How do you carve a seal on agate rough stones? How to engrave an agate seal

I think it's important to have a printing bed to hold the stone. If there is no printing bed, it is necessary to hold the seal stone tightly when practicing seal carving, and also to grasp the strength of the knife, which will be difficult for beginners.

I learned that agate rough can be used as a carved rough stone just like other jade because of its good texture and color. But the difference is that the pattern structure of agate is more complex. Because of the limitations of patterns and colors, it is more difficult to use.

There is also manual knife carving, this method is to use a special knife to carve the seal on the printing material, which is more difficult and takes a long time.

It's really difficult to really carve because agate is very hard. But the more difficult it is to overcome, the more beautiful it will be.

I don't know how to carve, but what I admire the most is the carver who dares to use agate as a raw material! Because he not only wants to retain the characteristics of the pattern and color of the agate rough itself, but also expresses the beauty in his heart through agate.

Although we are not carvers, we must learn the mentality of carvers and achieve our own beautiful goals under the conditions of preserving the original life. If you don't do it carefully, no matter how good the agate rough is, it will eventually be "carved" into sand!

I think the machine sandblasting method is good, it is to use the computer to design the print, the printed print is pasted on the printing material, put into the machine, sandblasting, the finished product effect is the same as the computer design, and it is fast and convenient, and cheap.

I think the method of hand engraving is the same as that of jade, using an electronic grinding machine or hanging grinding to engrave the inscription, which is the most common method at present.

First of all, the thickness of the back is cut out of a flat surface, and then you can make a seal from it. Treating seals on hard materials such as jade and agate is called choosing.

There are three main ways to engrave agate seals:

1. Machine sandblasting method.

It is to use the computer to design the printed text, paste the printed printed text on the printing material, put it into the machine, and carry out sandblasting treatment, the finished product effect is the same as the computer design, the advantage is fast and convenient, cheap, the disadvantage is the same, there is no personality, it does not conform to the idea of seal carving, it is okay to make a toy, and the collection is not very suitable.

2. Hand carving method, the same method as the jade, with an electronic grinding machine or hanging grinding to engrave the inscription, which is currently the most common method, to solve the shortcomings of the method one, the inscription can be designed by themselves, or it can be designed by professionals.

3. Manual knife carving, this method is to use a special knife to carve the seal on the printing material, which is difficult and time-consuming.

Generally, use a grinding needle with emery, and find a lot of electric grinding, table grinding, hanging grinding and the like.

Agate (jade) seal carving method seal carving is an art that the Chinese are proud of, everyone will tailor one or more seals for themselves, a good seal can not be separated from good printing and printing materials, since the Ming Dynasty, the printing materials are mostly soft stones, such as Shoushan stone, Qingtian stone, Bahrain stone, etc., but there are many exceptions, many famous families, Confucian scholars also like to use some precious and rare printing materials, such as Hetian jade, jade, agate, crystal, ivory and so on, The hardness of these precious gemstones is usually relatively high, and traces cannot be drawn with a simple carving knife, so how do people carve seals? I'm going to cover a few of the methods I've seen here:

1, the machine sandblasting method, is to use the computer to design the print, the printed print on the printing material, put into the machine, sandblasting, the finished product effect and the computer design of the same, the advantage is fast and convenient, cheap, the disadvantage is the same, no personality, does not conform to the idea of seal carving, to make a toy can be, the collection is not very suitable.

2, hand-carved method, the same method and jade, with an electronic grinding machine or hanging grinding engraving seal, this is currently the most common method, to solve the shortcomings of method one, the seal can be designed by yourself, can also be designed by professionals to help you, ** small expensive, but acceptable, most of the people who dare to carve the seal can do.

3, manual knife carving, this method is to use a special knife on the printing material for seal carving, difficult, time-consuming, see the specific method of Mr. Deng Sanmu.

Naturally, it is one. After the determination, the third and fourth layers will be studied

Fifth layer, etc. The more layers, the more delicate it needs to be, in order to better reflect the exquisiteness of the work and have higher artistic value.

A large carved shape with a theme positioning.

It's done. Thirdly, it began to be meticulously carved by the carver. Pay attention to the following points in the process of refinement:

First, take the first level as the theme, remove the excess agate meat, and perfectly move on to the next level.

Second, according to the characteristics of agate ore, thin, brittle, soft

Small and fine places should be done later, and the large area should be processed first

There is hardness, not afraid of modification of the place first carving, easy to damage the place to be careful excellence, can not be affected.

The completeness and perfection of the work.

3. Sometimes according to the needs of the agate material, it should be done from the back, and the front should be highlighted according to the background of the back.

The design content should be followed by a chain cover before and after. There should be no contrast between the front and back that is too sensitive, resulting in a lack of artistry. Otherwise, do.

The product may lose its value.

Fourth, in the process of carving, carving and polishing should be combined.

When engraving, consider the technique of polishing.

It is required that in the subtle places of carving, in order to ensure the integrity of the work, it is necessary to polish it first. To prevent due to engraving.

The delicacy of the agate works causes the material of the agate work to adhere to contaminants to prevent the appearance of scale or rust stains.

In the later stage of the completion of the work, it is fully polished.

During the polishing process, the technician must note:

The artistry of the work should fully reflect the subject matter of the work

The connotation and artistic value should be polished in a targeted manner.

Technicians should combine light and dark in the process of processing

The luminosity should match the needs of the carving theme, and strive for all the subtleties.

The carving is complete, the breadth of the carving is clear at a glance, it is integrated, and it is unique and elegant.

After the completion of an engraving work, in order to reflect the value of the work and the needs of the application, it should be perfectly packaged.

For a good work, the artistry of the packaging is very crucial to reflect its value.

First of all, you need to have a good seat.

What to choose. Material、

The style and subject matter can reflect the integrity of his work, and it is also an artistically challenging work.

This is the stage of sublimation before the agate work is baked.

Boxes, bags, etc

Transportation requirements, etc. are all agate carvings.

A part of the engraving process that needs to be fully considered.

The above is a brief introduction to the agate carving process, and the production of each exquisite piece requires a different production structure.

Thinking about different artistic reproductions, this is a subject that every agate practitioner must seriously study.

Agate is a natural mineral.

Stone is a type of gemstone.

It should be said that thousands of years of Chinese with Chong Ming endowed the aura of agate throughout the body, which needs to be more.

Many agate designers and processors dig deeper, but also give the majority of agate lovers full imagination space.

Agate is full of wisdom, as long as you read her carefully, understand her, and enlighten her, she will bring you blessings and luck.