How to do seal carving, three ways to carve seals

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The three methods of seal carving are introduced as follows:

1.Punching method. Chazao is a commonly used knife technique in seal carving.

Horizontal knife handling type: when the knife is moved, the tool bar is tilted to the right and outward, and the right corner of the blade is inserted into the stone. The thrust of the middle finger of the knife is constantly punched from the right outward to the left inward.

Vertical knife movement: Move from top to bottom with the hook force of the middle finger. Recoil knife transport:

When transporting the knife, the knife shaft lies at the "tiger's mouth", and the knife is grabbed from the bottom and goes retrograde. The punching method can make the line appear rigid, soft and sharp. When carrying the knife, you can also use the ring finger end against the side of the stone chapter to avoid "losing the knife".

2.Cutter method. When moving the knife, the knife shaft is slightly tilted outward, first wedged into the stone with the right corner of the blade, and then the left corner of the blade is cut off, and one volt is thrown together, from top to bottom or from the outside to the inside, with wrist strength and mountain and arm strength. The use of the cutting knife method can make the lines appear majestic, pungent and spicy.

3.Punching and cutting mixed knife method. When the knife is transported, the punching knife is the main one, and the cutting knife is mixed in the process. The use of punching and cutting mixed knife methods can combine the advantages of the first two knife methods, and the lines expressed are more interesting.

The knife technique of seal carving.

The essentials can be summed up in three words, that is, "steady, accurate, and ruthless".

Steady, confident, intended to be the knife first, calm, steady, the effect can be excellent.

Accurate, look at the direction of the knife, the thickness of the ruler, a knife to the end, in one go. Don't linger halfway, don't easily modify and contrived after carving, and let it taste naturally.

Ruthless, physical and mental strength to gather defeat the stool sparrow, with the momentum of "Mount Tai pressing" boldly move the knife, fierce and fierce, the charm can be strong.

The cripple of the seal carving.

"Knock down" is a measure to modify and remedy the effect of the seal. Ancient seals have been passed down to the present day, and they have changed over time, mottled and broken, but they have increased their antiquity. If you blindly pursue the broken and hazy, so that it leads to a loose and excessive evil habit, you will not be able to clean it up. In the following cases, the "cripple" method can be adopted.

Strokes overlap and are rigid. For example, horizontal strokes overlap and can come from horizontal, breaking some of them intermittently.

The white text printing has a large empty bottom, and the corner of the knife can be used to poke the remnants in order to change the space.

Where the printed strokes are crowded, certain lines can be broken for evacuation. If the border is too neat, and the individual strokes in the printed text are too close to the frame, and the space feels suffocated, the back of the knife or the top of the knife can be used to cripple the border or the inside or outside, so as to be natural, vivid and simple.

Seal carving is a traditional art form, because ancient seals mostly used seal script to seal and get its name. [1] It is the art of combining calligraphy and engraving (including chiseling and casting) to make seals. In terms of production process, it refers to the engrave of patterns or words designed on a flat surface on materials such as metal, stone, teeth, and horns.

With the passage of time and the user's non-rolling teasing, Chinese seals have different names. Before the Qin Dynasty, the seal was called 鉨 (同玺). After Qin Shi Huang unified China, he stipulated that the emperor should use a seal for the preparation of files, and the seal of ordinary people was called a seal.

The seals used by emperors, empresses, and kings in the Han Dynasty were called seals, and the names of seals, seals, and seals appeared in official seals and private seals. The Tang Dynasty called the treasure. Since the Song and Yuan dynasties, official seals and private seals have been called marks, Zhu Ji, customs defense, custody, seals, stamps and other names.

Seal carving originated in China, and later spread and became popular in East Asia.