| "Sizes are generally less than 8mm because Huynh wants medium-sized round pearls grown in eight months time that he can cut to expose sections of the gems like citrine and amethyst which he uses as a nucleus"
Can't wait to see that.
They're actually quite unique and beautiful- somebody posted images of them on here somewhere... Apparently this artist decided to go into partnership with some Vietnamese farmers so he could get the pearls with the appropriate thin nacre layers in order to carve his artworks easier- The Tahitian government won't allow him to export the pearls without the minimum .8mm thickness standard, even though he is pretty clearly working on something totally unique... Good luck to him!-
I am pretty sure that he's working out of San Diego at Galatea... I am totally impressed with his work too- he recently invented a new gemstone cut called the Davinci- in which light penetrates the stone's table in original faceting and allows a color change! I believe he uses this technique in Topaz at the moment... |