Show Us Your Pearls In Action!!!

[oysterowl83]

Cees again..GSS from Jewelmer..boom!

 

[jeg]

Pretty pearls and looks, PearlyLibrarian, BWeaves, Mary-Contrary and oysterow183!

So, I had a couple thoughts for you, PearlyLibrarian… I can’t remember if you do your own wire-wrapping and stringing, but I pulled up a couple examples of both. I went with delicate pieces since your looks seem to tend towards delicate pieces?

The first one is a long strand of tiny blue Akoya from Kojima. I think these keshi are smaller than yours, but the idea would still work. This strand is very long. I can’t remember off the top of my head, but maybe 40”. If I wear it long, I use a knot and a pendant. I’ve also doubled and tripled it around the neck. It’s also a perfect length for me to wrap several times as a bracelet.

My other thought was my go-to pieces. I turn just about all my tiny keshi into station chains. They work so well on their own, layered, or for pendant chains. You could make necklaces to match the bracelets from your last post.

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Or long and scattered

Looking forward to seeing what you decide to do with your keshi! I could go on, but you’d need to steer me towards what you are thinking…

 

[Pomelo]

Thanks so much, Pomelo! Hmmm, not really sure how to describe some of the colors. I guess some of them can resemble Tahitian colors but with more of a soap bubbly effect and lots of luster. It’s amazing the range of natural colors of Akoya pearls. We just never get to see them at market. The necklace has the biggest range of colors, but I pulled up some older pics of bracelets I also was able to make with these pearls.
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Oh my, I haven’t felt the itch to buy new pearls in a long time but you may have just unlocked a new wishlist item…!

These are beautiful, and I bet they’re even better in the flesh!!

Out of interest, have you ever strung highly saturated akoya together with light coloured Tahitians? I’m wondering because then there’ll be a combination of colours and sizes

 

[PearlyLibrarian]

Pretty pearls and looks, PearlyLibrarian, BWeaves, Mary-Contrary and oysterow183!

So, I had a couple thoughts for you, PearlyLibrarian… I can’t remember if you do your own wire-wrapping and stringing, but I pulled up a couple examples of both. I went with delicate pieces since your looks seem to tend towards delicate pieces?

The first one is a long strand of tiny blue Akoya from Kojima. I think these keshi are smaller than yours, but the idea would still work. This strand is very long. I can’t remember off the top of my head, but maybe 40”. If I wear it long, I use a knot and a pendant. I’ve also doubled and tripled it around the neck. It’s also a perfect length for me to wrap several times as a bracelet.
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My other thought was my go-to pieces. I turn just about all my tiny keshi into station chains. They work so well on their own, layered, or for pendant chains. You could make necklaces to match the bracelets from your last post.

Short-
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Or long and scattered
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Looking forward to seeing what you decide to do with your keshi! I could go on, but you’d need to steer me towards what you are thinking…

@jeg wow these are great ideas! I haven’t done any wire wrapping, but I bought supplies for stringing with aspirations of teaching myself. I do love that style of clasp on your long strand as well. It would be about ~48 inches strung together so maybe that’s a good direction! I don’t know if I’m ambitious enough for wire wrapping at the moment!

 

[BWeaves]

Lazing around the house in pearls, as you do. Tahitian keshi tin-cups and pistachio Tahitian stud earrings from Kojima.

 

[BWeaves]

Oh, I couldn't wait until the little H Pearl Paradise Live Event. I had to have these now. Little h souffle' pearl earrings stuffed with blue topaz and seed pearls. I think they'll go great with all my blue pearls and blue diamonds.

 

[BWeaves]

I know it's October, but the weather just got nice enough in Florida to open the windows. White linen and blue pearls. Natural color akoya pearls, both the blue and the white ones. Blue baroque akoya pendant and blue akoya pearl rope with teeny tiny white keshi pearls from Takahashi Pearls. Natural white Hanadama rope from Pearl Paradise. Souffle' earrings with teeny tiny pearls and reclaimed topaz from little h at Pearl Paradise.

 

[Leahi]

Aloha! I'm a jewelry designer in Hawaii and do craft fairs and have 2 online stores. I love to combine baroque Tahitian, Edison, Keshi pearls, etc. with shell and other materials.I also use blue and pink Akoya pearls to make earrings. I'm making the leap to wholesale next year and going into stores in Hawaii in 2026. Very excited and nervous about making this move! Mika@Leahigifts.com, Leahigifts.etsy.com and #Leahigifts

 

[Shani]

Akoyas from Takahashi, PP, and bracelet from CMW pearls.

 

[SurfnSci]

Gorgeous pearls, everyone, wow!!!

Collins Ts with Kamoka clasp.

 

[jeg]

Thank you, Pomelo! I’ve kept all the Akoyas together and haven’t mixed them with anything. I haven’t had them next to any of my light T’s to see what the contrast would be like, but I’ll pull some out and take a look.

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with PearlyLibrarian.

Love that pair of little h earrings, BWeaves. I was admiring them when we were at the vault this summer. So many choices…

Your bracelet looks dreamy next to the surf, SurfnSci!

Welcome, Leahi! I love shell and pearl jewelry and Indo-Pacific cone shells are my favorites. My shell and pearl jewelry have become a collection of their own. I recognize your work! I frequently visit Hawaii and have a pair of earrings from an event I attended last year. I can’t remember if it was the Honolulu Festival, or which one it was now. Anyways, I pulled up some pics I posted here since they’ve become a part of my collection-