BC Jade Bear with Flower Agate Fish Carving on Star Marble Base

These unique carvings feature a BC Canadian jade carved bear with a rhodonite carved fish on a star marble base. These are one of a kind and all are inspired by Linas time in the Rockies. We hope you enjoy your carving, as it is a beautiful artist piece, and a lasting memory of your time in the Canadian Rocky Mountains.

Our Master carver, Lina, comes from a family of carvers. Her grandfather was a Burmese Jade carver in the early 1900s. Lina has been carving since she was a young child, starting with wood and soon migrating to beautiful stones such as Canadian Jade, Alberta Petrified Wood, Amethyst, Rose Quartz, and other crystals and stones. Lina designs and carves all our signature pieces.

Lina currently lives in the Greater Vancouver Area, where her studio is located. While she carves our larger (signed) pieces, her apprentices carve each of our smaller, or unsigned, carvings. Lina trains her apprentices in her personal, unique style of carving, which utilizes as much of the natural stone as possible to create a truly unique bear. This is a direct contradiction to standard stone carving methods, which utilizes an assembly line method of carving, where each bear will turn out exactly the same as the one before. Because of Linas method, each apprentice is tasked with creating something unique with as little stone waste as possible, which teaches them to problem solve and really utilize and cultivate their own creative methods.
She believes that if a carving reminds you of a place, the stone should be from there as well.

Canadian jade rates with the worlds best.Canadian jade is a type of nephrite jade that ranges in color from light green to dark green, and sometimes even black. The Canadian jade mines are the largest jade producing mines in the world. As many Canadian mines are slowly being depleted, the price of jade keeps going up as it becomes scarcer.

Flower agate is a more recent stone find, discovered in 2018. Most often it is pink or cream coloured, with Chalcedony inclusions resembling flowers. These intricate and unique patterns make each piece of this lovely stone entirely unlike any other, and are prized by collectors for this very reason.

Star Marble is a type of crystalline limestone, cherished for its pure white colour with glittering specks. Formed in shallow, calm, marine waters, star marble is believed to be made up of skeletal fragments of marine organisims such as coral. It is also formed from silica and crystals, which would have formed to fill natural gaps left in the stone, giving each piece its sparkling appearance. 

You will receive the same carving as you select. Bear detaches from base.

Approximate dimensions:
Bear carving: L 48 mm x W 29 mm x D 32 mm
Star marble base: L 58 mm x W 53 mm x D 43 mm

Jade:
Good luck
Tranquility
Harmony
Peace
Heart Chakra

Star Marble:
Purification
Grounding
Centering
Enhances other stones properties
Crown Chakra

Flower Agate:
Self growth
Compassion
Understanding
Courage
Heart Chakra

Exposure to water and other chemicals, such as cleaning products or aerosols, will damage it over time. If you polish the stone, use a dry cloth only, or an air duster that does not contain any disinfectant or other chemicals.

Any item(s) purchased will be shipped within 48 hours, however most are processed within 24 hours of the confirmation of your order. 

We use a tracked service for all items.

According to the postal service, US & Canadian parcels should arrive within 6 business days, international items should arrive within 11 business days after dispatch. Please be aware that these are subject to change and delays can occur outside of our control.

You can view the entire shipping policy here.