Seal carving is an important branch of Chinese arts. An artistic seal stamped at the right spot can always provide an interesting essence to a piece of artwork. We would endeavour to provide more information about seals in the near future. 
Ms Pau Mo Ching, a specialist in seal carving has recently created a fine piece of art. 
This is a seal for the family name, “Yip”. Ms Pau has used the Han style of birds and insects calligraphy for this seal. The significance is in the beginning and ending of each stroke which would carry certain parts of birds, insects or beasts, e.g. bird’s head, fish tail, snake body, dragon claw. Without compromising the integrity of the word, sometimes, even the stroke itself is twisted to provide dynamics to the word. This type of calligraphy is also seen in ancient weapons. Although it was meant to be decorative, in retrospect, this type of calligraphy actually lends a masculine touch to the work.