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墨花
@inkflowercarved.bsky.social
Seal carver, calligrapher, reader, writer.
January 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I absolutely refuse to monetize my seal carving so I am willing to give you the seal for free with you only having to pay the shipping costs. DM me your address and we can take it from there.
January 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I know traditionally people chose sometimes the most flowery names for their book collections like 千峰堂藏书印 "book collection seal of the study hall atop a thousand peaks", but I'm a simple man. Sorry if am disappoint. 😌
December 18, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Just got this recently. I have this distant plan to translate 西湖夢尋 into Hungarian.
December 14, 2024 at 6:06 AM
The more I read about this man, the more fascinating he becomes, for real.
December 10, 2024 at 10:10 PM
The second concept is 印外求印 by which he meant that he often had to carve his seals on non-jade materials like ceramics, bricks, clay pieces etc. due to being poor. So things outside of the realm of seal carving saved, upheld his seal carving. Ceramic seal by Yan Shougu 燕守谷:
December 10, 2024 at 10:10 PM
So the first concept is 印从书出 by which he meant the biggest influence on his seal carving style were the stone drum inscriptions 石鼓文, but he learned those from books, not from willy-nilly or didn't come up with them himself. Stone drum inscriptions:
December 10, 2024 at 10:10 PM
With each seal dedicated to each carver I think I will try to work in, though not mechanically emulate their style. Either this or I will try to work on a personal flair, I'm still hung up on this. We'll see when I get there. First method would be me learning the tradition.
December 8, 2024 at 9:09 PM
For instance there are entire sets or series of seals to be carved solely around the suffering him and his family were subjected to during the Taiping rebellion. Or his absolute dedication to art. The depth of his unwavering reflection on the world etc.
December 8, 2024 at 9:09 PM
They will not simply be their names, that would be easy, stupid even. They will rather reflect some aspect of their lives, thoughts or works. Will need to do a lot more research. I read a book and a half on Wu Changshuo, but I have read none on the rest, only admired their seals.
December 8, 2024 at 9:09 PM