KNIFE-CARVED SCRIPTS: SEAL CUTTING

	Seal cutting is, in other words, "writing" with knives on masterials like stone, wood and metal. It combines traditional graphic art, calligraphy and engraving. Shang seals from 3000 years ago.
	Before the invention of paper, official documents were written on bamboo or wooden slips and sealed with clay, A lettered seal was then stamped on the clay envelope. "Qigongsi Letter" seal of the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.―220 A.D.)
	Bronze seal "Laoyang Cashier", Warring States.
	Before the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), seals were generally made for practical uses such as identification.
	Before the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), seals were generally made for practical uses such as identification.
	Before the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), seals were generally made for practical uses such as identification.
	Since the Ming Dynasty, calligraphers and painters have begun to treat seals as artistic creations. Through deliberate choice of material and application of cutting and arranging, the inch�long seals became genuine art of interest.
	Some contemporary western artists also assimilated Chinese calligraphy into abstract art, yielding many excellent works. Work of Antoni Tapies.
	The modernization of writing tools has given rise to many types of calligraphy other than the traditional brush-writings. A piece of pen-and-ink calligraphy.
	The modernization of writing tools has given rise to many types of calligraphy other than the traditional brush-writings. A piece of pen-and-ink calligraphy.
	The modernization of writing tools has given rise to many types of calligraphy other than the traditional brush-writings. A piece of pen-and-ink calligraphy.