Why does the clear jade material have to be carved into “crooked melons and cracked dates”? What are the carvers thinking?

If you often come into contact with jade, especially jade pendants, you will find a common problem. That is, we often see some very good jade sheets being carved into various crooked shapes. Just like this -

Moreover, the better the quality of the materials, the more serious the phenomenon of "crooked melons and cracked dates" will be. Therefore, I often hear complaints from friends who don’t know much about jade: Can’t such a good piece of jade be carved into a regular pendant?

In fact, those who ask these questions lack the most basic knowledge about jadeite. Frankly speaking, every sculptor would like to carve jadeite of regular shapes. After all, carving regular shapes does not require wasting so many brain cells on designing. So, why does this situation still occur?

This is because jadeite is naturally shaped like this. Jade is formed through billions of years of long-term low-temperature and high-pressure physical effects, and only a few of them can become top-quality jade. in other words. Maybe after opening a large truckload of material, only a few top-quality jadeite can be taken out, and the top-quality part may have many flaws. After removing the flaws, the perfect part is these shapes.

In order not to waste the top-quality jadeite, try to deduct as little as possible. The sculptor can only design and carve according to the shape of the jade, to maximize the beauty of the jade and preserve as much of the jade raw stone as possible. Therefore, we often see such works presented. The better the material, the more the sculptor cherishes it. This is a manifestation of the sculptor's love for jade.

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