What inkpad should I buy for seal cutting?

Ink is the medium to convey seal cutting, and its quality directly affects the effect of seal cutting's expression.

The inkpad with good texture, printed in an iron pot, is delicious and calm in color, three-dimensional and spiritual. The poor quality inkpad looks dark or light in color when printed, some oil reaches leaching, and the seal is blurred. Uglier.

There are many varieties of inkpad, and the red ones are generally divided into cinnabar, vermicelli and Guang Qi.

1. cinnabar inkpad is dark purple, and some people call it purple sand. It is a kind of cinnabar deposited at the bottom of mortar when making cinnabar. The inkpad made is bright red and purple, thick and calm, and the most beautiful.

2. Zhu Piao inkpad is slightly reddish yellow and elegant. It is made of soft fine cinnabar powder, silk and oil in the bleaching process.

Cinnabar or cinnabar is also mixed with cinnabar or other raw materials, so it is named Babao, Kuihong and Jing. No matter what the name is, as long as it is thick, bright, delicate, bright and calm, it is the top grade.

Generally, the better ones on the market are A Liang with a price of 400 to 500 yuan. Generally speaking, beginners can buy A Liang for 50 to 70 yuan. There are many cities that make inkpad, among which Shanghai, Changzhou, Hangzhou, Suzhou and other places have better products to choose from, as long as the color is calm and not oily, you can apply it.

3. There are antique inkpad (dark brown) and black, blue, green and gold inkpad, which are used in special occasions and are generally less used. You can also be idle if you are interested.

Ink should be put in a porcelain box. Don't put it in metal gold, because the inkpad will turn black when it contacts metal objects for a long time, which will affect the quality. After the inkpad is used for a period of time, it should be mixed with inkpad, so that oil, sand and moxa thread are mixed together, otherwise it is easy to harden. The inkpad will dry after being used for a long time. You can also mix some inkpad (available in inkpad shop) and use it after mixing. It's cold in winter, and inkpad is easy to freeze and become dry and hard. Before use, it should be dried in the sun for a period of time to soften it before use.