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Brenda Smith creates bold and beautiful pearl designs. Everyone loved seeing her glamorous Celebration earrings in the CPAA Awards display, so I felt lucky to find her in the design center of AGTA Tucson.

This necklace was unexpected and so much fun. An unusual pearl deserves unusual treatment!


Notice the tiny akoya keshi outlining the piece - a dainty contrast to the black lace.

And this necklace was a stunning use of freshwater cultured pearls and diamonds.


Actress Ella Thomas shows...

You can't see her lovely face, but I'm sure that she makes all her pearls glow, and not the other way around!



Enjoy.

Blaire Beavers
Managing Editor
Pearl Guide News

Seen on Sarah Canizzaro of Kojima Pearl Company at the Pearl Guide Ruckus this summer - super long and fun pearl earrings we love!



Designed by Anna Von Hellens.

Enjoy!

Blaire Beavers
Managing Editor
Pearl Guide News

Not everyone has a gemological microscope to have a closer look at the drill hole of a pearl to see if it says anything about its validity. That is why it's a great idea to own a 10 power loupe so you can magnify pearls in low tech.

Here is a typical artificial pearl under a microscope. Without magnification, it looks pretty good, but zoom in and you can see that the smooth surface is disrupted near the drill hole.



A real pearl has structure to the nacre that causes it to fracture under...

Douglas McLaurin is featured in a wonderful little article in Terranea Life online magazine written by Lynn Morgan.

See it HERE.



Enjoy!

Blaire Beavers
Managing Editor
Pearl Guide News

Here is a lovely Yvel necklace with brushed gold beads among the meltingly lovely nacre.



You can visit Yvel at https://www.yvel.com

Blaire Beavers
Managing Editor
Pearl Guide News