The price difference is dozens of times! What is so good about hand-carved jade?

In recent years, with the development of science and technology, people have gradually invented machines that can replace human work, eliminating many traditional manual industries. Even the time-consuming and labor-intensive jade carving industry has seen the emergence of machine carving. So can high-tech machine carving replace traditional hand carving?

If we take a look around the jade market, we will find that most of the artificially carved jades are priced relatively high, even tens of thousands. Especially the works carved by masters are priced shockingly high. However, the price of machine-carved jades is very low. Why is this?

As the saying goes, "If jade is not carved, it will not be made into a useful object." The ultimate value of jade is largely reflected in the level of carving craftsmanship. Perhaps it is the same piece of jade jewelry, the material itself is not much different, but the price fluctuates greatly due to hand carving and machine carving. Because good carving can turn decay into magic, it can improve the inherent deficiencies of jade and turn an ordinary piece of jade from a stone into a work of art. However, poor carving done on an assembly line will ultimately result in a waste no matter how good the jade material is.

Therefore, what is truly attractive about jadeite is its miraculous carving skills. In many cases, the carving skills of jadeite can exceed the value of the jadeite itself. The overall value of an ordinary piece of jadeite raw stone will increase dozens of times after being cleverly and creatively carved. So what is the difference between machine carving and hand carving?

Machine carved jadeite vs hand carved jadeite

Machine-carved jade, as the name suggests, is carved by machine. Generally, the pattern is designed on a computer or the carving is completed using ultrasonic machine vibration, and then the details are modified manually. The processing cost of this type of jade carved by machine is relatively low, and it is generally made of low-value, low-grade materials.

On the one hand, the level of modern technology is very high, some machine-carved jades are very delicate, and the production efficiency is also very high, but most of them are mass-produced, and the styles and patterns can be said to be stereotyped. On the other hand, high-tech machines cannot be designed and adjusted according to the characteristics of the jadeite raw stone itself, and cannot make reasonable use of the color of the jadeite itself. They cannot avoid the generation of some defects, making the machine-carved jadeite appear very stiff and soulless.

Jadeite made by machines in this way cannot be called a carved work of art at all. It has basically no value and is mostly seen in street stalls, tourist attractions, temples, etc.

For artificially carved jade, the designer will design a suitable pattern based on the color and other characteristics of the jade raw stone to achieve perfection, increase the value of the jade and show the most beautiful side of the jade. Each piece of jade created in this way is unique, and the labor cost is extremely high, so it is generally made of high-end jade with better material. The biggest feature of hand-carving is its agility, which can give vitality to the work. In addition to the time-consuming and labor-intensive carving process, hand-carved jade also contains the designer's unique design concept, has higher humanistic value, and can be said to be a true work of art.

To sum up, machine-carved jade is far inferior to hand-carved jade in terms of both aesthetics and product artistic conception. No matter how precise the machine is, it cannot completely replace manual carving. Buyers who truly understand jade will spare no expense to invite experienced jade carving masters to do the carving.

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