Next, they are roughly rounded.


Then they are glued onto a dop stick for grinding the edges into a true round. Roger shows dop sticks with pearls before and after grinding.


Here Roger shows what the abalone implant looks like from the back. The implant is plucked out and the hollow pearl is filled with resin.


Then abalone shell is selected to cover the back of the filled pearl. These are also polished. The Paua shell is almost as beautiful as the pearl. Okay, not quite, but the backs of the Eyris Blue pearls are lovely. On the jewelry I purchased, they have a serial number engraved into the back of each shell. They’re really precious.


Then the pearls are dopped on the back so the front can be polished. They polish the pearls directly on a polishing wheel.


Later, we’ll get a chance to see the finished pearls.

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