Inside California's Jade Carving Culture | 2025 Monterey Bay Jade Festival VIDEO TOUR

GUATEMALAN JADE | WYOMING JADE | BIG SUR JADE | CHINESE JADE

Nephrite jade and jadeite jade from a wide variety of locales are featured in this video tour of the 2025 Monterey Bay Jade Festival, where some of the most talented jade carvers in North America congregate for a weekend of trading, seminars, and networking.

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Thumbnail photo courtesy of Adrienne Gammiere (IG @adrienne_22)
And Justin Barrett (IG @just_in_jade)

*MUSIC*
Happy Life by Fredj
Blue Sky by Ikson
Morning Thoughts by Hotham
Music from #InAudio: https://inaudio.org/
Shining, Positive, Early Morning, Hey Summer,


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*TIMESTAMPS*

1:57 Inside a Jade Carving Workshop
4:53 Fine Art and Jade Gallery
7:25 International Jade Summit
8:47 Wyoming Apple Green Jade
9:24 Edwards Black Wyoming Jade
11:21 Jade Jackrabbit Carving
12:20 Rough Wyoming Jade
13:13 Guatemalan Jadeite Jade
15:50 Blue Jade
17:35 Big Sur Jade
18:54 Georg Schmerholz Jade Carving Exhibition
22:02 JADE KEYBOARD
26:22 Clear Creek Jade
29:57 Siberian Jade
33:12 Chinese Jade
41:50 JADE OCARINA
48:22 Alien Carving in Jade

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