Live Discussion: The New Bead-Nucleated Freshwater Pearls from China

[jshepherd]

I know a lot of people have been curious about the new type of bead-nucleated freshwater pearls being produced in China. I’ve been out to the farms twice in the past year and have seen a complete shift in how many of them are now culturing pearls. It’s a real transformation in freshwater pearl farming.

On Wednesday, Hisano and I will be hosting a live conversation on the Pearl Paradise home page, Facebook, and YouTube.

We’ll be sharing some videos from China and showing side-by-side comparisons of traditional tissue-grafted, body-beaded (aka Edison), and new mantle-beaded freshwater, and saltwater-beaded pearls.

This isn’t an “It’s Mine” event, so nothing will be for sale. It’s just an open, educational discussion, and we’d really like to hear what everyone thinks about these new pearls and where they might fit in the market.

If you’re free Wednesday afternoon, I hope you’ll join the conversation - Calendar Link

Image Left to Right:
Body-beaded FW x 1
Tissue-graft FW x 3
Mantle-beaded FW x 3
Akoya x 1
Mantle-beaded x 3

 

[Pearlgully]

Will this conversation be recorded and available to be watched at a later date for those of us who are unable to attend this Wednesday?