Jade carvings are in great demand, and the main considerations when purchasing are design, workmanship, and beautiful colors and carvings.

Compared with bracelets and egg-shaped jades that cost tens of thousands of yuan, jade carvings are the most acceptable and easiest to buy for ordinary consumers. There are four major schools of jade carvings: the Southern School, the Northern School, the Yang School, and the Shanghai School. Due to their many styles, they are very popular among consumers. So, when we buy jade carvings again, how do we judge the quality of them? We can focus on the following three factors: design , workmanship and clever carving.

design

For jade carvings, "good design is half the success" and it can make the work more spiritual. Poor design not only affects the aesthetics, but also wastes the raw materials of jade. This is what we mean by good materials and good workmanship. At the beginning of the design, the jade carver must first understand the stone, and then design according to the characteristics of the material, eliminating the rough and retaining the fine, and turning flaws into beauty.

The quality of jadeite products is also reflected in the proportions of the work. Good jade carvings look comfortable, while bad ones appear rigid and far-fetched; at the same time, good works are not more valuable the more complex the carving. For example, the lines of this Guanyin pendant are complex, which can easily create a complicated visual burden. At the same time, the face of the Guanyin statue occupies a large proportion, and the overall feeling is that it has lost some of its charm. A good piece of food was "ruined" just like that!

At the same time, the jade carver's aesthetic ability, vision and courage also directly determine the visual effect of the finished product.

Comparison of the effect before and after modification

work

Good carvings are exquisitely crafted, natural, smooth and aesthetically pleasing; while poor carvings are crudely made, with details often not modified or refined, and the lines are not smooth enough. Good carvings are generally hand-carved, with smooth lines and exquisite details. Machine works appear to be rather rigid and lack the vitality of works of art. They can only be considered handicrafts and are low-end products. It can be said that they have no collection value. The magic of color painting lies in that touch of color, which is the protagonist of the entire work and serves as the finishing touch. After the jadeite is decorated with beautiful colors, the patterns have beautiful meanings and the colors are flexible and bright, which is the essence of beautiful colors.

In actual creation, there are distinctions between human figure coloring, animal coloring, and flower and plant coloring. The use of color should not only be clever but also perfect, so as to "apply art in accordance with the material".

The production steps of jadeite jade carving

1. Wipe off the skin of the jadeite raw stone

2. After analyzing the quality and characteristics of the jade material, conceive a preliminary design

3. Outline the subject to be carved

4. Use a mold to carve the prototype of the work according to the graphic lines

5. Further processing after engraving

6. Post-polishing

70% creativity and 30% workmanship. Good design and workmanship determine the level of carving. Good carving can create higher value for jade works! For a piece of jade to be transformed from a rough stone into a work of art, it requires the careful carving of a jade carver. Not only should ingenuity be poured into every step of design and carving, but cultural heritage and humanistic care should also be injected into the work. Only in this way can works infused with emotion be more easily accepted by the public and have real artistic value.