How to carve by hand?

The commonly used stones for carving are Qingtian stone and frozen stone, each with its own characteristics. Qingtian stone is harder and frozen stone looks better. These two kinds of stones can be chosen according to your own preferences.

Second, tools:

The common tool for carving is a carving knife, generally four pieces, which is used for carving large and small characters, digging deep, trimming corners and other processes.

Third, the production process:

1. Smooth the seal surface and remove the wax. The newly bought Yin Zhangshi surface is not necessarily smooth, and needs to be re-polished. At the same time, there may be a layer of wax on the surface of the original stone of the seal, which needs to be shoveled off or baked with fire.

2. According to the need of lettering quantity, taking four characters as an example, the surface of Yin Zhangshi is divided into four areas on average, and four are removed.