There are several jade carving techniques.

There are many carving techniques for jade carving, among which:

1, female lettering, male lettering

Carving is to carve three-dimensional lines under a plane object with strokes, and carve patterns or characters into concave shapes; The male seal cutting is a three-dimensional line on a convex plane object.

The concave carving process in jade carving refers to a carving process in which concave points, lines and surfaces are carved on the carving surface of jade materials with carving tools, thus showing lines, fonts or pictures.

Simply put, what goes down is the female engraving, and what comes out is the male engraving.

Gravure carving technology can be used for any jade carving shape, such as jade brand, furnace bottle, mountain son and so on. It can be used as a foil and ornament for the engraving process, and can also be used as an independent chapter and product.

2. Shallow relief and deep relief

Relief can be divided into high relief and low relief according to the degree of compression space, also known as deep relief and shallow relief.

The bas-relief has a low starting position, and its shape is relatively compressed, relatively flat and close to the painting form. It has strict requirements for hook lines, and often uses the method of combining lines and surfaces to enhance the three-dimensional sense of the picture.

The deep relief is high and thick, with a small degree of body compression, which is closer to the circular sculpture in terms of spatial structure and modeling characteristics.

Deep relief works are often carved according to the uneven shape of the original stone, and the unique beauty is excavated on the basis of the natural beauty of the original stone.

3, through carving, round carving

Penetration carving is generally associated with relief. On the basis of relief, the background is hollowed out, and the back is mostly expressed in the form of picture insertion, which is an extension of relief techniques.

This carving technique makes the outline of his works more vivid and layered.

Round carving, also known as three-dimensional carving or round carving, is an all-round carving of the whole work by jade carving artists.

This technique allows viewers to appreciate all aspects of jade carving works from different angles, which looks more real and vivid, just like the real thing.

4, gold and silver wire inlay

Gold-silver inlaid jade is different from gold inlaid jade, which is also called line pressing process by people in the industry. This process is mainly embedded on the surface of jade, which is difficult to make.

It is required that the pattern lines should be smooth, uniform in thickness and accurate in slotting, otherwise the gold wire cannot be embedded. If embedded in thin-walled objects, it will be extremely dangerous. If you are not careful, all your efforts will be in vain.

5, pretty color carving

It is a clever conception of a variety of natural colors on a piece of material, carving exquisite works, that is, the clever use of colors. Beautiful colored carvings can turn waste into treasure and turn decay into magic. Often some seemingly hopeless materials have high collection value after being beautifully carved, but this also requires the sculptor to have a unique and imaginative imagination.

6. Hollow carving

Engraving is a combination of transparency and substance, that is, hollowing out the part, and then expressing the three-dimensional spatial layering of the work. Hollow-out carving is relatively more difficult, which requires the sculptor's skill. Moreover, the requirements for jade raw materials are also relatively high. It is required that the raw materials should not have any cracks and sand traps, and the texture should be tough, otherwise it will be easily broken.

7, carding process

In Hetian jade carving, we often see works with animal themes, and many will carve their own hair on them, giving people a vivid feeling. In fact, this is a carving process-combing your hair.

The name "grooming" comes from Feng Yong, a master of arts and crafts in Yangzhou. He called the treatment of animal hair "modification".

The key to combing hair is to find the growth law of hair and conform to this law, so that the carved animal hair is natural and has outstanding texture, and even if you play with it in your hand, it will not hurt your hand.

8. Chain carving

Chain carving is a technology originated from circular carving. It has single chain, double chain or multi-chain, which is not only a part of the vessel, but also a decorative means of the vessel, which plays the role of setting off the vessel without usurping the role of the owner. It is a jade chain carved from a piece of jade material, which tests the skill of the jade carver and allows no mistakes.

In terms of materials, because each jade chain is made of jade itself, the original stone itself must have enough chain area.

The length of the "chain" should also be symmetrical, and the length of each "link" must be strictly consistent with the diameter of the inner and outer rings. Every link of each chain should be uniform, especially the link with two chains. The length should be equal, the direction should be consistent, and there should be no error.

The cycle of each section should be complete. If one cycle is damaged or wrong, all previous efforts will be in vain.

Jade is the beauty of stone, which is endowed by the hand of the jade sculptor. These exquisite jade carving skills interpret the temperament of jade itself just right, like carving jade and carving the person in your heart.