David Clayton's Jade Sculptures

  My Heart To you

This jade screamed to be sculpted into a modern heart

Sculpted from a Siberian Jade Cobble collected from the Vitim River

Diffraction

Backlit light glows through the eye of this sculpture creating a star burst within

Sculpted from a Siberian Jade Cobble collected from the Vitim River

Flame

This multicolor jade has been sculpted to maintain the golden rind that nature has given the stone

Sculpted from a Siberian Jade Cobble collected from the Vitim River

Blue Within

One side of this sculpture has been polished leaving a beautiful golden color

The other side has been worked through the golden layer to reveal the blue green color within

Sculpted from a Siberian Jade Cobble collected from the Vitim River

  Candy

A beautiful jade sculpture on a complimentary manzanita base

Sculpted from a Siberian Jade Cobble collected from the Vitim River

  Blue Flame

A rare blue green jade mixed with golden brown remnants of the rind nature has provided

Sculpted from a Siberian Jade Cobble collected from the Vitim River

The Sculptor's Note:

When sculpting jades I usually do not have a specific form in mind.  I start by removing areas of the stone that obviously do not belong to the finished work.  These areas may have undesirable impurities or just do not look in proportion to the stone.  Then the stone starts to take form and guides me as to the shape it wants to become.  Shortly after I am just there just for the ride as the stone has spoken its shape and my job is simply to remove what does not belong to the sculpture.

Jade is harder than steel so I use diamond tools to massage the jades into shape.

Thank you for visiting,

David R. Clayton

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Note:  The heights listed above do not include the height of the base.  The height indicated is the height of the actual jade sculpture.

Email: jadecarver@jadecarver.com