What materials are used for the signature stamp of calligraphy works?

Seal material refers to the material used for seal cutting. It mainly includes seven categories and dozens of varieties, including metal materials, crystal materials, jadeite agate materials, horny materials, stone materials, wood materials and plexiglass.

There are various materials used to carve seals:

1. According to the texture type, metal materials are generally divided into brass seals and copper seals, stainless steel, aluminum and a few lead-zinc alloys.

2. Made of crystal materials, including crystal seal, ink seal, tea seal, cotton seal, innocent seal and gold seal.

3. Made of jadeite and agate, there are jadeite seal, agate seal, artificial agate seal, white jade seal and jade seal.

4. Made of horny materials, including ivory prints, artificial ivory prints, horn prints, etc.

5. Made of stone, including bloodstone, Tian Huangshi, Shoushan stone, Qingtian stone, frozen stone and marble.

6. Made of wood for carving seals, mainly white peach wood, pear wood or boxwood.

7. Plastic has only appeared in recent years, and it is used as a material for carving seals. At present, there are punched tooth marks, punched tooth marks and carved tooth marks.

8. In addition, the plexiglass used for carving seals is completely transparent, colored and flowered, with various photos in the middle.