Hi there, I have been carving my own seals for a few years now and as you say it is really easy to make a mistake – whoops! slipped with the blade. Then you want to erase the pattern and start again. Depending how hard your seal stone is or how expensive, I usually remove the pattern with a small pin file. These are sold in the UK in sets of 10/12, made of carbon steel and come in all shapes and fine to course grades – all in the same set. Not expensive, easy to use and saves a lot of time, money and stones for beginners.
By the way, do not be afraid to start carving seals – it is fun and although difficult to do well, you can still get a very useable result even as a beginner and the seals really enhance your paintings/calligraphy. Also don’t start with anything too complicated. One character, nicely carved looks much better than a complicated copy of an old master carved badly or with a clumsy hand. A wooden seal vice/block is ESSENTIAL! It makes carving much easier and is a small expense when you consider the cost of good seal stones.
Carve your own designs – make your own special name seal and above all- HAVE FUN. #CarveMyOwnSeal #ChineseSeal #ChineseSealStone #SealStone
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