John Tu’s Pearls, continued…
I’ve been seeing more and more pearls that look like the pearl equivalent of a porcupine quill or anemone spine. I know one of you will know the official name…
I like these chubby ones. They have interesting circles and color banding…
Here are some skinny ones…
Now these would make a great bead curtain for a doorway!
You can see some stars at the right. These were one of the first variations of the coin pearl. They are ¼ of the price and four times as good as they were two years ago.
And their natural color blends beautifully with glass beads.
Speaking of coin pearls, here are coin pearls on steroids. The square pearls are one inch wide!
I must admit that they look kind of blah after seeing the dyed version, so next we’re going to see dyed pearls.
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