There is a saying in the jade industry that "30% material, 70% workmanship", does it mean that carving is more important than raw materials?

We all know that the quality, texture, and color of jade are important factors that determine the value of jade. Therefore, when choosing raw materials, we will try our best to select jadeite raw stones with excellent quality, good color, and high transparency. However, the raw stone is, after all, a piece of uncut stone. Therefore, after choosing good materials, the processing technology becomes very important.

Three parts workmanship and seven parts material. The water quality, texture and color of jadeite raw stone are fixed, but the carving skills of jade carvers are varied. The same piece of jadeite raw stone can have different appearances after different carvings. Therefore, the value of jadeite is also different. Whether the craftsmanship of jadeite is exquisite depends on this.

Generally speaking, the quality and color of jade raw materials vary greatly. Even in jade finished products, the texture often changes and the color is quite different. This really tests the jade carver's understanding of the jade raw materials. If the jade carver can accurately grasp the characteristics of the raw materials, conceive and design them, and then give them exquisite and perfect carving, he can perfectly display the beauty of the jade raw materials and increase the value of the jade to a certain extent.

In addition, good carving can increase the value of jadeite of slightly inferior quality, but if the carving is far-fetched, it can sometimes greatly reduce the price of good jadeite raw materials. This also illustrates the importance of carving from another perspective.

Therefore, in principle, good jade raw materials should be selected from good carving masters, so that the natural beauty of the jade raw materials and the beauty of the carving can be perfectly combined together. This perfect combination helps some ordinary players to determine the authenticity and value of jade, that is, whether the quality of the jade raw materials and the quality of the craftsmanship are consistent. If a piece of jade has very good quality and bright color, but the carving is so rough that it is unsightly, it can be concluded that it is a fake.

Of course, the above explanation does not mean that the raw materials of jade are not important. In fact, the carving of jade is as important as the raw materials. As the saying goes, a good cook cannot cook without rice. A piece of bean-type jade with poor quality, many flaws and cracks, no matter how beautiful, exquisite and perfect the craftsmanship of the jade carver is, cannot create the same value as ice-type jade.

Therefore, jadeite with good raw materials and good craftsmanship is the most valuable. It can both guarantee quality and have great room for appreciation.

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