The historical origin of the art of printing buttons, the art of engraving of printing buttons

3. All the seal button carving depends on the shape of the seal chosen. The main steps: one is cutting, also known as "calcite", that is, sawing the rough stone into a chapter blank.

Qing "Guanshi Lu" contains: "The stone is moist, the sawing row is hot, the line is forced to stay dry for a long time, and the solution is 'hydrolysis'. When sawing, one person carries a kettle.

Xu poured it". After the chapter blank is formed, it is necessary to "pass the brick", that is, to polish the printing blank. The second is the "phase stone".

The key to the success or failure of button carving lies in the "phase stone". The seal has four sides, and it is necessary to determine its orientation, commonly known as: "facing and standing".

The design of the button should give full play to the characteristics of the stone, and pay attention to the concealment of the defects of the top stone. The image design of the button carving should be proportional to the overall height of the seal; It is usually one-third of the entire seal, but usually no more than one-half of the seal.

There are many forms of the ancient seal seal, and from the Han Dynasty below, all dynasties are made as the elephant micro or distinguish the level of the official position, now it is the era of democracy, there is no limit, the general people like the dragon button, the lion button, it is really "the people are wearing ribbons, each is good". Indo-New Zealand can be roughly divided into two categories: three-dimensional buttons, bogurines, etc.: animal buttons.

There are ancient beasts, such as cockroaches, dragons, phoenixes, unicorns, evil spirits...There are ordinary animals, birds, animals, insects, fish, etc.

Plants: Melons, fruits, flowers and other plants.

Characters, Buddhas, historical figures, etc.

A clever mix of New people, animals, and plants. Imitation ancient utensils or ancient utensils on the pattern carved out of the button, dragon butterfly pattern, gluttonous pattern, thunder pattern, cloud pattern, etc., also known as flat button.

Carved shallow relief around the body of the seal, because the carving layer is extremely thin and full of picturesqueness, hence the name Boyi, whether it is landscapes, figures, flowers and birds, all sides are continuous, connected into one, into a painting.

Seal button, also known as "seal button", also known as "seal nose". The perforated carving at the top of the seal hall seal. The buttonholes are used to wear ribbons and wear them on the body.

Qin and Han seal buttons, there are turtles, cockroaches, tigers and other shapes to distinguish the first grade. The buttons of the private seal of later generations have more forms. "There are buttons in the seal, there is a cover in the utensils, there is a forehead in the stele, there is a point in the floating slaughter, and there are top ridges in the pavilions and buildings.

Although their shapes are different, their decorative functions are the same. In the pre-Qin period, the official seal button had nose buttons, table buttons, etc. In the Han Dynasty, different buttons such as cockroaches, turtles, camels, and horses were used to distinguish the ranks of emperors and officials.

Whether it is the art of seal carving or the art of printing buttons (that is, people usually say that Han buttons with round pure Chinese seals) are still respected by people, and as a model for learning seals and buttons.

Inu yìn niǔ

It is also known as "Yinniu", also known as "Yinna". Carved carved with holes at the top of the seal. The buttonholes are used to wear ribbons and wear them on the body. Qin and Han seal buttons, there are turtles, cockroaches, evil spirits, tigers and other shapes to distinguish the best grades. The buttons of the private seal of later generations have more forms.

Seal buttons, also known as "seal noses", are carved with holes at the top of ancient seals.