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Chinese people love jades, the luxury consumer goods, is not only cultural objects but also beautiful objects with commercial value. Cultural and creative industries has become one of the national key development plans since 2002 and has gradually effect Taiwan economic development. In terms of jade industries, eastern Taiwan jades are various and collectable. There are wide market demands so eastern Taiwan jades are the precious treasures of Taiwan. The purpose of this research is studying how to display and enhance the beauty and characteristics of jades through designing. According to the observation of eastern Taiwan jades market, this research believe that traditional artworks should focus on the application of creativity and special materials. So as to build the local-owned design feature and deliver the value of eastern Taiwan products through the success of Eastern Taiwan jades. Thus it may cause some change of the stuck current problems of artworks. Eastern Taiwan jade accessories are the object of this research. The study shows that artists should not ignore the importance of carving in accordance with Jade material and should carve the raw jades with creativity and designing in order to value up the artworks. This research took variety of jade materials and three series consist of 27 art pieces as examples to elaborate the concept of this research. First, ''Time Series'' consist of 9 pieces of artwork. They were made of the polished Taiwan jades which were stocked up for several years by the jade dealers. The creator of Time Series hope to reborn the stock-up polished jades. Second, ''Baby Stone Series'' consist of 9 pieces of artwork. They were made of Eastern Taiwan jades which were collected from rivers, sea and mountains in Taiwan. The main concept of Stone Series are eyelet and ligature works for accessories wearing. Third, ''Dreams come true Series'' consist of 9 pieces of artwork. Dreams come true Series turned some jade leftovers into beautiful jade souvenirs in order to proclaim less mining, ecological protection and value natural resources. Through paper study and artistic creation, researcher realized that put the artistic theory we learned into practices and create artworks in accordance with Jade Material could highlight the characteristics of Eastern Taiwan jades. Researcher also comprehended that we can talk with artworks. Different consumers can gain different response from a same artworks. Researcher expect that his study could bring some insights and innovations for the creators and dealers of Eastern Taiwan jades, increase design quality and advance sustainable development of jades industries.
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