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2017
Friends of Jade Dinner Tucson
The time is approaching for the annual Friends of Jade dinner in Tucson this year. It will be on February 4th Saturaday at Mama Louisa's Resturante on Craycroft Road. No host drinks:6:30p.m. Dinner:7:00p.m. Cost:$22.00 per person. Come and enjoy some great…
2015
Sneak preview of Jades for sale April 25&26
Contact [email removed] if interested in attending
2014
2014 Jade Carving Workshop
We are having our annual jade carving workshop with Master carver Matt Glasby. The workshop will run from October 20-24 in the beautiful Caypay Valley at the Burkleo residence. We have limited spaces available. Please contact Mike and Joan for more…
Don Wobber ' s passing:
It is with a sense of personal sadness that I announce the passing of Don Wobber! In the North American Jade culture Don was a real giant! He was a Jade diver who found some of the largest and finest boulders of Big Sur Jade ever recovered, see his book "Jade…
FRIENDS of JADE DINNER TUCSON 2014
We are having our annual Friends of Jade Dinner this year at "Gee's Garden Resturante" Location: 1145 N. Alvernon Way, Tucson Phone: 520-325-5353 Time: 7:00p.m. Date: February 8th Saturaday. cost: 15.50$ per person plus gratuity Tables of ten served family…
2013
2013 Donn Salt and Matt Glasby Workshop
What an amazing time we all had! This workshop turned out to be one of the highest attended in our history of Jade carving classes. The atmosphere was electric with talented teachers and students. So many amazing pieces were completed. Here are a few for your…
Email address change
Please be aware that the email coffee426432@sbcglobal is no longer in use to reach Mike and Joan Burkleo editors of Friends of Jade. Please contact us at [email removed]. Thank you
Amazing video series on Jade
Here is a link for an amazing video series on Jade. I enjoyed it and learned something new about Jade. http://english.cntv.cn/program/e_documentary/20100715/103420.shtml#.UZOgjPHoQpo.facebook
Jade Carving Workshop
Three day jade carve-in. Fairfield, Ca. Mike Burkleo host. 200.00$ for all three days. Dates: June 13, 14, and 15. Contact Mike through our website:revelationsinstone.com or at 707-330-4539
2012
Matt Glasby Jade Workshop 2013
We are accepting students for our first workshop of the year with Matt. We are very excited to offer this amazing class with such a skilled teacher. Contact Mike Burkleo at [email removed] or call 707-330-4539. The dates are May 20-24, 2013. Hope to see you…
Matt Glasby Workshop
We are excepting students for our October Jade workshop with Matt. The dates: oct. 15-19. Respond to Mike at [email removed] Looking forward to a great class!
Friends Of Jade Dinner
This year in Tucson we had a wonderful gathering at the "Black Angus" on Oracle Rd.. For those of you who remember this was the site of our very first "Friends Of Jade" dinner in Tucson nine years ago. We have seen many changes since that time and it seems…
2011
JADE COVE
The Pacific Ocean looking out over Sand Dollar beach.
JADE FESTIVAL 2011
AS the fall season comes to the central California coast, Jade lovers are not thinking of autumn leaves and pumpkin pie, they begin to anticipate the Big Sur Jade Festival. Although this event goes unnoticed by a large part of the population in California, a…
JADE CARVE-IN
Jade carve-in set for this October after the Jade Festival in Big Sur, Ca. The dates for the carve-in are October 13,14,&15. in Fairfield, ca. Contact Mike at [email removed] Cost: $175.00 for three days of instruction and use of my workshop.…
Donn Salt Workshop
Donn Salt is a famous Jade carver from New Zealand. He will be heading a Jade carving workshop in Fairfield, Ca. in October of this year. It will be a five day workshop scheduled after the Jade Cove Festival in Big Sur, Ca. on Columbus day weekend in October.…
Win Robertson:
The "Jade Queen" of British Columbia has passed. I have received notice from Debra Wilson that Win Robertson passed this last week. For those who are not familiar with Win, she was quite a significant part of Canadian Jade hunting history. The story of her…
Passing The Torch
As I considered the kind offer by Fred and Charlotte to follow them in managing Friends Of Jade I realised quickly that it would be a huge challenge for myself and Joan. I am quite sure I do not have the credentials or the life experience of Fred and…
New Management
The hour has come for me to pass the mantle of stewardship of FOJ to another in our community. Graciously, Mike Burkleo has agreed to continue monitoring the site, which many jade lovers have found a vital meeting place through the years. Here we share…
2008
Jade Art Now 2009
Click to view full-size image David Frederick' Antiquities, Plus... & Friends of Jade Organization administered by Fred Ward, present the 3rd Annual JADE ART NOW Feb. 8 - 16, 2009 Grand Opening: Feb. 7, 5:00 PM - 10:30 PM Come and meet the premier talents in…
2007
Friends of Jade Presents - Jade Art Now
Friends of Jade presents The Second Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Jade Sculpture & Jewelry Feb. 10-15, 2008 Show opening Feb.9, 5pm - 10pm Event Site: Jade Art Now Bookings and payment for the Friends of Jade dinner and gathering can be made direct…
Stone Cold Craze
For those of us who are always interested in China, jade, prices, and trends, here are three new articles from China Daily, the government's official newspaper. The following three items reveal a great deal about China itself, about jade to be used for the…
Seasoned collectors that make amateurs green with envy
This new article from China Daily gives us a new view of what is happening inside China as precious jade material is sought from both old collectors and some of China's new rich buyers. Read the full article here
Can you spot the difference?
Chinese dealers, collectors, buyers, and sellers are rapidly becoming familiar with new realities. Jade sales among older collectors are now being replaced by some of China's new rich, who want to own some pieces of "The Stone of Heaven." But as jade's…
Big Sur Jade Festival 2007
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Olympic Medals
This is a first look at China's medals for the 2008 Olympics. Speculation has been high to learn what graphics and materials China would use. All are 70mm in diameter (app. 2.5 inches). China has to make 6000 medals for the Olympics, using only Chinese jade.…
Fifth Annual Sinkankas Symposium
Attention Jade friends, I want to call your attention to an event that is coming very soon, but you can still attend. It's the FIFTH ANNUAL SINKANKAS SYMPOSIUM held at GIA in Carlsbad, CA. It's an all-day event on Saturday, April 21, 2007 and I'll place a…
Friends of Jade is now a public site
Dear Friends of Friends of Jade: Today is an important moment in our history. The original Friends of Jade organization began in England in the 1980s. I got involved while writing and photographing the "Jade" article for National Geographic Magazine and began…