Chapter 334 The Twelve Zodiac Signs

Seeing that everyone was a little comprehensible, Xu Zhiguo couldn't help laughing again and said, "Since the shape of an animal like 'snake' can be perfectly polished, then among the remaining pieces of jade, can we make up 13 animals? Or, just polish a set of twelve zodiac signs, which is also very good!"

"Yes!" Suddenly, not only Jia Sidao's eyes lit up, but the several carving masters on the side also showed an excited look. Old Li rubbed his hands, wanting Jia Sidao to quickly take out all the other twelve pieces of jade materials and design them together.

Just now, it was just because there was no complete idea. At this moment, after Xu Zhiguo mentioned this, the opinions of everyone were unified like never before. Jia Sidao no longer politely, and naturally placed the twelve pieces of purple jade that had just been put away on the table. In addition to the piece of jade that had been confirmed to be carved into a "snake"-shaped earring, everyone expressed their opinions on the other pieces of jade!

For example, it is the narrowest piece of jade material.

Lao Li was the first to speak and rushed to say, "In terms of its shape, it is very suitable to polish and carve this piece of jade material into a brooch. As for the image of the twelve zodiac signs, there was already a 'snake', and now it can be carved into a giant dragon."

Not to mention, Jia Sidao looked at it so slightly and felt it was quite appropriate.

"And, and, this one," Xu Zhiguo pointed to one of the jade materials and said happily, "The two ends are slightly curved and the middle protruding looks thick overall. It is definitely suitable for carving into pendants for monkeys to steal peaches. This slightly prominent point is the most suitable material for "peach". There is almost no need to design or anything else."

Jia Sidao also smiled knowingly. Just as Jia Sidao thought before, every carving master has his own preferences and specialty. Jia Sidao is not unfamiliar with Xu Zhiguo's craftsmanship in carving small jade pendants. Besides, among the jade pendants stored on the second floor, when the jade shop was about to open, there were many styles of "monkey" carved by Xu Zhiguo himself. What are the appearance of two monkeys playing together, monkeys steal peaches, etc. Jia Sidao has seen a lot!

Of course, there are many other animal images, such as Guanyin, birthday star, etc., but they are the most vivid and realistic monkey form that is carved!

No wonder Xu Zhiguo was the first to think of the form of a monkey when he saw such a piece of jade material.

"Xiao Xu, you said that, it's a bit based on your own preferences." Old Li said, "Look at this part, even the part you point to is more suitable for carving into a monkey."

As he said that, as if he was afraid that Jia Sidao would not agree, Lao Li personally explained to Jia Sidao his design plan. For example, where to start carving, where should the monkey's head appear, where should the monkey's tail appear, etc.

As Jia Sidao listened, he understood. Although the monkey carved by Lao Li was not as meaning as Xu Zhiguo said, it had the meaning of a monkey stealing peaches, nor was it as fancy as "stealing", it was better because it was simple. It made people look at it, and it had a simple and elegant style!

"Boss, I agree with Lao Li's opinion too." A young carving master next to him nodded and said.

"Why?" Before Jia Sidao asked, Xu Zhiguo glared at the sight. It's not that he thought Lao Li was not saying it well. When Xu Zhiguo listened to Lao Li's design plan, he also nodded while listening. However, he would not think that his design plan would be inferior to Lao Li's!

"Haha, Brother Xu, listen to me first." The young carving master obviously had anticipated Xu Zhiguo's reaction. At this moment, he seemed very calm when he heard Xu Zhiguo's inquiry. As a result, Xu Zhiguo was a little curious, while Jia Sidao was looking forward to his explanation.

"That's right." The other party thought about it, as if preparing the wording, and then explained, "I said before that we should carve these 13 pieces of jade materials into a set of jade jewelry, so there will definitely be a theme. Brother Xu, you said just now that you can carve a set of twelve zodiac signs. I naturally agree with this opinion very much. However, if you carve a set of twelve zodiac signs, you can just combine them casually, right?"

Speaking of this, the young sculptor paused, looked at Xu Zhiguo, and saw that there was no resentment on the other party's face. Then he continued: "From the snake-shaped earrings carved from the first piece of jade material and the dragon-shaped brooch that Lao Li said just now, this set of twelve zodiac signs is undoubtedly based on the shape of the animal itself. At this moment, when it was the monkey's turn, he suddenly created a "peach", which would undoubtedly appear abrupt, and would have a clear conflict with the main body of the entire set of jade jewelry. In this way, do we need to intersperse some of the other forms of animals in the next form, such as fruit, or something else?"

