Make Pottery out of solid Jade Block...

Hello All,
I am sort of new to Pottery. I am trying to make some good Pottery
from jade (that stuff is hard to cut!)I found someone who sells raw
jade on line at http://www.ArtistsWorksOnline.com under the raw jade
tab on their navigatin bar. Does somebody here know if the prices they
are charging are fair (It seems like a lot of $$$ to me, but they say
its good stuff but I dont know anyone who would know). I'm interested
in one of their small sizes of jade block. They call it "Polar Jade",
and of course, say its the best neprite in the world, like everybody
else does im sure. But I've never heard of it before. Don't laugh.
Like I said, I'm just starting out. It looks like a good jade, because
they list their jewelry and carvings on the site, and they look pretty
good, and they say they use the same raw jade for those.

Thanks a million,
RedRidersCR250R

Hard to cut? I bet it is even harder to wedge. Steve in Tampa, FL


"The Jade Carver" wrote in message
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Hello All,
I am sort of new to Pottery. I am trying to make some good Pottery
from jade (that stuff is hard to cut!)I found someone who sells raw
jade on line at http://www.ArtistsWorksOnline.com under the raw jade
tab on their navigatin bar. Does somebody here know if the prices they
are charging are fair (It seems like a lot of $$$ to me, but they say
its good stuff but I dont know anyone who would know). I'm interested
in one of their small sizes of jade block. They call it "Polar Jade",
and of course, say its the best neprite in the world, like everybody
else does im sure. But I've never heard of it before. Don't laugh.
Like I said, I'm just starting out. It looks like a good jade, because
they list their jewelry and carvings on the site, and they look pretty
good, and they say they use the same raw jade for those.

Thanks a million,
RedRidersCR250R

Red i think what you really might want to do is find out about sculpture or a
sculpture group. No offense but the only way i can see this as applying to
pottary is if you take the remnants and grind it up for iclusion in a glaze
recipeee.

Now what i do know about jade is that it can take very well to polishing but
the quality depends on the region. I do know that chinese jade is very rare and
expensive but it is considered to be the best.


"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for
lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote."

-- Benjamin Franklin, 1759

i like the "hard to wedge" reply. definitely! redrider, what you are looking
to do is definitely in the sculpture genre rather than pottery. but good luck
with it.

"MKent41616" wrote in message
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Red i think what you really might want to do is find out about sculpture
or a
sculpture group. No offense but the only way i can see this as applying to
pottary is if you take the remnants and grind it up for iclusion in a
glaze
recipeee.

Now what i do know about jade is that it can take very well to polishing
but
the quality depends on the region. I do know that chinese jade is very
rare and
expensive but it is considered to be the best.


"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for
lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote."

-- Benjamin Franklin, 1759

It also has very toxic dust and you need to wear a mask when carving it.
Like the others suggested though, this is a pottery group, working in clay
which is then fired in a kiln. )
In NZ we have jade, or green stone or pounamu depending on your preference.
The Maori people value it very highly.
Annemarie