Show Us Your Pearls In Action!!!

[jeg]

I always find it interesting to see the choice of pearls made by men. For those I have personally seen outside of the pearl world, I have mostly seen strands of white pearls on the younger set. Fun to catch glimpses of pearls in the wild these days…

A Rikitea strand from Cees, a Kojima Tahitian pendant, a keshi chain and earrings I put together. The metal discs are from a San Francisco artist.

 

[BWeaves]

OOOO, it's nice seeing men in white pearls.

 

[jeg]

Two Tahitian strands from PP with custom Sea of Cortez earrings from Kojima.

 

[lary007]

Today I (the Red Queen) am wearing my metallic freshadamas. They are very queenly.

Please excuse the bad office lighting

 

[lary007]

Two Tahitian strands from PP with custom Sea of Cortez earrings from Kojima.
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I can not get over those earrings!!

 

[CortezPearls]

Today I (the Red Queen) am wearing my metallic freshadamas. They are very queenly. View attachment 471502View attachment 471503

Please excuse the bad office lighting

Nice that you can Cosplay at the office!
The costume and pearls look very nice on you!

 

[CortezPearls]

Two Tahitian strands from PP with custom Sea of Cortez earrings from Kojima.
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Erotochromatic
How I miss having beauties such as these on my work table every morning!

 

[lary007]

Nice that you can Cosplay at the office!
The costume and pearls look very nice on you!

Yes, the bank I work for goes all out for Halloween! They make it a contest between all the branches and we won this year.

 

[Katbran]

Where does the time go ?? BWeaves, thank goodness you survived that terrible storm with no damage ! My Brother and sister in law had just moved to SC around Greenville and I was worried but no damage..just power lost for awhile. But poor Ashville ...I've been there many times and could not believe the devastation. But on a fun note... love all those new things !!

jet - always so many beautiful and fun pieces !!

 

[MMtwo]

Thanks so much, Douglas and 2thdktr!!

All things I put together- a strand I knotted with a mix of Fiji pearls from Cees, random Tahitians on a chain with one Fiji pearl, and earring dangles with tiny T’s from Alex Colllins. I found the little diamond studs when I was rummaging through my mom’s jewelry last week. I remember the Christmas years ago when she received these from my aunt and uncle.
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Love your style, super cute outfits too!
I love the t linked necklace!

 

[jeg]

Thanks so much, lary007, Douglas, Katbran and MMtwo for the kind compliments!

Lary007, your costume is fantastic and the pearls fit for a queen!

All from Kojima- Seashell and Tahitian earrings, a necklace of MOP beads, vintage gold turtle beads and a single T, and a Tahitian and keshi long necklace.

 

[Purranha]

Love the Chihuly glass ceiling @jeg and your bunny fits right in!

A little fun weekend project posting here! Back at the 2018 PP Ruckus, Hisano was gracious enough to let us dig through her little h soufflé stash. I got the 2 circled soufflé and Lema got the other one. Seeing our 3 soufflés colors matched well together, she graciously gifted me her pearl so I can make a suite. Hisano noted that Lema’s pearl plus one of mine fit together like a jigsaw puzzle! Voila, introducing the Jigsaw Hugging Siblings Soufflé Earrings!!! Lol, yes, a mouthful. But I love it! I am in the process of finding out if I can have a ring made with the same findings/design.
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I have a few other soufflé earrings, and since I liked the flower findings so much, I converted the pair on the right to go with the gold version of the flowers. Super happy with how they turned out!
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Part 2 of my soufflé project is finally done! I have a trio of the lighter colored soufflés and I was waiting for some parts to set the 3rd one into a ring. And VOILA!!! I could not be happier with how it turned out, and look at the reflection of me on the soufflé!!!

 

[Purranha]

A little behind the scene actions - rings are hard for me since I don't metalsmith, so I literally duct tape and bubble gum stuff together and it was a multi-step process.

Hisano had drilled a hole for me at the back of the soufflé. I used the same flower finding I used for the earrings, used superglue to hold the pearl, flower, and ring blanks together (it was not fun, I would not recommend it lol), and then resin everything together after the superglue has set.

At first I kept the earring post on to help wedge the items together and put the first layer of resin on. And then I chopped the post off and did another layer of resin over it to secure and smooth everything out.

And the reason I used 2 ring blanks is because the thin gold band has a little peg on it which is secured into the soufflé. But the steel ring blank is just a plan round one. So I used both for better security and stability. Weeee!!! Very happy how they all turned out. A few more photos of the items:

Haha in this picture, you can see I haven't chopped off the connector loop yet.

Here is the final complete piece.

 

[CortezPearls]

A little behind the scene actions - rings are hard for me since I don't metalsmith, so I literally duct tape and bubble gum stuff together and it was a multi-step process.

Hisano had drilled a hole for me at the back of the soufflé. I used the same flower finding I used for the earrings, used superglue to hold the pearl, flower, and ring blanks together (it was not fun, I would not recommend it lol), and then resin everything together after the superglue has set.

At first I kept the earring post on to help wedge the items together and put the first layer of resin on. And then I chopped the post off and did another layer of resin over it to secure and smooth everything out. View attachment 471533

And the reason I used 2 ring blanks is because the thin gold band has a little peg on it which is secured into the soufflé. But the steel ring blank is just a plan round one. So I used both for better security and stability. Weeee!!! Very happy how they all turned out. A few more photos of the items:

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Haha in this picture, you can see I haven't chopped off the connector loop yet.

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GORGEOUS pearls & settings!
Well done!

 

[jeg]

What a lot of work, Purr! But you created such a pretty ring!

 

[jeg]

Golden SS keshi strand and a custom SS keshi dangle necklace, both from Takahashi.

 

[CortezPearls]

Golden SS keshi strand and a custom SS keshi dangle necklace, both from Takahashi.
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OMG!
This is absolutely STUNNING Jeg!

 

[Pella]

OMG!
This is absolutely STUNNING Jeg!

I agree.

 

[jeg]

Thanks so much, Douglas and Pella!!

 

[Pomelo]

Golden SS keshi strand and a custom SS keshi dangle necklace, both from Takahashi.
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What beautiful GSS keshis @jeg ! The way the colours range from a light champagne to almost a rose gold tone. Just delightful