The Making of Chinese Seal: Time Capsule
Back then, the Chinese Seals were used to identify a person's signature or identity. In today's modern society, Chinese Seals are hardly used and they are close to being extinct. They are only bought for vintage or keepsake. Give it another 20-30 years down the road, the art of the making of Chinese Seals would be forgotten as technology attempts to take over the beauty of making it by hands.
As part of the project, a time capsule, made out of wood with a sliding cover, was made for anyone to dig it up 20-30 years down the road. The time capsule is a box that contained all the necessary tools, together with an instructional manual which would teach one how they can carve their own Chinese Seal.
Back then, the Chinese Seals were used to identify a person's signature or identity. In today's modern society, Chinese Seals are hardly used and they are close to being extinct. They are only bought for vintage or keepsake. Give it another 20-30 years down the road, the art of the making of Chinese Seals would be forgotten as technology attempts to take over the beauty of making it by hands.
As part of the project, a time capsule, made out of wood with a sliding cover, was made for anyone to dig it up 20-30 years down the road. The time capsule is a box that contained all the necessary tools, together with an instructional manual which would teach one how they can carve their own Chinese Seal.
The box contained the following items:
1. 2 Blank (wooden) Seals
2. A Wooden Clamp
3. Red paste ink
4. A Graver
2. A Wooden Clamp
3. Red paste ink
4. A Graver
5. An Instruction Manual
The box is spray-painted in brown while the label was made with red lino paint and vinyl sticker.
This project was undertaken as part of a Level 2 BA (Hons) Project in Lasalle College of The Arts in 2011/2012.
Photography by Chu Ngee Heng (except for close-up of wooden clamp)
The Wooden Clamp
The Instruction Manual
How the time capsule is opened
