1515art Posted November 24, 2015 Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 My wife is working with a bunch of jade carvers on some new ring designs, these will also appear in a new book she is working on this is one of the jade rings carved by our friends in China and the inspiration for one of the pieces recently posted in the gallery. it's carved from Dushan jade and is untreated all natural color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flowerdry Posted November 24, 2015 Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 Pink jade...wow. It's hard to imagine this thing as a ring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1515art Posted November 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2015 ya... this one is not very practical, mostly done as a sculptural artsy kind of thing, most of the others you can wear with no problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolieo Posted December 3, 2015 Report Share Posted December 3, 2015 Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterH Posted December 20, 2015 Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 Off topic, but you may be amused by a reconstruction of an early (771–475 BC) Chinese jade ring-carving machine, used to achieve precision spiral patterns. . http://www.peterlu.org/content/early-precision-compound-machines http://www.peterlu.org/sites/peterlu.org/files/Science_304_1638_2004.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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