Example discussion: Is it more cost-effective to buy finished jadeite or is it more meaningful to customize jadeite?

Jade must be crafted, the craftsmanship must have meaning, and the meaning must be auspicious!

There are generally two types of customers who provide us with jade processing. One is our jade merchants, and the other is jade friends (jade players). When colleagues make goods, there is no need for too much communication. Everyone determines the subject matter and workmanship based on market value. However, when jade players provide materials to make goods, we need to fully understand the needs of the customers and make a comprehensive carving suggestion based on the characteristics of the jade materials!

This is the transformation for us engraving practitioners to adapt to the changes in the information market! Compared with the products of jade merchants, the biggest feature of jade custom carvings is its uniqueness and exclusivity!

Just like the jade process shared today, this is a work carved from the perspective of a player. If it were the thinking of a jade merchant, what choice do you think the jade merchants would make?

The material received is a sand-free jadeite rough stone with a large window opened on the front. When viewed with a strong flashlight, it can be seen that the base color and water quality of the jadeite are very good. A large area of ​​sand has been removed and windows have been opened, and no cracks can be seen. It is a semi-transparent rough stone, and there is little risk of gambling!

After cutting off the outer skin of the jade, the jade carving master begins to communicate with the owner about the carving subject!

After further cleaning the outer skin of the jade, you will get a piece of brand-shaped material: the upper part of the material is ice blue, old and moist; the lower part is soaked with some yellow jade. There are no big cracks on the whole jade, and it is a very good quality raw material!

The subject matter discussed by the owner of the treasure and the carving master was Guanyin. There was a point of disagreement. The jade carving master suggested cutting the jade neatly to make a neatly shaped Guanyin pendant, so that the product would be more perfect, more beautiful, and have a higher market value; while the owner of the treasure insisted on making a casual Guanyin, maintaining the appearance of the material and retaining the material to the maximum extent!

Seeing the owner’s insistence, the jade carving master respected the owner’s wishes and designed the Water Moon Guanyin shown above!

The composition of this sculpture cleverly uses the shape of jadeite, carving the yellow jadeite color of the lower half of the jadeite into the rock in the foreground. On top of the rock, the image of Guanyin is designed to sit in it, and carved with bamboo and distant mountains to embellish it, making the whole composition very Buddhist!

The jade carving master combined round carving and shallow relief to complete the carving of the pattern according to the material. While retaining the material, he carved Guanyin exquisitely and vividly. The full bright polishing treatment makes the finished product have a gummy effect, and the overall effect is icy and moist, which is very charming!

If this piece of jade was cut according to the jade merchant's idea, the edges and corners on both sides would be cut off, so that the crack on the right side can be removed, and a neat and perfect pendant can be obtained, and the scraps can be cut out to make small pieces. However, the owner's idea is that although the piece obtained is a work that follows the shape and has carvings to avoid cracks, this work is unique and there is no similar one on the market.