How to handle precious stones

An art seminar themed "protective development of valuable and rare material" was recently held at Suifeng Art Gallery in Beijing. 

Organized by the Contemporary Art Institute of Tsinghua University's Academy of Arts and Design, the seminar mainly focused on a raw piece of jadeite, exploring the best solution of carving it into an artwork. 

The seminar welcomed professional opinions from both artists and jade craftsmen, aiming to bring out the highest artistic potential of the rare material, and improve the standard of craftsmanship. 

Artist Du Dakai, who hosted the seminar, said irresponsible handling has caused a large amount of non-renewable resources such as jadeite going to waste. The seminar, he hoped, will evolve effective ways to solve the problem.