A complete rubber stamp consists of a rubber and a handle.

material

Hand-carved rubber seals need carved rubber bricks. Ordinary rubber is not impossible to carve, but the size of ordinary rubber is generally not big enough; Secondly, ordinary rubber is uneven in hardness and hardness, which is not suitable for carving; Third, according to the actual calculation, rubber bricks are cheaper than ordinary rubber (both refer to domestic).

Later, a kind of two-color brick imitating Japanese products was produced, that is, the surface of the brick was yellow or blue for several millimeters, and the bottom was white, so it was easy to distinguish the yin and yang lines when carving, and it was also very beautiful. Although the quality of carved rubber bricks made in Japan is better than that made in China, they are very expensive. The price of business cards is around 30 yuan, which is beyond the affordability of ordinary consumers. Various kinds of two-color rubber bricks are introduced in China. Among them, it can be divided into detachable sandwich rubber brick and non-detachable sandwich rubber brick. 15* 10 The price of a secret sandwich is two to six yuan. The price of the same size is slightly higher, generally more than five yuan.

There are also transparent "jelly" rubber and "bean jelly" rubber, both of which are exported rubber. The price is higher, the price of jelly 10* 15 is about 14 yuan, and the cold noodles are about 22 yuan.

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The handle can make the seal more convenient to pick up, and the force is more uniform when stamping, so that the printed pattern can get the best effect.

Generally, handles are made of wood, cork and acrylic, and some are made of paper mud, bottle stoppers, spools and even tiles, as long as they can be bonded with rubber seals. In short, the materials are changeable and creative.

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Cutting: it is recommended to push outward at 45 degrees, so it is not easy to hurt yourself. There are also people pulling. You need to practice slowly to find the feeling that suits you. Where there is a turn, it is basically rubber. As soon as the knife turns, the line tends to be crooked. Just watch more videos of various stations.

Lines: Generally speaking, novices can start with thick lines, slowly practice their touch, and then carve thin lines.

Blank: there are blank for flat plate, blank for washboard, blank for gem (also called triangle blank), blank for grid (also called waffle blank) and blank for flowers. Flower blank refers to carving flowers and other things on the basis of plane blank, not printing, mainly for the sake of good-looking finished products or modifying plane blank. According to personal preferences or habits, generally speaking, large pieces of finished products are left blank if they are not cut. Inside the pattern, there is a washboard or grid. Generally speaking, you can practice the feel of cutting with a blank grid.