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Cultured Pearl Association of America Kicks Off $250,000 Marketing Campaign to Promote Its Pearls As One Education



Cultured Pearl Association of America Kicks Off $250,000 Marketing Campaign to Promote Its Pearls As One Education

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New York City – May 21, 2018. The Cultured Pearl Association of America (CPAA) has unveiled a $250,000 digital marketing campaign to promote its proprietary online pearl education PearlsAsOne.org (PAO).



The PAO Pearl Specialist...

Brenda Smith, a favorite of Pearl Guide members, returns to our Pearls of the Week with this stunning and artistic necklace seen at the JCK Show Design Center. Brenda's jewels are displayed in museums, but this incredible piece should be worn and enjoyed.



You can see Brenda's past Pearls of the Week here and here.

And you can see her fabulous and very museum worthy necklace in this Tucson recap here.

Visit www.BrendaSmithJewelry.com and www.JewelryOfFaith.com

Blaire Beavers
Managing...

Master Designer Jorge Adeler has an eye for fine gemstones, but his baroque cultured pearls are wondrous. He makes designing jewelry with them seem effortless, although in reality, it can be very tricky. In these earrings, the pearls have become one with the settings - no small feat for fireball pearls. This elegant combination has an almost organic beauty.



Less formal, but equally beautiful, are these textured platinum dangles — perfect for any occasion.



Some amazing pendants. Who...

Michelangelo said: "I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free". I think of that quote whenever I see the pearl carving work of Eric Windeck.



The nature of nacre is sometimes mysterious. Under the surface, nacre can be wildly capricious—meaning that peeling back a layer of nacre on a cultured pearl may reveal an unattractive proteinaceous layer, air pockets, dull patches, or possibly worst of all—an implanted nucleus.

In the above examples, Eric has used his skills to...

Imagine a place where the finest natural pearls have been harvested and treasured for centuries and you might have an idea of how audacious and exciting it is for cultured pearls to be grown in the heart of this legendary natural pearl harvesting region. More importantly, pearls are farmed using the renowned Pinctada radiata oyster.


Suwaidi Pearls farm, located in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates

The pearl farm was "established in 2005 by prominent Emirati Abdulla Al Suwaidi, and is...

Once you have been bitten by the non-nacreous natural pearl bug, there can't be too many photos to enjoy. These pearls are featured courtesy of Pacific Coast Pearls.

Not just pink.


Even green!


The treasured pinks.


And purples.


You can see more natural pearls and unique jewelry on their website: www.pacificcoastpearls.com

You can see their past Pearls of the Week Here, Here and Here.

Blaire Beavers
Managing Editor
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