How to carve the edge of seal cutting?

When carving edges, seal, official script and cursive script all use double knives. Running script uses a single knife, that is, a knife and a stroke. Carve border paragraphs, which can be carved in stroke order. Wen Peng of the Ming Dynasty used the method of lettering, that is, writing the words on the seal first, and then carving them with a double-edged knife. Font lines are smooth, but they lack archaism, so they are rarely used today. Huang Yi followed Ding Jing's example and carved the boundary with a single knife. According to legend, Huang Fengqi held a knife in his right hand and a lithograph in his left hand, carving border paragraphs. Every moment. The seal will be rotated many times, and hundreds of crosses will be carved between square inches. As always, the printed surface is smooth and has a unique charm. In modern times, Zhao, Wu Changshuo, Qi Baishi and other seal engravers also adopted new methods. Among them, the old man's white stone carving is carved horizontally first, then vertically after rotary printing, and finally filled with other strokes. The font is strong in Gu Zhuo and has its own style.

Beginners should carve boundary paragraphs in fine fonts. Generally, the small characters in the running script are played directly. However, when transporting knives, you should pay attention to the qi, enter the stone with the angle of the knife, and nail hard. When carving "dots", insert a corner of the knife into the stone and press it hard from bottom to top. When carving "horizontal painting", first press the stone with the right knife angle to carve the charm of horizontal painting. Then, cross the knife from right to left to the end of the stroke, bend it to the left with the correct knife angle, and start writing immediately. When carving "vertical painting", first cut the right knife angle into the stone, and move the knife forward from top to bottom until the stroke ends. The "long left" carving method is also to put the right knife corner into the stone, first heavy and then light to the left. There are few running script strokes, and most of the side strokes are replaced by "reverse strokes" (that is, long dots). In a word, the attention should be moderate when carving the border. Otherwise, you will carve "flowers" because you are too hard.

In addition, when carving the boundary part, we need to pay attention to the quality of stone. When cutting a knife, use light and heavy force. If the stone is brittle, it should be light but not heavy. If it is too heavy, the strokes will collapse and be unrecognizable. However, it is not good to be too light, and the handwriting of the border paragraphs is unclear, which affects the overall effect of the seal.