Oh sweet Lord! Those are just fantastic!
Plastic beads.Maybe I should mention, there was a recent harvest last last yr to earlier this year. Production of these are super lightweight compared to traditional bead nucleation. My sources told me that the inside is plastic nucleus (something that farmers were trying, and succeeded). As far as durability, we yet to know. 2 companies bought most of the harvest in 19-22mm sizes, asking some crazy 5 figures on the wholesale level.
What Jeremy posted would be considered one of the better strands. I saw these in person in HK.
To my knowledge and what I've seen, there's at least 15kg. Someone in Zhuji offered me a 8kg lot, which price made absolutely no sense. Many of them are sending individual pcs to Guild for lab certs and selling them by the pc.Plastic beads.
Very interesting information!
Any idea on the production volume of these?
Now that's really shot down the market for dye cast or 3D bead prints from shell powder (from another thread).Plastic beads.
Very interesting information!
Any idea on the production volume of these?
What exactly are the labs being asked (or told) to certify?To my knowledge and what I've seen, there's at least 15kg. Someone in Zhuji offered me a 8kg lot, which price made absolutely no sense. Many of them are sending individual pcs to Guild for lab certs and selling them by the pc.
Plastic beads.
Production of these are super lightweight compared to traditional bead nucleation.
As far as durability, we yet to know.
You crack me up @SteveMNow that's really shot down the market for dye cast or 3D bead prints from shell powder (from another thread).
Next the beads will be hollow. Ping-pong pearlomacy, anyone?
Truly thick nacre! There's serious quality there.Here we go. The nacre is incredibly thick and the strand weighs 250 grams. That's more than a half a pound - not a light-weight strand.
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Clearly dating myself.You crack me up @SteveM
In the truest D&D fashion you came up with Pearlomancy![]()
But it bounces much better.What bothers me is the plastic nuclei...why not use an organic nuclei made out of cellulose or gel? Plastic just cheapens it.
China consumers want certificate for everything they buy.What exactly are the labs being asked (or told) to certify?
Hmmmmm….I could certainly see the attraction for a pendant…or perhaps a giant octopus head! Curious, Jeremy, since you cut one in half - is the nucleus in fact plastic?Edison pearls keep getting bigger and bigger. This is the first time I've been offered strands more than 20 mm.
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Taking nothing away from the technological achievement, this is size for its own sake, like American cars in the mid-20th century before the oil crisis. Will fins be next?Hmmmmm….I could certainly see the attraction for a pendant…or perhaps a giant octopus head! Curious, Jeremy, since you cut one in half - is the nucleus in fact plastic?