How to process a perfect jadeite

The main steps from processing jadeite or other jade raw materials into finished jade products are as follows.

1. Raw material processing

Including material selection and cutting. Jade materials are generally very precious, and they must be measured and fully utilized to achieve "basically no waste."

2. Design process

A perfect jade artifact should be an ingenious combination of the beauty of material and shape. Some jade materials must emphasize their beauty of color. For example, when designing and making a Maitreya Buddha, the emerald green should be arranged on the belly rather than on the head. If a jade material with jade red (red skin) is to be processed into a goose, the jade red must be placed on the goose's head. Another example is when a seemingly dirty black block of jadeite is carved into Jigong's black fan, there is no need to dig out the black color. On the contrary, it will make the jade more valuable.

3. Polishing process

Generally, there are the following steps

1. Chopping: Use a diamond wheel to chop away the useless parts outside the ink line;

2. Chisel: Use a diamond wheel to saw the convex and concave depth to further chisel away useless parts;

3. Punching: Use a diamond wheel with a diameter of 3-4 cm to punch the uneven parts into rough jade pieces;

4. Grinding: Use grinding stones of different sizes to grind out the main pattern. Such as grinding out human tips, hands and streamers, etc.;

5. Rolling: Use a rolling mill to make it finer. Such as opening the face, opening the eyebrows, rolling out the mouth, nose, ears, etc.

6. Hook: Use a hook to draw out more subtle patterns. Such as drawing dragon scales, phoenix feathers and characters' hair.

4. Polishing and decoration process

1. Jade polishing: There are generally two methods. Plain jade articles (such as jade bracelets, jade buckles, chicken hearts, pendants and ring faces) are mostly polished by hand; Guanyin, Maitreya Buddha and various flower pieces are polished by immersion machines. Dip machine polishing takes a long time, about a week to complete, but a large number can be polished at one time.

2. Jade decoration: The purpose of decoration is twofold, one is to beautify the product, the other is to protect the product. There are two forms of decoration: the stand and the box. The stand is the main decoration to enhance the status of the jade, and the box is the packaging for the jade.

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