[barbie biggs]

Nathan:
You are absofraginlutely right! Don't you just luv keishi?
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[waimeamomi]

And then they're these. South Seas keshi (keishi, what is correct??). I'm plotting out what to do with those. Knot, tiny gold spacers, eat them up they're so yummy!

[knotty panda]

I've posted these before, but they are SO GORGEOUS another viewing won't hurt anyone. Almost makes you swear off round for good, don't they?

[Mervione]

Woooow!!! Maybe I´m just a total newbie to pearls still but that might be the strongest orient I´ve ever seen!

Oh Yes! Keishi are just the best for orient! The goldens almost seem transparent, like one can look into them---
Knotty, those would stay out where I could view them all the time if they were mine!

[pearlescence]

I have some like that - thinner, real fine petals, and big, lots of orient etc. I look at them and think wow, then what on earth can I do with them.....I did make some earrings but I haven't really seen a good use for them.
Any ideas very welcome

[Miriam Reed]

Knotty Panda,
Those are absolutely gorgeous! It makes me itch to touch them.

Wendy, there has to be something that would do them justice. I'm not wild about them in bracelets - doesn't seem to show them off to best advantage. What were the earrings like? I would have thought that earrings would be a good idea, especially if you use several keshis in a chandelier style. Do you have a photo of the ones you made? What about using them in a large pendant?

[claudenancy]

I am a newbie here and have enjoyed reading all of the wonderful posts. I am a longtime gemstone fanatic. I think it was the keishi or second harvest (still confused about what to call the freshwater ones) that recently hooked me on pearls. I will attempt to attach a picture of my new keishi (second harvest??) freshwater pearl necklace. The flower also has a South Sea center with small SS keishi (?correct term) as accents. These glow in the dark--literally.

[knotty panda]

That is so graceful! I love it.

[claudenancy]

Thanks so much. I just started making jewelry as a hobby, and this is my first pearl necklace. It was such a wonderful feeling to work with these beautiful, "eccentric" shapes and textures.

Delicious colors, too! Love the variety of pearls. I just call the freshwater keishi also, too confusing otherwise.

[Caitlin]

Hi When I first got here, I called keshi "keishi"- rhymes with heishi.

But it is keshi with an "eh" sound as in "get"

I would use keshi as a term for freshwater second growths only in a very casual way, but I think the term should be adopted.

[Kevin Canning]

Just caught that pic now Knotty, hows that for orient eh!!

[Andrew]

Beautiful keshi necklace,Claudenancy, but could you specify if they're all South Sea keshis or just the ones in the flower? Also, about them glowing in the dark. Is that just for a few minutes after you put the lights out or all night long? Does anyone know why pearls would do this?

[claudenancy]

Hi Andrew. I was not very clear was I? I will attach a close up of the flower. The only South Sea pearls in the necklace are the ringed pearl that constitutes the center of the flower and the very small ones that ring the flower. Obviously the central pearl is not keshi but an irregular ringed cultured SS pearl.

Also I did overstate the glow factor--I should have said that thay have a shimmery glow in low light conditions such as light from a distant candle only. As far as I know these are not treated, and I am fairly confident that they are not radioactive!!!!

I am glad to meet another newbie to the forum.