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Hi everybody! I just realised I have not written here in a long time! But time is flying when you are having fun right? And we had great fun with some interesting pieces which I would like to share with you in this thread! I just have to wait until our customers have confirmed that we can...

I love these off shapes!! A friend just brought us these pearls back from her holidays in Rarotonga, different sizes from 3.5mm-7mm Now we need some more inspiration for jewellery!!

Hello everybody, I would just like to show you a new pearl setting design. Both rings are handcrafted and the pearls are set tight without the slight chance of turning. The golden south sea pearls is 8mm on 9ct yellow gold and the smaller version contains a 5.5mm south sea pearl.

Hi everybody, I just cut out a blister pearl for a customer (Abalone, Haliotis Iris) and thought it is worth showing the inside!! You can clearly see the layers of nacre as well as what we call a "pearl factory" little blisters probably caused by a fungus growing inside.

Hello everybody, exciting news! We decided to create a small pearl museum next to our workshop! Our plans are to display pearls from all around the world and different eras to educate people about the history of pearls, natural pearl formation, the process of culturing and unusual finds and...

Sterling silver and golden south sea pearls.

Just found this pearl while grading pearls for stock and I am just so fascinated by its lustre and even nacre that I have to share it with you! It seems to follow the rule: the smaller they are the more roundish in shape and even in nacre their appearance. But this pearl has a reflection like a...

I had to take a few pictures of pearl necklaces today. I must say that I struggled a bit to find the right position, light and shape to bring out the features. A few of you might have had the same problem, ones you upload the pictures onto your computer it does not show the same glow of the...

Hi everybody, While we started to sort out our new harvest of pearls we thought it could be interesting for you to see a bit of the transformation process. You might know that the nacre layers of the natural Abalone (also known as Paua or Haliotis Iris) are very present. In between each layer...

Hi There, Havnt been on the forum for a while have been busy down under. Our Natural Pearls are now collected all over the world for either jewellery or pearl collections. Looking forward to Hubert Bari's book PEARLS: The General Catalogue. This book will add excitement to the forum. We...

We enjoy new designs and new ideas. Here are two Natural Abalone Pearls. We would love designs for these, either ring or pendant. The winner - can choose one of these two pearls. As the Forum is full of people from around the world just IMAGINE what you all could come up with. What fun we could...

What is a practical Pearl Ring. The downside of Pearl rings are that they are more easy to damage than a diamond ring etc. People love their pearl rings and often they wear them hard, knocking the pearl of the peg, clean with detergents, gardening etc. Pearls as a necklace,pendants or earrings...

We have just had an Art Deco Festival which we made this piece for. South Seas Golden and White Drop Pearl set in 18ct Yellow gold with 7 - 2pt princess cut diamonds $950.00US As you can see jewellery is very well priced in New Zealand as there are little overheads. Art Deco was a great era...

Because of economical times, it is simple to make adjustment for instance this ring : Over a half a ct of pearl, 18ct Yellow Gold shots and concaved for pearl ,set in silver has been redesigned into this By removing the 18ct yellow gold reflectors we save around $100 this cuts the price by a...

Recently, after speaking to a Gemmologist in England who specializes in organic Gem. Recently told me that she was speaking to a Professor in Europe about pearls. The common observation was if the shell was deformed or different in any way the chances of it containing a pearl were very high...

A friend of mine went to Rarotonga recently and bought a dozen pearls of a guy on the beach for $5.00US each. I thought he got ripped off as they were shocking- UNTIL I started to grind the bottom of one - to my SURPRISE a large flake peeled off - I chipped away for about 20 minutes and...

Vase (Keshi Pearl) flowers- Sapphire Briolettes set in 18ct Yellow Gold

Our Natural Abalone Rainbow of Colour. A New thread opened up to discuss colour and origin of colour

While my boss is away this animal will play. The forum is addictive and I love sharing our work. Freeform abalone natural pearls set in 18ct gold with two near perfect natural blisters at the bottom. Enjoy