Recent content by Pearly-Whites

BWeaves, such a wonderful ombré strand. I hope your hand heals well. Amoreperla, lovely coppery baroque strand. Pomelo, stunning Tahitian. I don’t usually go for dyed freshwater pearls, but I love the “oil slick” iridescence of these. I bought them at a jeweler in Solvang, CA and restrung...

SurfnSci and Jeg, Both of you have amazing wire wrapping skills with stunning pearls. Today I have 10mm Tahitians that were sourced several years ago from Jac on Etsy who no longer has a storefront. They were initially in a tin cup and I recently reworked them with a multicolored sapphire...

Jeg, once again a stunning combination of fashion and gorgeous pearls! I have been fixated lately on the combination of pearls and gemstones. I am not a huge fan of golden SSP as it doesn’t compliment my coloring so I don’t have many. This is my latest project consisting of an off round...

Taemint, That is a very nice result and Pearl Dreams I appreciate your hint regarding temperature changes. The pin vise does allow you to get a better grip as you work. Ha, ha when I just need a little bigger hole, I use endodontic (root canal) files as the metal is of high quality and will...

I have some Sea of Cortez stud earrings that I bought from the Tucson Gem and Mineral show several years ago and the color they look best with is pink. These are drilled and set in platinum findings from Gempacked. I will always try to reference sources should I post more.

I am now considering a rainbow sapphire option as well.

It is so interesting that you are playing with Sea of Cortez mabe designs. I was bought a mabe from them about ten years ago and am considering just now settings for it. I think that my mabe blends best with pink (sapphire), blue (sapphire), amythest and peridot.

I truly enjoyed listening to this and to learn about this incredible history of natural pearls and the conditions and geography that created this phenomenon. A question as to what happened to the archaeological find of the pearls that were discovered buried?

Okay I guess if I do them as an attachment. These were purchased as loose pearls from Eliko Pearls. They have beautiful green and pink overtones. elikopearls.com

I posted these under Tahitian Pearls faceted. I am going to try here to see if I can post the photos correctly. I am not not sure why they are showing as thumbnails rather than full size?

I posted these under Tahitian Pearls faceted. I am going to try here to see if I can post the photos correctly. I am not not sure why they are showing as thumbnails rather than full size?