The jade carver spends a month contemplating the details. How important are the material selection and design of jade carving?

Jade pendants, ornaments and hand-held items all involve carving, but many people do not know how to judge the quality of jade carving. Today we will analyze things related to jade carving from a professional perspective.

Jade carving

Many people do not understand the process of jade carving. In most people's impression, jade carving only requires drawing a picture on a computer and then putting the jade material on the machine, just like most factory assembly line products.

It is true that some lower-quality jade raw materials will be mass-produced by machine carving, but as long as the quality of the jade raw materials is relatively high, the design and carving process will be very complicated in order to make the best use of the material.

The carving of high-quality jade raw materials is very particular. It is generally divided into several processes such as material inspection, design, carving, polishing, cleaning, waxing, etc. The first four are the main stages, and the latter processes are post-processing stages.

Material review and design

What we are going to talk about today is mainly material inspection and design. Material inspection is easy to understand. When a jade carver gets the jade raw material, he will definitely not start working immediately. Instead, he will carefully observe and study the characteristics of the jade material to give himself a more comprehensive understanding of the material.

We mainly observe the flaws, hardness, transparency, color, etc. of the jade material, and no details can be missed.

Many jade carvers spend more than a month studying the jade material after getting it, but still do not start working on it. This is a reflection of the jade carvers' thriftiness with the material.

On the other hand, an exquisite piece of jade jewelry also embodies the countless efforts of jade carvers. This is also the reason why the carving work is often more expensive than the material. Jade carvers must accumulate experience over a long period of time before they can design jade jewelry that can truly be called a fine product.

After completing the material inspection, we will have a more comprehensive understanding of the jade material in front of us, and we will have a rough idea of ​​what themes the material is suitable for. Only then can we start designing.

Design runs through the entire process of jade jewelry making. First, the theme and shape of the jade must be designed, and then constant fine-tuning is required during the carving process. Even seemingly simple details need to be carefully designed.

Design Points

We need to ensure that jade jewelry is clean and tidy. Jade has some flaws, so we need to dig out the dirt and cover the flaws, and remove the flaws of jade through carving. However, we must never dig them out abruptly, but remove them cleverly through reasonable design.

The materials used must also be reasonable. After removing the flaws on the jade, we must also highlight its beauty, find out the advantages of jade, and then design it into a finishing touch, such as placing the floating flowers in the jade in the most conspicuous place and highlighting the color.

A one point difference in color will result in a tenfold difference in price. Color has a huge impact on the value of jade. All colors are valuable, and we must not waste the colors on jade.

Even if the black is not so bright, it can immediately catch people's attention if designed into layered mountains, greatly enhancing the value of the jade.

There is gain only when there is sacrifice. If we want to highlight a certain part of the jade jewelry, people will naturally ignore other parts.

We cannot be greedy when designing. If we try to show all the advantages and characteristics of jade, it may give people a confusing feeling.

This step is also very difficult. The jade carver not only needs to have strong material inspection and design capabilities, but also needs to spend time thinking about it. In this fast-paced era, it is actually a luxury to be able to calm down and spend a lot of time designing a piece of jade.

What’s more important is that high-quality materials are expensive, so every change made by the jade carver must be carefully considered. We won’t take risks easily if we are not very sure. Many times we would rather be conservative and make more conventional styles.

Eye contact is important

From the perspective of consumers, when we buy jade jewelry, we must first consider our taste. Some jade is of good quality, but we may not like it. This is probably because we don’t like it. Wearing jade jewelry requires a lot of fate. If you feel it is not suitable, don’t force yourself.

If you feel attracted by the jade in front of you, don't rush to buy it. Jade jewelry is valuable and impulse buying is not advisable. We must observe carefully whether the material is clean, whether the knife work is smooth, and other details cannot be ignored.

Some jade jewelry is finely crafted and made of high-quality materials, but it just doesn’t give people a surprising feeling. This is probably because there is nothing really eye-catching about it. Such works can only be regarded as qualified products and are still a certain distance away from being fine products.

Jade materials are extremely precious, and jade carving techniques are also diverse. Every jade carving work is hard-earned. After years of development, the works on the jade market are becoming more and more abundant.

If we like jade, we must learn to appreciate jade jewelry from different and professional perspectives.

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