
this is parchment.

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I've also come across these papers
with printed handwriting on it.

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And I think this is very pretty
for origami,

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especially this one.

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And I have also printed

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a letter from the 16th century

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by Alexander VI, a pope.

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This paper is probably my favourite,
this is cotton paper.

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It has so much character,
I really like the texture.

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It's not the easiest one to fold, though.

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I'm not sure I will use it.

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And this is umi-e japanese paper,

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I'm not sure about the name.

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And I have slightly aged it
with a bit of coffee.

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For more crinkles.

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I'm also going to use sealing wax.

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This is real natural wax by the way,
made from pine resin,

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and not these plastic sticks
with a wick

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that I really don't like.

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I will also use a melting spoon,

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I have a couple here

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and sealing stamps.

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I have a few different ones.

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I will also use a ruler, a pen
or a pencil

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a bone folder,

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which is optional but it makes
your creases so neat.

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And for the first folding
I will also use a craft knife.

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So, the first folding is after
the last letter written by Mary Stuart

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in 1587, to the king of France, 
Henri III.

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This is one of the most interesting
techniques I have seen actually.

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This is a tutorial that already exists 
on Youtube and which is quite famous

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as unintentional ASMR,

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but I just wanted to make it
with my own vibes.

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So I'm going to use this paper.

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And this is a technique that works
very well wether you have a simple sheet of paper

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or a double spread.

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So I will start very simply 
by folding my letter in two,

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so I can see where the middle is.

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And then, this is the thing
I prefer about this method,

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I'm going to cut a very small 
strip of paper here,

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starting from the middle.

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I'm just going to take 
a wooden board.

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So, starting from the middle...

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Making sure it's still attached at this point,
but separated from the main page

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at the top of it.

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I'm using a craft knife
but you can do it with scissors.

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Alright.

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There it is.

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Now I will fold it again,
following my previous crease,

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leaving my little strip out.

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And this is when I can use my folder.

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Now I will fold it again,
but not up to the top,

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I want to leave about 2 centimeters here.

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And then simply fold in two.

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And then one last time,
in two again, across the width.

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And we are done with the folding part.

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And now I'm going to use
this little strip of paper

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to lock all the layers together.

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So I will use the knife again...

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And make a hole right at the center,
near the edge,

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but not on the edge,
or else it won't do.

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It doesn't have to be huge
just about one centimeter.

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But it has to go through 
all the layers.

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Good.

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Now I can put the strip
through the hole.

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Carefully...

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And I'm going to bring it up again
and go through the hole a second time,

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this will be a little trickier.

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There it is.

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And I can tuck what's left underneath.

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And that's it.

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As you can see it's quite locked now,

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and it would be very hard to open it
without breaking that little strip of paper,

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and the recipient would immediately
know that someone read their letter.

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Now let's jump to the 18th and
beginning of the 19th century

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where letter folding became
more standardised

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although there was still no rule.

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There were slightly different versions
of the one I'm going to show you,

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depending on the decade,

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but overall it is the simplest folding
method I will show you tonight.

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So, here is my letter,

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and I will start by folding 
about two centimeters, one inch,

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on each side of the letter.

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Just like this.

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You can also simply fold it
to the middle,

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as you prefer.

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And then I will fold the upper part,

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about 2 or 3 centimeters again,

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it doesn't have to be
extremely accurate.

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And I will fold the bottom side in 2,
almost to the top.

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And as you can see,
the upper folded part

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and the bottom of the letter,

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will overlap.

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And this is what we want,

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because now I will tuck this flap

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into the the upper part, like this.

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And the folding is done.

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Quite simple as you can see.

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And now let's pick a stamp.

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I have...

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The fleur-de-lys, which I used
for one of my 18th century videos.

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The tree of life,

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and the flower of life's symbol,

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I'm going to use this one.

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And I will choose the classic red.

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Some just break a little piece
of the wax stick,

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but I find it easier to have it melted
directly from the stick,

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as I can just stop
when I think I have enough.

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Here we go.

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Usually it's quite quick.

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Alright.

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Let's press it.

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Maybe I put a little bit too much.

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Now don't be hasty,
you have to wait a little bit

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so it can cool down.

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Alright, let's have a look.

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And there you have it,

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your letter directly
from Jane Austen's home.

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Now last letter folding...

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And we're going to move forward
to the Victorian era,

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and less specifically,
just the whole 19th century,

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with a folding that was very popular:

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the love card.

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So not really a letter.

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This is one I made a little bit earlier,

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but that I haven't decorated yet.

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This one is more complex
than the two previous ones

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as it contains a tricky part,

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but I will to try to show it
as slowly as I can.

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So this time we're going to need
a square sheet of paper.

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And very accurate folds and creases.

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Just cutting a regular A4 sheet of paper
will be just fine,

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so you will have a 21 centimeter square

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and for this I will take a two-sided paper
rather than a blank one

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as I think it will be easier to understand
which side is what.

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So I'm going to need a ruler
and a pencil as well.

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So, the first steps are quite simple.

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I will fold my square in 2
to create diagonal creases.

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Same on the other side.

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So I have 2 diagonals.

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And then I need 3 identical parts
and that's when you want to put marks

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because you just can't estimate it
or the final folding will drive you nuts.

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So here for example I have 
a 21 centimeter square

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so I will need a mark every 7 centimeters.

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To do this I will take a ruler
and put a mark at

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7 and 14.

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And the same on the 3 other sides.

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7... 14...

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7, 14...

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And last one,

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7... 14.

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Now let's fold it in every direction.

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I have my marks here.

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There it's going to be easier
because I have my crease here.

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And here I have to be as precise
as I can.

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Last one...

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So as a result
I have 9 squares

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and 2 diagonals.

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Now let's turn it over
to the other side.

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And I'm going to fold each corner
down to the opposite corner

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of the center square.

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So, each corner down
to the opposite corner

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of the center square.

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And for each side, it's easier if you turn
your sheet a quarter of the way round each time.

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The corner down to 
the opposite corner,

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and so on.

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Last one.

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And done.

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Let's turn it over again.

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And here comes the tricky part.

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I need to fold 4 of the diagonals
I have created

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at the same time.

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This one, this one,

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this one, and this one.

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I will add a few marks
so you can see better.

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Let's start here.

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I'm folding this diagonal along the line,

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it should come quite easily,
don't force it.

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Down across the middle,

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so the corner here should match
the corner of our center square.

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And I will do it for each side,

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keeping each part in my fingers
without pressing them yet.

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The first one is always easy.

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Then this one, same.

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This one.

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And this one.

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Once I have folded
the 4 of them

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I can press.

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It should fall naturally into place.

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And here is our beautiful star shape.

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You will need to practice a little bit,
I could only get it right

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with my second sheet of paper,

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and if you have succeeded 
with the first one,

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congratulations.

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Now I can fold each pointy part
over the center square.

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And tuck the last one,
under the first one.

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All that is left to do now
is to decorate each part

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and maybe put a little present
in the small box we have here.

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I'm going to take my blank version,
this one was just for the tutorial,

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and I will start decorating it, silently,

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I may use a bit of watercolour.

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And I will probably not finish it today.

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I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.

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And as always, I wish you
a very good night.