Artistic inlay creates the charm of jade

Inlay refers to embedding one object into another to fix the two, and is often used as a term in craft production. The inlay of jade is a craft that requires high technical skills. It usually refers to 18K gold, platinum, rose gold, supplemented by colored gemstones such as ruby ​​and sapphire, and inlaid with jade to form various styles of jade jewelry.

There are various styles of jade inlay. In addition to the most common rings, earrings, bracelets and bracelets, there are also brooches, hairpins, etc. There are five main types of jadeite inlay techniques:

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Claw setting: shows off the peerless beauty of jadeite. Claw setting is the most commonly used setting method for jadeite. It mainly uses metal claws to buckle the jadeite on the bracket. The jadeite is minimally covered, allowing the surrounding light to shine on the jadeite, thereby highlighting the optical effect of the jadeite to the greatest extent, making the jadeite look crystal clear, gorgeous and noble.

Ice-green diamond necklace, ring and earrings in white gold

Bezel setting: Jade’s solid bodyguard. This is a kind of inlay method that uses metal edges to surround the jadeite, which is the most stable method in the inlay process. Generally speaking, plain jade is usually set using the bezel setting method, and the jade saddle ring is one of the representatives.

Glass-type clear water inlaid white gold diamond buckle string bean pendant

Nail setting: allows light to penetrate perfectly. Nail setting is to dig out a small nail on the edge of the metal setting to fix the jade. The metal that fixes the jade cannot be seen on the surface of jade jewelry that is nail-set, so more light can penetrate and reflect, highlighting the gorgeous brilliance of the jade.

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Inlay: highlights the visual decorativeness. The craftsmanship is similar to bezel setting, with the jadeite deeply sunk into a circular metal groove and the edges tightly wrapped and embedded with metal. Embedded jade jewelry can give people the visual feeling that the jade is much larger, highlighting the visual decorativeness.

A unique brooch inlaid with black gold, ice wave, colorless and glutinous ice sun green

Combination inlay: various combinations are novel and unique. Combination inlay is the use of multiple inlay methods on a piece of jade. For example, if the jade is heart-shaped or teardrop-shaped, you can use bezel setting to set the top corners, and then use claw setting to set it, giving people a novel and unique feeling.

Generally speaking, when jade is paired with platinum, rose gold, and diamonds, it will be more modern if it is claw-set; while when jade is paired with gold, it will give a retro feel if it is bezel-set.

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