It may be a long time ago since you use a rubber. To say nothing of rubber， ball-pen is rarely seen in the electronic age of paperless office. In childhood， cutting a rubber and painting them is all that to do in a confusing class. How time flies！ It is interesting to look back these memories. How do you feel if tak knife and carve the rubbers now again？

橡皮？好像很久都沒有用過了。在無紙化辦公的電子時代，別說橡皮，就是圓珠筆都很少用。時間過得好快，想起小時候，一塊橡皮在手中，被分解成一塊一塊，或是刻上幾個蹩腳的圖案。一堂似懂非懂的課，一段百無聊賴的時光，就這么打發(fā)過去了?；叵肫饋?，也覺得頗為有趣。如今，若再次拿起小刻刀和橡皮刻些圖案，心情會如何？

Today， Lingzi， from the office， takes me into carving time. She shows me several rubber-stamp pictures she made in her spare time. Honestly speaking， these pictures remind me of childhood and feelings at that time. Then we have a carving appointment in an afternoon.

Images or patterns on rubber-stamps can be anything you like or anything for special use. Flowers， ducks， cartoon characters and other childish images bring you back childhood； cheering sentences， a target etc. is always an activation. Filling life with pleasures， the tiny rubber-stamp carved by yourself has magic power to make you addicted to stamping.

這次帶我走進這段雕刻時光的是辦公室的凌子同學(xué)。她給我看了她在閑暇時雕刻的橡皮章圖案。說實話，當(dāng)時看到這些，我內(nèi)心有種對時光和記憶的感動，懷念童年，也懷念那時的心情。于是就有了一個午后一段雕刻時光的相約。

橡皮章上的圖案隨心所欲，任何你喜歡的或是有特別用途的都可以雕刻在上面?；ǘ洹Ⅷ喿?、卡通人物，這些幼稚的圖案好像讓人回歸童年；勵志的話、一個目標，就成為了一個時期里自己給自己的鼓勵。小小的橡皮章，而且是從自己手上雕刻出來的橡皮章，就是有一種神奇的魔力，隨心所欲的蓋章、蓋印，生活頓時便充滿了樂趣，一試就上癮?？吹矫總€圖案都想刻成印章……

Through a tough consideration， we finally decided to carve character “羴”， consisting of three Chinese character “羊” （means “sheep”）， coinciding with Chinese lunar New Year of the Yang. Here we wish you good luck in New Year！

Let’s take a look at tools needed in carving， which is available on taobao：

1. Rubbers （it is suggested to buy rubber brick for carving instead of eraser）

2. Knife

3. Sulfate paper （for transfer printing）

4. Pencil

5. Pen knives

6. Inkpad

糾結(jié)地選了半天圖案之后，我們最終決定刻一個羴字，想必大家應(yīng)該猜到了這正是為了迎合過2015年年的主題。

先來看看橡皮章的工具吧。非常容易買得到，上淘寶！先來個匯總。

刻章必備工具：

1、橡皮（平時家里的橡皮也可以刻，但手感會不同，建議購買專門刻橡皮的橡皮磚）2、刻刀（筆刀是必備品）3、硫酸紙（用來轉(zhuǎn)?。?、鉛筆 5、美工刀 6、印泥 印臺

Hands carved rubber-stamp takes less time than stone carving or woodcarving due to its quality. Additionally， no complicated craft is need and any design can be carved as you want.

因材質(zhì)關(guān)系，手刻橡皮章的雕刻時間比石刻、木刻短很多，也不需復(fù)雜的技巧，因此幾乎人人可以輕易上手，印章的表現(xiàn)內(nèi)容也極為隨意。

Transparent sulfate paper for transfer printing.

這是透明硫酸紙，用于轉(zhuǎn)印。

At first I even don’t know what transfer printing is.

The following is for fresh man like me： transfer printing is a process that you press the paper of patterns on rubber （pencil mark face to the rubber） and scrape it with hard object to make it print on rubber.

記得我一開始連轉(zhuǎn)印是啥東西都不知道。哎，好吧，那會兒是完全不懂的呀。

這里就寫給跟我一樣的新手吧：轉(zhuǎn)印就是你用鉛筆描好圖后，將有鉛筆的一面放橡皮上，用硬物刮，將紙上的圖印到橡皮上的一個過程。

Next is inverse printing， which is to print the pattern of sulfate paper on rubber. Fix the paper with your left hand and scrape it with a metal piece to print the design on rubber.

接下來反印，就是把硫酸紙上的圖案印到橡皮上，左手要用力固定住，然后可以用撥片刮可以有助于把字清晰地印在橡皮上。使勁，使勁，再使勁。

Here is printed design.

這就是反印的效果了，很清晰吧！

Then is the key procedure which takes patience and carefulness： carving images.

According to Lingzi， it is essential to how to carve. Please take the knife pointing forward and close to your right hand， lean the knife and cut outside the lines to make a V-shaped flute. Clean excess rubber crumbs， you finish a line.

這是非常需要耐心和細心的功夫，也是橡皮章的最關(guān)鍵環(huán)節(jié)——刻圖案。

凌子說，下刀的刀法很重要。大家注意，刀是這樣拿的，刀尖向前方，我一開始拿刀總是拿反，然后刀要向右手方向傾斜，沿著線條，斜著向線條外切下去，切完一條線。然后再把橡皮轉(zhuǎn)180度，沿著剛剛切的那個線條外側(cè)一點再斜著切下去。目的是形成一個v形的凹槽，多余的橡皮就會被刻出來，可以拿出來丟掉了。然后線條就刻出來了。

Devote to carving with patience and persistence！

需要耐心和堅持，繼續(xù)全心投入地刻！

This is a finished image with flute outside the lines. Next is to carve inside lines and then they are bulgy. After all lines are carved， the blank space can be engraved by knife. Pay attention that lines engraved should be thin and be careful in order not to cut lines off when engraving.

這就是整個圖案的輪廓線條外側(cè)都被刻出來一個凹槽。然后再對著線條內(nèi)側(cè)刻，整個線條就浮出來了。線條都刻出來之后，把空白的部分用丸刀去掉就可以了。另外，大家一定要把線條刻細一點，印出來才好看。不過新手的話，刻細線條很容易刻斷，所以一定要小心謹慎。

The completed rubber-stamp with a delightful “羴” with coated red ink.

這就是最后刻好的橡皮章，裹上紅色油印的喜氣洋洋的一個“羴”。

Seal by the rubber-stamps.

拍印泥印出來的，來看一下效果，哈哈，大伙兒用這個章子刻了好多印。

Every rubber stamp made with your own hands and every seal stamped is exciting. Even it is ugly， you are reluctant to throw it. How glamorous the rubber-stamp is！

A piece of rubber， a knife， several designs or patterns one likes carve a joyful time of you. This is the funs of rubber-stamp carving. Rubber-stamp is popular in Japan and South Korea in early times and now is admired by the youth around us gradually. Neither complex tools nor superb craft is necessary， all you need to design in a relaxed mood.

每一個親手刻出來的章，每一次蓋印的結(jié)果，都是那么令人期待，就算是刻出的七扭八歪，也舍不得丟棄。這，就是橡皮章的無窮魅力！

一塊橡皮，一把筆刀，隨心所欲的圖案，雕刻一段屬于自己的幸福時光。這就是雕刻橡皮章的小情趣小快樂。橡皮章最早流行于日本、韓國，慢慢也在我們身邊的年輕人中開始流行。它不需要什么繁瑣的工具，也不需要多么高超的技藝，玩樂性質(zhì)的“藝術(shù)創(chuàng)作”，要的只是一份心情。