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Not sure where to put this and not sure if I should have tried harder to find the information before posting this but have the GIA graduate pearl diploma (or whatever it's called) course disappeared? I looked at the U.K web site and on the schudule for the coming year I could only find the short...

I found this ring earlier today, and I thought I just had to post the link to it here. I think it's very unique and wanted to share. http://www.gnr8.biz/europe/product_info.php?products_id=1042 What's your opinions? I like it but I'm sceptical, I don't think the plant would be too happy if...

I just read that PearlParadise are going to offer us exotic freshwaters again! I'm so excited! Anyone planning on getting some? I've been a VERY good girl the last few months, so I might get something...

I came across some peyote stitching last year and tried it a little, but after a few weeks I stopped. Now I'm hooked again and I'm just wondering if there's anyone else out there that also work with peyote stitch? It's really funny and I get lots of compliments for everything I do. Working on...

I`m thinking about doing a jewelry related course somewhere else next term, and I`m thinking about this one: http://www.westdean.org.uk/resources/longdetails/WE0368.pdf I`d really like to learn the more advanced settings since I feel I want to specialize in it. Any opinions? Does it look good...

There is a Swedish site called Tradera that are co-operating with eBay. I looked around for pearls the other day, you usually don?t find anything interesting but I found this: http://www.tradera.com/Akta_odlade_saltvattensparlor_halsband_armband_vit_-auktion-78386835 The seller is claming that...

I just realised that peach pearls doesn?t seem as popular as lavender or pink pearls, anyone know why that is?

I bought a new torch for me to have when I'm in England, and it arrived today. However, there's a problem, it doesn't seem warm enough. I was told that it might be that the ceramic plates I'm soldering on is absorbing the heat, but I'm not sure since the flame is very small comparing to the one...

I've pretty much gathered that I need a polishing tumbler for my jewellery because: 1. I don't know how to polish jewellery by hand. 2. I think polishing by hand would be very time consuming. 3. I can't afford a flex shaft yet. 4. Buffing wheels scare me. 5. Buffing wheels can rip your fingers...

I?m not sure how lowly this subject is so it might not fit in here, but I thought I should make a thread about people that make their jewelry from scratch, that make their own metalbeads, their earwires etc. I?m asking because tomorrow I?m going on a silversmithing course and I?m totally fired...

A while ago I discovered Etsy thanks to some people telling me about it on the forum. After a quick look through the fees it seems much more reasonable than eBay, it costs 20 cents to list one item, you can upload lots of pictures for free (eBay charges for it if you add more than one picture!)...

I?ve picked up knotting again. I kinda got how to make the knots themselves now, using the method that the PearlParadise does. But the trouble is the gimp... I can?t get it over the silk thread! It would probably work if the silk thread was only double where I?m threading the gimp but it?s 4...

I decided to check again if Pearllunar is listing again and indeed they are. Just in case anyone is wondering.

I was reading this in "The Pearl Buying Guide" by Ren?e Newman: "Blue Pearls Dark-coloured pearls found in oysters such as the Akoya or silver-lip oysters. The colour is due to foreign contaminants in the nacre or between the nacre and shell bead nucleus unlike black pearls whose colour is an...

Yesterday I finally made something with a tahitian pearl that I think it?s considered to be really nice or on the edge to it. I used a baroque silver blue tahitian with a round amethyst. The pearl is about 8 mm. Actually, I just wanted to try it out a little, because I was too inpatient to wait...

I?ve a question about measuring pearls. How on earth are people that deal with pearls able to measure 0,1 mm differences? I?ve been wondering about this for a while.

Have anyone else noticed that this http://www.pearlparadise.com/white-south-sea-wsn-100-001.htm strand is sold? Wow.

I need help with findings nice headpins in gold (Karat doesn?t really matter, just not lower than 14 k.). I`ve looked at Firemountain and the ones they sell are too thin I think, and I?ve looked at Bellafindings but those have flat ends which I find unappealing. Any suggestions? If any of you...

I was reading on Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freshwater_pearl_mussel ) that the freshwater mussel is an endagered specie, this made me a little worried. Since they call the mussel Pinctada margaritifera I?m wondering if this information I got is correct though... If it is, then...

It?s apparantly a standard to bleach pearls that are going into white strands, I noticed the other day that a few pearls in my exotics are white, and they aren?t bleached. I?m wondering if naturally white pearls are rare since they have to bleach them? It?s such a shame because I want my pearls...