Recent content by mattflamm

Wow, Sorry, I've been gone so long. I watched a few days, Didn't see any activity, and gave up. Now I come back and see some great response. I've always assumed everything they tell me at GH about "local" pearls is lies, and 80% of everything else is, too. The local craftsmanship comes in the...

I'm an American living in the Philippines who has a couple local friends that have worked as beaders (knotters?) in the past, as well as a few local craftsmen that make unique fashion items. With their encouragement I've decided to set up a website that sells some of these things and wanted to...