Calling rope owners

Pattye -- Congratulations on your first ever neck shot!!! It's gorgeous! Brava!
 
Ahh, so playing with your rope is like playing with your hair? :)

- Karin
 
KarinK -- Yes, playing with your pearl rope IS like styling your hair. Lots of time in front of the mirror arranging and re-arranging. (But your pearls don't get frizzy!)

Pattye -- Now that you know how to do it, more please!!!
 
waimeamomi said:
Do you think length also depends on pearl size? This is a 36" rope, but the pearls are 12mm and I'm not sure I would want it any longer. But that's just me. :) It has a toggle clasp. I put clasps on all my ropes because it gives them more wearing flexibility.
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I love this rope!
 
rope pearl type

rope pearl type

whicker said:
In Bas's photos, the rope is twisted like a torsade. How do you do that and keep the twisted look? Does it shift and tighten up, choking you? I'm asking for instructions.

Pearlman, I love your rope. Are those Mississippi pearls?
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No they are FWCP freshwater natural color. I can make a 16or 18" natural pearl necklace though.
very baroque is only option.

don't hesitate to ask any questions
 
pearl-man said:
No they are FWCP freshwater natural color. I can make a 16or 18" natural pearl necklace though.
very baroque is only option.

don't hesitate to ask any questions
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A bit off the topic of this thread but since I started it... Pearl-man, I'm sure I'm not the only one who's about what a necklace of baroque natural pearls look like. Is there any chance you can post a picture?

- Karin
 
Pearlman, thank you for the answer to my question. I'd love to see your natural pearls. Are they still being found? How far up the river system? Stories? Last summer, I followed the path of Glacier Lake Missoula, then over to a fossil research facility for dino hunting and then down to Yellowstone to study the extremophiles in the hot springs and geyser pools. It would be fun research to follow the pearly path, too.
 
Extremophiles or Life on Mars right here

Extremophiles or Life on Mars right here

Pattye,
Here is a description of extremophiles that relates how these microbes thrive in extreme conditions that would kill the rest of us.
http://www.distinctlymontana.com/montana-parks/yellowstone-extremophiles

My son is getting his PhD in astrobiology, and is one of the NASA "Ask the Astrobiologist" team. His previous ecosystem modelling work was on an extremophile colony under an Antarctic glacial lake, which lives on iron and doesn't need air. Check out "Blood Falls" for some amazing photos. I'm lobbying him to consider the needs of the pearl mollusks as another extreme ecosystem. (When he was a kid we found a wild freshwater mollusk in one of our trout streams. We tried unsuccessfully to create a habitat in a jar for it, so this is a continuing project..)

The expedition last year was a combination of playing with our theories on the trigger mechanisms of the Glacial floods, movement of hot spots and tunnels, active volcanoes and origins of life. The Palentology research facility in Montana was the one where the mother dinosaur and her babies and eggs were found.
 
Wow! This is worthy of keeping track in its own thread. Mats of microbes! Yes. I hope some NASA folks look at the needs of pearl oysters! The next time you post on this idea. please start a thread in Other Stuff!
 
Catlin, Thank you for the compliment! If you would like to move that post to start the thread in Other Stuff, I'll give you more posts. There have been some academic seminars on pearls that he has attended. He also has given some NASA video talks.
 
Wicker, yes please, post more about this, and thank you to you and your son for sharing. My ears perked up when you mentioned Glacial floods. The places I grew up and where I live now were greatly affected by the Missoula floods, erratics are present and a 14,000 yr old mastedon skeleton here was a major find.

How fascinating all these subjects are so related. I agree, it deserves its own thread.
 
willeyi -- you did the "tell" portion, now "show" please! I'd love to see pictures of you wearing your ropes!
 
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