Recent content by tomas@pearls.kiwi

Hey Pattye, Neither. It's just how they form. The attractive part is all subjective, case by case and comes next ;) But all things functioning perfectly within the organism, they wouldn't exist. Some people freak out when they hear a gut infection may have formed their pearl, not all the...

Thank you for the straight up answer. Appreciate it. Bit of a wait sadly but we are working towards wholesaling there ourselves so those connections will be an added bonus.

Nice and quirky =) Have you say I followed the link and those birds are absolutely outstanding!

Beautiful. I like the ring as well =) I'm intrigued by the use of fluorescent light to show something about the pearl? I am used to looking at Paua Pearls under strong lighting to check for conchiolin layers and thickness, is this something along the same vein?

Are there any wholesalers you would trust to buy online from jsheperd? Trust as in what they send pictures of is actually what they send! Thanks! Tomas.

What length are they all strung together? If long enough I would make a strand with a nice big catch (maybe half and half gold/white gold or gold plated silver/silver depending on price point?) that is a feature itself so it can be worn to the front as a feature or to the back (or side if they...

Bit late to the party but yeah, no if's or buts about it all anymore. I read an interesting article on it early last year which compared the surface of the pearl to a ratchet tie down where it is also directionally coarse which enables the spinning. When things go horribly wrong you get rings...