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Carve a Personal Chinese Seal in Taipei
Discover the historical role of seals as practical tools, artistic signatures, and symbols of identity. Design and carve your own stone seal, then use it to make a small artwork that you can take home.
The experience
What You’ll Do
Design your seal
Develop a personal design and understand positive and negative engraving.
Carve the stone
Learn to handle the engraving tools and shape your design with guidance.
Make your impression
Ink your finished seal and use it in a small artwork to take home.
Everything you need to know
Come Prepared to Create
Knowledge required
No previous seal-carving or calligraphy experience is necessary.
What’s included
Engraving tools, seal stone, working materials, and paper are provided.
What to bring
Bring design ideas if you have them—or arrive ready to explore possibilities with your instructor.
Who it suits
Individual adults and small groups looking for a hands-on cultural experience.
Complete workshop information
Workshop Details
The full original course information is preserved below for planning your visit.
Explore the world of Chinese seal carving in Taipei
Learn Chinese Seal Carving in Taipei
Chinese seal carving has been an integral part of Chinese culture for centuries. Throughout east asian history, seals have been used not only as practical tools but also as symbols of authority, status and personal identity. They remain an integral pillar of the arts in Asia and are often also an integral part of Chinese calligraphy pieces and Chinese Ink Paintings. In this workshop, you will gain some insight into the role that seals have played throughout history, and get to see how they continue to be used in pieces of work today. In addition, you will get to try it for yourself and take home your very own seal.Chinese Seal Carving Workshop
Introduction to Chinese Seal Carving
The workshop is designed especially for people with no previous experience or exposure to the art of Chinese seal carving but would like to try their hand at it.What you'll do
You will acquire various skills and tools relating to chinese seal carving. You will also be guided through designing your seal, including learning about the difference between a positive and negative engraving seal design. Once you complete your seal carving, you will also get to use your seal to make a small piece of work for you to take back, along with your seal.What you'll get
All materials including engraving tools, stone, and other miscellaneous items will be provided on the day. You will get to take home a small work of art, as well as your seal.What to bring
If you have some ideas of what you might like to carve, feel free to bring those along, otherwise, just show up prepared to carve away at your very own handmade seal!Suitable for
Individuals and small groups of adults. No knowledge of Mandarin Chinese is required to attend this workshopAbout our Instructors
Our instructors for this course are trained in fine arts (BFA and above) specializing in Chinese Calligraphy, Chinese Ink Painting and Chinese Seal Carving. If you would like more information on the instructor that might match your schedule, please feel free to reach out!Guided by local artists
Meet Your Instructors
Qualified artists offer approachable, personalised guidance throughout the experience.
Stella TsaiInstructor
Sophia ChangInstructorChoose your experience
Workshop Details
Chinese Seal Carving
Single Session
- 2 hours of personalised instruction
- Beginner and intermediate friendly
- Individuals and small-to-medium groups
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