"Uh, this," Xu Zhiguo thought about it for a moment, and then said modestly, "This is my negligence. I didn't think about the overall aspect. I think it's better to follow Lao Li's design. However, what should I carve this piece of jade material that I like, besides carving monkeys steal peaches, and if it's other animal forms, should I carve it into?"

"This depends on your design." At this moment, Jia Sidao also easily pushed the current task to the four carving masters in front of him. Speaking of which, in terms of jade carving, they are "professional" origins. Jia Sidao is just a "wild way". At that time, seeing their respective designs of jade materials, Jia Sidao personally took the final carving.

"Boss, what you said seems too shirkable, right?" Xu Zhiguo would not let Jia Sidao go so easily, and said, "I think, while everyone is here and the boss is here, everyone should express their opinions on each piece of different jade material. Otherwise, if there is any dispute later, it will be difficult to make a decision."

Speaking of this, Xu Zhiguo also glanced at Jia Sidao. After all, they could quickly take out the design plan. However, the final decision still needs to be seen by Jia Sidao himself.

Especially for this precious jade material, Xu Zhiguo and others will not make decisions easily.

"Okay." Jia Sidao nodded. He first pushed the three pieces of jade materials that had been planned to aside. The remaining ten pieces of jade materials were still piled together, emitting a strange purple color! "You might as well talk about the piece of jade materials that Xiao Xu mentioned just now. Lao Li, what do you think?"

"Me?" Lao Li looked at the jade material in front of him, frowned, and said, "I have to say that Xiao Xu's vision is still very unique. This jade material is really suitable for carving into 'monkey stealing peaches'."

When Xu Zhiguo next to him heard this, he naturally showed a knowing smile. Anyone who heard his opinions be affirmed would have such a heart, right?

"However," Old Li paused for a moment, and regardless of the change in expression on Xu Zhiguo's face, he said to Jia Sidao, "Boss, do you think if all the twelve zodiac signs are carved, what kind of jade jewelry combination should you combine?"

"What else is there?" Jia Sidao was a little curious. If Jia Sidao could completely sway in the gambling stones, then in terms of jade carving, it is no different from a novice, let alone participating in the design of jade material carving.

"Haha, boss, I understand the meaning of Lao Li's words." Xu Zhiguo said, "What I just proposed to carve the twelve zodiac signs is only in terms of the carving form of the jade material. What Lao Li was considering was a whole problem. For example, if there was a piece of purple jade material, which was particularly large, we could carve this huge jade material into a background. Then, carve the twelve zodiac signs and find a suitable position to place it around the background. In this way, the shape of the jade ornaments carved by the thirteen jade materials can be perfectly integrated."

"But there are no jade materials used for backgrounds in these thirteen pieces of jade materials." Jia Sidao said with a wry smile, "Does it be necessary to use other colors of jade materials to make a special background? For example, rockery or something?"

"Haha, that's OK." Xu Zhiguo frowned when he saw Jia Sidao and said with a little gloating, "As long as you are willing, you can take out the jade material that matches these 'purple eyes', and that's all."

"What you said is light." Jia Sidao gave Xu Zhiguo helplessly and said, "If I had so many precious jade materials, I would have sent them to carving masters like Mr. Li from Jieyang's 'Liu Ji'. I don't have to be here. Listen to your words to entertain me, the boss?"

Speaking of the last sentence, especially the last sentence, the somewhat resentful tone made Xu Zhiguo feel a little embarrassed to listen to it.

"So, boss, what do you think of these thirteen jade materials?" Lao Li thought about it and said, "The twelve zodiac signs are a very good theme. However, as Xiao Zhang said just now, the twelve animals all choose to appear in the most primitive form without other fruits or other things. They can only be considered in detail. In general, if the jewelry of the twelve zodiac signs needs to be combined together, it still needs to have an opportunity to perfectly place them together to form a set. In this way, such a good jade material is not in vain, and we spend so much effort to carve them."

"Let me think about it carefully." Jia Sidao began to think seriously when he heard this. His eyes were sweeping around the jade materials on the table, as if he wanted to see their existence and find some inspiration.

