How to carve jadeite

Jade carving, jade carving tools and jade carving methods are many. Commonly used carving methods include relief, through carving, carving, line carving, intaglio carving, round carving and so on. Grinding and polishing process is divided into grinding, polishing and decoration. Among them, grinding is divided into manual grinding and machine grinding, and the effects of the two are very different.

To carve jade by yourself, you need to choose high-quality jade without cracks first, and then design the carving theme according to the color, size, texture and shape of the jade material, and draw a rough carving shape on the jade with a pen for better carving.

The way of hand carving. Emerald has a history of more than 7,000 years in China, and hand-carved jadeite has existed for many years. According to the wisdom of ancestors and the independent innovation of later generations, the common hand-carved methods are: stone carving, embossed pattern, carving, thread embedding and intaglio carving. Polishing, polishing, polishing.

Material selection: This is an important start. Jade is the only jade with a shell in the world, so it is also called gambling stone, which is not found in other jade. Therefore, the key to material selection is the processing purpose; Make ornaments? Equipment? A bracelet? Pendant? Ring or torus, etc.

There are six main processing flows: cutting, cutting, chiseling, punching, grinding and carving. China has a jade cultural tradition of thousands of years, and has created many advanced jade carving tools and carving methods. For example: through carving, line carving, relief carving, intaglio carving, carved flowers and round carving.

Ancient jade carving has special lines: natural jade is irregular. At first, people used ropes. This inspiration may come from the friction fire at that time, rubbing jade repeatedly with a rope, and breaking the jade after heating.