Basic introduction of the process

I. Crafting with Material
Crafting according to the material is the first and foremost craft in jade carving. Jade carving is a craft creation with no definite shape. Jade carvings need to be imagined and injected into the jade stone without alteration. Each work must be designed from the nature of the material, the color, the shape, etc., to maximize the use of jade, especially in the creation of figures, birds, flowers and animals, but also because of the material design, a unique way. Jade carving has a long history of craftsmanship, and the process of utilizing the material for artistic purposes is becoming more and more reasonable. Historically, only small pieces were the mainstay, with a single, limited number of products. Following the progress of craftsmanship and the improvement of technology, the skill of applying technology to materials is getting higher and higher, and the works are more colorful and varied. The shape of the jade carving, the size of the work, and the reasonable use of color are all the best results obtained by applying the art to the material.
Second, plucking out the dirt and removing the locks
Dirt and locks are the major taboos in jade products. To pluck out the dirt is to remove the impurities from the jade to make it purer and brighter. It is difficult to find a large piece of jade carving that is free of all impurities, so it is necessary to do everything possible to pluck out the dirt, remove its shape, design the work according to its characteristics, and maximize the use of materials. During the production of a work, the jade body may again or repeatedly reveal impurities, or black or white spots or rice-like impurities, especially in the main part of the front, which is the most difficult problem for designers to deal with, and they should try their best to deal with them or "cover them up". Many jade works change the original structure of the work because of dirty gouging, removing the dirty spots and rationalizing the structural modeling, which takes a lot of painstaking effort on the part of the jade carver. Removing locks. A lock is a natural crack in jade that has no certain shape, direction or pattern. The causes of locks are influenced by various factors such as natural impact and cold changes. Types of locks include cracks, broken lines, tortoise-back lines, blasted heart lines, blasted shock lines, and so on. Jade processing in the selection of materials and carving should first focus on the treatment of the grain locks, or smooth locks of sawn jade or avoid locks. After removing the locks, the design is based on the shape of the material. In the carving process after design, there are many cases of reappearing locks, which are called "grain lines" and "water lines". This requires the designers and craftsmen to think hard to change the shape of the skein, which can lead to unexpected results. Jade carving works are not stereotyped, plucking out the dirty locks, although unfavorable, but there is a "blessing in disguise" another creative effect.
Third, turning flaws into jade
Flaw is a taboo in jade, but it is difficult to find crystal clear jasper in jade, especially after a century of mining, treasuring jade resources and making full use of jade materials have long been noted by jade carving experts, forming the carving process characteristic of "turning flaws into jade". The works created by transforming flaws into jade not only do not affect the works, but also make the works vivid, increase the sense of realism, and achieve the effect that ordinary jade materials cannot achieve.
Utilizing Waste Materials
The purpose of the skillful use of waste materials is to cherish jade resources, reduce the cost of works, and create jade carving crafts with the same value as the finished materials or higher than the value of the finished materials, especially in making full use of non-renewable jade resources, and the skillful use of waste materials is even more invaluable.
Fifth, the clever use of playful colors
The artful use of playful colors is a major feature of jade carving techniques, and is commonly used in the jade carving world. Jade color is mainly green, with yellow, black, red, white and other colors. There are colors such as lake green, apple green, grass green and green and white. Some jade is mixed-color jade, with red, yellow, ink, and green colors gathered in one, colorful, and the color of Hematite jade is dark green, outsourcing the tawny jade skin. The rich colors and qualities of jade materials provide a good material basis for the use of playful colors in the production, and also make jade products exquisite, graphic, vivid and realistic, giving people a lifelike and vivid feeling, and making the world more truly loved.
Relief Carving
Relief carving is one of the types of jade carving techniques. In the carving of the plane of the base plate to shape or faceted image, the shape of the contour line is similar to painting, convex and concave changes, not stick to the form, mainly from the front to appreciate. Relief carving is mainly used in plain work, stoves, vases, smokers and vessels, and other kinds of works are also carved in relief. Jade carving works due to relief carving of various patterns, decorations, so that the works of ancient colors, elegant and luxurious. There are many types of relief carving. Shallow relief carving: that is, the carving is shallow, with fewer layers crossing, and its depth is generally no more than 2 millimeters, and shallow relief carving is rigorous in terms of outlining requirements. Commonly used to line and surface combination of methods to enhance the three-dimensional sense of the picture, in relief: "bottom" than shallow relief to be deeper, the level of change is also more, the general depth of the ground for 2-5 millimeters. Also according to the thickness of the chamber wall to determine its depth. Deep relief: more layers of cross, strong sense of three-dimensionality. There are two major categories of relief patterns: one is a variety of traditional deformation patterns such as back pattern, thunder pattern, hook lotus pattern, etc.. One type of realistic patterns such as flowers, grasses and insects, birds and animals, landscapes, figures and figurative type of dragon and phoenix, auspicious motifs. Various deformation of the traditional animal patterns make the vessel simple, solemn, heavy. Botanical patterns are rich and light. Geometric patterns make the vessel stable and balanced. Deformation patterns often applied to the belly, neck and various edges of the vessel.