I was shocked after seeing the jade processing process from raw stone to art!

Jade has always been a kind of jade that is deeply loved by everyone. The jade jewelry pendants we see are also exquisite jade. The processing procedures, materials, tools and equipment of jade are different from those of other jades. Today I will introduce the jade processing flow and procedures to you:

Jade carving is the process of transforming a piece of jade from a raw stone into a work of art. Let’s take a look at the jade carving process now!

1. To examine jade, one must observe the appearance, shape, color, quality, and cracks of the jade, and then conceive and design based on the size, color, texture, and grain of the jade material.

There are many types of jade, and the colors are complex and varied. Even different parts of the same piece of jade have different types, water content, and colors. Jade carvers are required to design carving themes that are suitable for them in their minds. Jade appraisal is a very important part of jade carving creation.

2. Setting the shape: Use a brush to paint the pattern obtained in the first step on the jade material or show it on a drawing. This is called setting the shape. Shaping is an important process of transforming the virtual into the real, and is the key to jade carving creation.

Jade carving is destructive, as jade raw materials can only be carved away to remove materials, but cannot be filled. Once the jade is sawed open, it cannot be re-carved. Therefore, the design and conception must be done with great caution. This process often takes a long time to determine.

3. Treatment

From this step, the jade material begins to be carved, mainly rough carving.

Through technical means such as chopping, chiseling, marking, buckling, scratching, punching, rolling and drilling, the jade material is gradually transformed into a three-dimensional sculpture. However, this is only a semi-finished product and still needs further processing.

Fourth, the process of conveying spirit is to make fine modifications to the roughly carved jade articles to make the jade carvings more vivid and lifelike.

Specifically, the details that best show the charm of jade are realistically portrayed. This is not something that anyone can do. Only artists with ingenious ideas and superb skills can combine their inner meaning and conception with the meaning and conception of the jade material itself based on their long-term artistic practice, and thus carve out artistic treasures.

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