How to carve Jade Buddha statues, a must-read for beginners!

Jade Buddha is one of the most common themes in jade carving, and many people like it. Next, I will introduce some little knowledge about the Jade Happy Buddha so that you can know more about it. In addition, Jade Buddha pays great attention to the carving, so the carving method of Jade Buddha is also worth knowing. Next, I will introduce to you the carving method of jade Buddha. Please see below.

How to carve a jade Buddha?

Processing process:

1. Cutting: 1. Small pieces: Cut into sizes with different uses and specifications in steps, and change the processing purpose of the pieces that cannot be used or do not meet the specifications to make full use of them. 2. Ornaments: Cut into rough pieces according to the design requirements.

2. Chopping: Use a diamond grinding wheel (coarse sand) to further remove useless parts to form a rough blank.

3. Chisel: Use a diamond (medium grit) grinding wheel to further remove the convex and concave parts and useless parts of the entire surface.

4. Punching: Use a diamond grinding wheel or round stone to further punch the rough blank from the previous process into a rough blank.

5. Grinding: Use grinding wheels of various specifications to grind out the patterns of round sculptures, such as fruits, rocks and tree roots.

6. Carving: Use drill bits of various specifications to carve in detail according to the designed patterns.

1. Rolling: Use a fine rolling mill to carve out the shapes of patterns such as figures, animals, landscapes and flowers. Such as faces, animal bodies, roots, stems and leaves of trees and flowers. 2. Hook: Use a hook or various shapes of nails to hook out fine patterns, such as human hair, beard, phoenix hair, animal scales, animal hair and plant leaf patterns. 3. Finishing: Generally, large and powerful factories have this process, which uses special tools and materials to smooth out the excess marks and "sand holes" from the previous carving process, laying a good foundation for the next grinding and polishing process.

Carving method: China is an ancient country with a civilization history of 7,000 years, so jade processing also has a history of 7,000 years. In the long history of jade carving, our ancestors created very advanced jade carving tools and jade carving methods. Among the many jade carving methods, we can only briefly introduce some of the most commonly used ones as follows:

1. Relief: refers to convex carving, which includes shallow relief and deep relief; there are also colorful carvings, such as: Fu Lu Shou Xi, etc.

2. Openwork carving: refers to openwork carving, which includes cross openwork carving, circular openwork carving, decorative openwork carving, etc. Such as: the lower limbs of animals and tree branches.

3. Carving: It means hollowing out the jade without letting it see through. There are deep hollowing (such as vases, pen holders, etc.) and shallow hollowing (such as pen washers, ashtrays, etc.).

4. Line carving: refers to line carving and silk carving, such as: people's hair, animal hair and water waves, etc.

5. Intaglio carving: refers to a carving method for concave parts, such as Yin-Yang Bagua.

6. Round carving: refers to arc-shaped carvings, such as teapots, teacups and spherical jade pieces. Then grind and polish.

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