Recent content by Katbran

I 'third' Pearl Paradise . You need someone with lots of pearls so that a match can be found. We all know how difficult it is to to match ..WHITE ! Plus there's lustre to consider. So they will 1. be able to match and 2 be able to glue it.

Love the necklace and that feather pearl is so pretty. I bought a few some years ago and now I'm getting inspired to 'pendant' them !! love the whole look

you always look so smart and stylish ,, you do have 'the eye' ! love your remake and of course all the gorgeous pearls you wear !

Nice job stringing ! And lovely colour on those silvery T's

Great job ! Looks beautiful !

perfection !!

Really you can use any metal type you want depending on how much you want to spend. I believe in pairing "Like with Like". So if I were using AAA Akoya or South sea. I'd use gold. Silver is great for Freshwater and Gold filled will give a gold look without the cost. Half hard but never...

gorgeous lustre and colour !

Look like a lower grade nucleated pearl . That's when a bead is inserted into the mollusc and the nacre forms over the bead - this gives a round shape and lets the grower get a larger pearl faster. Like all pearls you get a range of quality from a metallic high lustre to a lower dull surface...

I'm certainly not an Akoya expert but that doesn't look like Mikimoto knotting .. they might have been restrung at some point, possibly to add in a few pearls to get the extra inches. I't is an odd length. Or someone has used an old Miki clasp and strung some Ahoy strands ? I'd do as BWeaves...

Catmom , That clasp is a stunner and the lustre on those pearls is gorgeous !!

Wow - sch intense colour !! and that drop .... oooo la la !!

BWeaves - Wow I wouldn't want to restring that either lol. What a lovely piece and those Blues are gorgeous !! Jeg - beautiful little studs !!

Did Jeremy post the information he learned about the state of the Freshwater industry and beaded pearls somewhere. I've looked and didn't see it....but I am not the best at finding...

I guess more like an artist who carves MOP or even a scrimshaw on MOP ? Like the pendants Paspaley make