[Heidi]

OK, it's time for a neck shot! So many factors in how this is a kinetic piece and how the luster and colors will work with skin. It would be great to see how this wears.

[jshepherd]

What would you both do instead? What kind of setting would fit a pearl like this? No cap would work... the pearl is too long to be center-drilled (it must be 25 to 30 mm in length), it was clearly drilled just above the nucleus... You can tell the triangle is not a standard bale. It was wrapped from a piece of wire to fit the pearl.

What setting would better showcase the pearl?

[robinmce]

I really like the triangular bail.I think this unique pearl stands out without much help. so simplicity is best,but I would put a simple jump ring rather than the wire twist like Valeria suggested.

[pearlescence]

I have no idea, this is one of those items which could lurk in the back drawer for some time until inspiration hits. But that bail is ho-hum. It is okay but it could go on any large pearl....
I mean in the middle picture I can see a woman with a small head, droopy breasts and a big stomach. Now I know that is not going to make a fabulous brooch, but that is from just one photo...

[Kevin Canning]

I can see a woman with a small head, droopy breasts and a big stomach

I saw that too or even a snowman on a hot day

[pearlescence]

Oh good, I thought it might just be me...!

[waimeamomi]

Iʻd like to see it on someone. One thing I do frequently when I have a wire wrap exposed and a piece like that is to make it very tight, and then cover it with a crimp cover. They come in different sizes and you can get them in 14K. It gives it a more finished look, and on this piece a round bead there might just balance out the piece. The nice thing about a piece like that is you can keep fooling around with it until you get it right!

[Mikeyy]

Originally Posted by Kevin Canning

I saw that too or even a snowman on a hot day

I thought it looked like a silver eggplant. It is an oddball pearl. What is funny. And what you can't see from the pic is the top of the pearl. The tail at the top looks like a vulture or a baby birds head. So we had a little giggle over the Vulture on a perch idea. This pearl is a toughy unless you are willi ng to grind the top off.

No I didn't design it. And I haven't measured it. I have rolled it around for a few years without an idea. So I thought I would let someone else have a go at it. Thanks for the input. I'm having fun with it.

[richipat]

Very unique. I like the simplicity of the simple wire setting -- shows off the pearl.

[Kevin Canning]

Thanks for the input. I'm having fun with it.

Thats the important thing, who gives a rat butt if anybody else likes or dislikes it.

[Heidi]

Originally Posted by Kevin Canning

Thats the important thing, who gives a rat butt if anybody else likes or dislikes it.

That's about the best thing I have heard in days!

[waimeamomi]

Thatʻs a fact. Lotʻs of creative people with ideas. I know when I see something cool like that, I want it to play around with it. Iʻve seen pearls like that and couldnʻt get my head around it. Seeing this one on its perch made me think. The first thing I wondered was what it would look like upside down. Now I see the bird!

[GemGeek]

Originally Posted by Kevin Canning

Thats the important thing, who gives a rat butt if anybody else likes or dislikes it.

Go Kevin, Go Kevin!!!

[nlerner]

Originally Posted by jshepherd

What would you both do instead? What kind of setting would fit a pearl like this? What setting would better showcase the pearl?

I think that I know what's wrong with this "fertility amulet" pearl pendant.
The chain and the setting is a bit too airy, too anemic for this interesting, with a statement, pearl.
I would prefer a thicker chain, like the 22kt. hand woven chains of Care Ehret and a thicker, setting connected to the same drilled points.

What do you think?

[Mikeyy]

I'll have to remember to post pics of big loose baroque pearls here. Just for design suggestions.