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The ancient art of seal cutting rises fromobscurity to once again capture the public'simagination.

Despite the omnipresence ofcomputer keyboards today andthe reluctance of most peopleto write anything by hand, thereare still those with the passion for drawingChinese characters with pens, brushes, oreven knives. How do you draw characterswith a knife you may ask? Actually it is aunique Chinese art form, known as seal cut-ting, and one of the three major traditionalChinese art forms that also include calligra-phy and painting.