However, this simple desktop has not yet been carved into jade materials. Although it cannot conceal the dazzling brilliance of the jade materials itself, in Jia Sidao's opinion, he always feels that something is missing.

In this way, Jia Sidao also agrees quite well. If you want to come up with a theme and gather these jade materials together, perhaps only then can you truly show the charm of "purple eyes"?

Seeing the strange purple color shining from the jade materials in front of you, and thinking of the name "Purple Eyes", Jia Sidao naturally thought of "woman's heart".

Should we highlight the shape of the animals carved from these jade materials, which is the same as the woman's heart, and is unpredictable? But how can we reflect this "unpredictable" by starting from the carving technique?

Jia Sidao couldn't help but frown.

At the same time, Lao Li and others also began to think about what kind of jade jewelry should be carved, or targeted designs for these different forms of jade materials in front of them. However, the premise of these designs requires Jia Sidao to provide a perfect reason!

That is, what kind of connotation does the entire set of jade jewelry in the twelve zodiac signs need to be expressed.

Eigen-like, for example, are all small pieces of jade pendants; or spiritually, every jade jewelry must show the corresponding spiritual outlook of the zodiac image.

"By the way, I think this is OK?" Jia Sidao suddenly stretched his eyebrows, pointed to the three pieces of jade materials that had been designed before, and said, "Look, these three pieces of jade materials, two of which are carved into earrings and brooches, are all jade jewelry that women can wear. If we make the twelve zodiac signs into a complete set of jade jewelry that women can display at one time, what do you think?"

"Brobe, earrings, ring faces, bracelets, bead chains," as soon as Jia Sidao finished speaking, Xu Zhiguo began to talk about some conventional jade jewelry. "In theory, a whole set of jewelry should be able to have two pieces. For jade bracelets, it would be better to give up because of the size of these jade materials. As for ring faces, it is very simple."

"I think it's feasible." Lao Li echoed on the side, saying, "We don't consider the bead chains either. After all, there are a lot of beads required for bead chains. If the twelve zodiac signs are all carved into beads, it would be a better idea. However, it is not suitable for the shape of these thirteen jade materials. And I have a good suggestion for the jade bracelets that Xiao Xu just mentioned."

"Oh? Let's hear it." Jia Sidao said expectantly.

"If it is a whole jade bracelet, these small jade materials are naturally impossible to do." Lao Li said with a smile, "However, we can use series connection to connect a few pieces of materials. If we make bead chains, these jade materials must be polished to be smaller, which is really a waste. Moreover, too small, it will not look good. However, if we make bracelets, each piece can be enlarged. We only need to remove the jade materials suitable for carving into earrings, brooches, pendants, ring faces, etc., and connect the rest into a string. In this way, only a female model is needed to display them, and the jade jewelry of the twelve zodiac signs can be fully displayed!"

"Okay, a very good suggestion." Jia Sidao clapped his hands and said in agreement, "A earring, a brooch, and a ring face. It is best to carve a pendant. The rest will be carved into a zodiac chart similar to the ring face shape. Then connect it in series to form a bracelet."

"By the way, boss, there are thirteen pieces of jade here. We can also use twelve pieces of jade, and the remaining one piece is left without any carving. While displaying the charm of artificially carved jade jewelry, customers can also feel the charm of the natural 'purple eyes'. Wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone?" Lao Li said with a smile.

"Hehe, boss, I think you should carve it quickly." Xu Zhiguo was eager to try and said, "Just listening to Lao Li's words, I couldn't help but want to see what the final result will be. I'm really looking forward to it."

"Yes, yes, I'm a little looking forward to it, too." Xiao Zhang said.

"Go, go there. To carve, you need to take it slowly. You can't eat a fat man in one bite, and you can't reach the sky in one step." Jia Sidao waved his hand and said, "And, before carving, you always need to design every animal form that combines into the twelve zodiac bracelets, right?"

Although designing some animal forms attached to the surface of jade based on the shape of the jade material is not complicated for Xu Zhiguo and others. However, Jia Sidao would not. If you didn't ask Xu Zhiguo and others to design it in advance, it would be impossible to say that except for the three pieces of jade material that Jia Sidao could also carve it immediately, the rest would be enjoyable!
Chapter completed!