In Hetian jade carving, although the mechanics are the same, it can save the cost of manual carving to a great extent, so it is very cheap in the price of finished products and is generally used for relatively low-grade jade.

How to identify a machine carver?

There is a big price gap between the jade carved by hand and the jade carved by technicians. How to identify it? Identifying a mechanic is actually very simple. The first is to look at the depth of its work. Generally, mechanics are very shallow, about 1 to 2 mm, and it depends on the direction of the knife. Generally, machinists press the machine from top to bottom, and rarely dig inward at the bottom edge. As can be seen from the antique brand carved by this machine, the design has no three-dimensional sense, precisely because the carving is relatively shallow and there are no artificial traces excavated inward along the bottom.

Nowadays, many things on the market are pressed into a large scale by machines, and then dug deep by the master to repair them. Especially some Guanyin patterns in Hetian jade seed materials in recent two years. Because Guanyin is not easy to carve, and it is expensive to work. I see. In this case, if there are technicians and artificial babies, the two methods mentioned above will be ineffective for novices.