The different artistic beauty brought by jade carving techniques

The different artistic beauty brought by jade carving techniques

"If jade is not carved, it cannot become a useful object." "Although jade has beautiful qualities, it is among the stones. Without the carving of a skilled craftsman, it is no different from rubble. ”

The essence of artistic beauty lies in its aesthetic characteristics. Artistic beauty has a spiritual impact on people by satisfying their aesthetic needs.

The charm of art is realized through the appreciation of high-quality works, which is the resonance of the appreciation mentality with the rhythm of life; and the subject's appreciation mentality is formed through the influence of cultural forms and the conscious introspection of the subject's mind. A further foundation for the creation of the appreciation mentality is the empathy with the realm of the work.

The humanistic art of jade not only includes the beauty of carving craftsmanship, but also a profound historical accumulation.

Jade carving craft

1. Relief

Relief is one of the types of jade carving. The image is sculpted or carved on a flat base plate; its contours resemble those of a painting, with varying degrees of convexity and concavity, not bound by form, and mainly appreciated from the front. Relief is mainly used in plain work, stoves, bottles, incense burners, and utensils, and other types of works are also applied with relief. Jade carvings are embossed with various patterns and designs, making the works antique, elegant and luxurious.

There are many types of reliefs, which are divided into:

(1) Bas-relief:

That is, the carving is shallow, with few cross-layers, and its depth generally does not exceed 2 mm. Strict requirements are placed on the hook lines of shallow relief. The combination of lines and surfaces is often used to enhance the three-dimensional effect of the picture.

(2) Middle relief:

The "ground" is deeper than the bas-relief, and has more layer variations. Generally, the ground depth is 2-5 mm, and its depth is also determined by the thickness of the chamber wall.

(3) Deep relief:

There are many cross-layers and a strong three-dimensional effect.

There are two main categories of relief patterns: one is various traditional deformed patterns such as circular patterns, thunder patterns, and lotus patterns. One category is realistic patterns such as flowers, insects, birds, beasts, landscapes, figures, as well as concrete dragons and phoenixes, auspicious patterns, etc.

2. Openwork

Openwork carving is a further development of relief carving, also known as hollow carving. It is to hollow out certain parts that are equivalent to the "ground" or background on the basis of shallow relief or deep relief. Make the outline of the image more distinct, and make the work reflect the exquisite and ingenious craftsmanship.

Openwork carving adds more layers to jade carvings, and the patterns of many works rise and fall in two, three or even four layers. As the number of layers increases, patterns and scenery are staggered up and down, and the scenery varies in distance. Due to its complex craftsmanship and difficulty in production, the drilling and penetration grinding method is adopted, so the lines of the upper and lower layers of the hollow part are staggered and complex, and polishing is the most time-consuming and labor-intensive, but the openwork art effect is the best.

3. Round Sculpture

Also known as "round body carving", it is a three-dimensional sculpture. The front, back, left and right sides must all be carved. There is no distinction between the front and the side when viewing the object. It can be appreciated from any angle, up or down. The object looks like the real thing, only with different proportions. It has real volume. The most widely used types of round sculpture are lifelike and figure sculptures.

An uncarved jadeite may be just an ordinary piece of jade, inconspicuous, but it is like a butterfly, and can only be stunning after transformation. Jade has inherited thousands of years of traditional jade culture. When we wear and play with jade, we can appreciate the fun of life and interpret the philosophy of life.

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