这枝胸针以一颗冰种椭圆蛋面作花心,外圈黄橙色花瓣镶碎钻;叶子用马眼形、水滴形阳绿翡翠;茎的分叉铺满碎钻。绿、冰白、蜜黄三色同枝,是工坊里较费配石的一类。
The heart is an icy oval cabochon; the petals are honey-yellow with pavé rims; leaves are marquise and pear yang-green jadeite; the forked stem is solid pavé. Green, ice-white and honey-yellow on one branch is a hard matching job.
一、花心为什么用冰种
1. Why the heart is icy jadeite
冰种蛋面几乎无色,用来当「光」,绿叶才显得更绿。若花心也用满绿,整枝会糊成一块。黄瓣只起过渡,面积小于叶。花心用包镶或短爪,背面开窗。
An icy cabochon is almost colourless—it is light, so the green leaves read greener. A full-green heart would turn the branch into one blot. Yellow petals are only a bridge, smaller than the leaves. The heart is bezelled or short-pronged, open at the back.
二、叶形石的朝向
2. Which way the leaves point
马眼形长轴要顺着茎的生长方向,不能横插。黄石与绿叶穿插,避免「一边黄一边绿」。分叉的钻茎背面加筋,别在薄外套上才不塌。
The long axis of each marquise follows the stem, never across it. Yellow and green interleave so one side is not a stripe. The forked pavé stem is ribbed at the back so it does not collapse on a thin jacket.
适合把多颗边角小翠「攒」成一枝花。梧越珠宝按现有石形出枝条草图,缺叶再从料里配,不硬改原石形状。
A good way to gather leftover small jadeites into one branch. Wuyue Jewelry draws the stem to the stones you have; we match missing leaves from stock rather than recutting origin pieces.