Pearl Guide News

Pearl Guide Forum Member, Kelluvpearls, made a visit to Fiji Savusavu to visit Fiji Pearls and created a thread to document her trip. To our delight, Justin Hunter of Fiji Pearls, joined the forum and shared a wealth of information on her thread.

Follow along as Justin describes pearl farming in Fiji through photographs and descriptions (taken from many of his Pearl-Guide posts):



Our shells - where the magic starts.
Our oyster is a different sub species then what is used in Tahiti. Much...

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

Pearls have an age-old allure and men have not been impervious to their charms. Historically, they were worn as a sign of wealth and rank by kings and maharajas, as well as female royalty and members of the aristocracy. Pearls as exclusive female adornment grew with the advent of the cultured pearl. Men were limited to purchasing pearls for the ladies in their families, with the rare exception of a pearl stick or tie pin for themselves.

Enter today's new world of fashion freedom and pearls...

Hisano Shepherd's little h jewelry brand made a smashing debut at the Design Center of the JCK Las Vegas Show. If you have seen her work, you know that she is a stickler for the details. Every bit of her talent, taste and tenacity were evident in the sparkling displays.

Instead of looking like a newcomer, Hisano's presentation included placards for her jewelry "featured in JCK Magazine", receiving the MJSA Vision Award and the Cultured Pearl Association of America's Orient Award, and a...

First stop at the Couture Show: Etienne Perret with his big beautiful Ceramique pearl rings!



Etienne is a fascinating person. I could talk to him for hours about all manner of subjects. He is one of those rare people with a constantly bubbling well of creativity -- and he?s happy to let you tap into it and share the wealth.

This year Etienne had some very large button pearls of amazing quality. But instead of sitting atop his convex rings, he carved the underside of the pearls so...

Back in April 2008, we had a thread that originated from a post on Gemology Online by dbucfanGG and was posted by member Valeria101, about hairy pearls. Yes, you read that right!

A photograph of a beautiful strand of pearls was posted, but one of the pearls had what only could be described as dark hair growing directly out of the surface. Joking about five o'clock shadow and the lack of quality in modern nuclei ensued, but someone needed to get to the bottom of it.





Enter our...