The carving should be like this:
It is printed like this:
Extended answer:
Basic tools for carving:
1, rubber (rubber at home can also be engraved at ordinary times, but the feel will be different. It is recommended to buy rubber bricks specially carved with rubber)
2, carving knife (pen knife is a must)
3, sulfuric acid paper (for transfer printing)
Step 4 pencil
5, art knife
6, inkpad inkpad
Non-essential tools:
1, pad (if you think your table can bear your meat cleaver, you don't need to buy it)
2, plastic (used to remove pencil marks, many people think the effect is not good, I think it is ok)
3, tape (also used to remove pencil marks, etc. )
4. Ruler
incise
Cutting: it is recommended to push outward at 45 degrees, so it is not easy to hurt yourself. And hand-carved rubber seals. You need to practice slowly to find the feeling that suits you. Where there are turns, rubber is basically turned. As soon as the knife turns, the line tends to be crooked. Just watch more videos of various stations.
Lines: Generally speaking, novices can start with thick lines, slowly practice their touch, and then carve thin lines.
Blank: there are blank for flat plate, blank for washboard, blank for gem (also called triangle blank), blank for grid (also called waffle blank) and blank for flowers. Flower blank refers to carving flowers and other things on the basis of plane blank, not printing, mainly for the sake of good-looking finished products or modifying plane blank. According to personal preferences or habits, generally speaking, large pieces of finished products are left blank if they are not cut. Inside the pattern, there is a washboard or grid. Generally speaking, you can practice the feeling of cutting with a blank grid.
Carving knives: generally small yellow and black, as well as small pearl and big pearl pen-pressing knives and so on. Xiao Huang's blade is very sharp, and the price is about 25-30.
Tools:
Pen knife:
That is, the pen-type art knife with a nib of 30 degrees and 58 degrees can be selected, and the price is between 10~20 yuan, so it is a basic carving tool. Professional pens and knives made in Japan and the United States, apart from being expensive, do not play a decisive role in carving skills.
Pill knife and angle knife:
There is no special carving knife for rubber seal in China, and the knives are all wood carving knives. Maruko knife (also known as round knife, u-shaped carving knife) and angle knife (v-shaped carving knife).
The main function is to dig out the blank space-the pill knife shovels a large area, and the corner knife cleans up the small corners. This kind of work can actually achieve the same goal with a pen and a knife, but it is more troublesome to do. In addition to cutting waste, angle knives also have a lot of room to play, carving fine lines, making printmaking effects and so on.
Flat cutter and oblique cutter:
It's also two kinds of woodcut knives. Generally, a pen and knife are used, and neither knife has much effect.
tracing paper
Also known as sulfuric acid paper, it is sold in art stores to transfer patterns to rubber bricks. In fact, it is not necessary to use sulfuric acid paper, as long as it is paper with good transparency.
pencil
Generally, HB pencil can be used as a pen for tracing lines, and the thickness can be cut as needed, which is the easiest to rub on rubber bricks.
Ordinary automatic lead cores of 0.7, 0.5 and 0.3 are also acceptable, but the developed patterns are relatively light, but the fine pencil is more effective in tracing some details of hair.
inkpad
Ink can be divided into water-based and oily according to texture, and paper, cloth and wood, ceramics and metal according to seal materials. Prices also vary.
After the seal is engraved, it needs to be printed, and then the place that is not in place can be adjusted according to the printed pattern. When it is completely finished, you can use various colors on the corresponding materials.
Domestic inkpad is cheaper, but the quality is not ideal. Many Korean brands of inkpad are actually made in Taiwan Province Province, China, with good quality and moderate price. Inks made in Japan have the richest colors and many shapes, but the price is also higher.
other
There are also cutting boards, brushes, tweezers, inkpad cleaning solution and so on. , you can choose according to your personal preferences and economic conditions.
Nail polish remover can be used to transfer patterns.