Carving a "cicada" out of an ordinary jadeite stone, does it feel like jade carving is very simple?

Today I will show you the process of carving a "cicada" from an old mine ice jadeite. This material is composed of a jade yellow outer skin and a turquoise main stone.

If it is well designed and carved, it will definitely be a masterpiece. According to the material, the sculptor plans to make a "cicada", making the yellow part into leaves and the rest into an emerald green cicada, which means "overnight fame" or "stunning success", whichever one sounds better to you.

First use a punch machine to punch out the general shape, drawing lines while punching to ensure that the shape of the material is complete and correct.

The jade yellow leather on the back is also made into a leaf shape using a punching machine.

Draw the leaf veins according to the material and use a carving pen to make them realistic from thick to thin.

The engraving pen constantly removes excess parts, draws lines, and handles each detail properly according to the lines.

Draw the texture of the wings, and use a carving pen to gently outline back and forth to make beautiful cicada wings.

Because the outer skin is yellow, the leaves should be made as weathered as possible to form a sharp contrast with the crystal clear cicada color.

An exquisite "Overnight Fame" carving is completed and now it needs to be polished.

Looking closely at the patterns on the cicada's wings and the small claws on its feet, they are all carved very clearly. Without polishing its agility is not apparent, but the master's carving skills are fully revealed.

The leaves are also processed to be smooth and flat, with clear veins and a very strong three-dimensional sense. They must be very beautiful after polishing.

The polished leaves came out, bright yellow jade, icy and delicate, and intoxicating.

A lively, beautiful, emerald green work has been created. You must be extra careful and cherish it when wearing it.

After escaping from the mortal world, one eventually becomes a cicada. Attachment to the mortal world is a calamity. After entering the dawn, one becomes an immortal. The real name of this creature is old cricket pupa.

There are many meanings for carved cicadas, including "overnight fame", "successful blockbuster", "a night of romance", "a hint of autumn from a single leaf", "metamorphosis" and so on. This insect lives in the dark and humid underground for many years, constantly growing and striving to climb upwards, and then transforms from a cricket pupa covered in mud into a beautiful angel that can sing and fly. How can this metamorphosis process not be worth learning from? The ancients were even more noble. "The cicada sheds its skin from the filth and floats above the dust." It is a symbol of nobleness and integrity. Smart people can always be inspired by many things.

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