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I mentioned the name Elsa Peretti earlier in this thread, she was the creator of the Station necklace sold through Tiffany's, and the predecessor to Wendy Brigode's Tin-Cup necklace. Elsa's jewellery designs have been described as "revolutionary", and "timeless. Sadly, she passed away this...

After careful and in-depth research - I present to you the original and only "truly plated" pearls - vendors tend to write anything as we have noticed recently (AFAIC freshwater Akoya pearls) Plating - as in applying a physical metal layer - would involve the use of chemicals which have...

What terrific shopping, they look fantastic.

Well done you! The guitar thingy is a good comparison shows how tiny the pearls are.

If you ever find out what the gemstone stone in the clasp, we would love to know, tis a treasure for sure. You have pearls given to you by your Mum which is a treasure in itself, with some strategic grading (which may or may not involve removing a couple of pearls) you could arrive at a very...

Do let us know how you get on and I hope this has a happy outcome.

I used to average two to three strands a week, one of the challenges is that there are various systems each with their own ‘personality’ so to speak, on how to install them, and how to thread and re-thread, some are more pearl stringer friendly than others. My advise would be, if you do find...

Hello dducey, they look like salt water Akoya pearls. But the pearls are not top quality, that you would expect of a Mikimoto strand, I can see lots of inconsistencies in the pearls colour and nacre. As for ascribing Mikimoto, with no provenance they will be just an Akoya pearl necklace with a...

Yes you do have to drill the hole bigger to accommodate the “ mystery clasp”. There are various styles of mystery clasp mechanism, each having its own requirements, it isn’t a one size fits all situation for installing and working with the clasp during the rethread. Have you contacted the...

Thank you for letting me know the rings are vintage, the designs looked a little Retro.

Rokor, I have looked at your jade clasp a few times, drool worthy it is.

Sublime those pearls are, hope you get back to full health soon to enjoy those very special pearls.

Hello Xtcnation and welcome to the forum. Spot on Douglas, Used to see 3/4 pearls quite a lot back in the day :-) in earrings, pendants and rings, usually Akoya pearls. You don’t see them as much now, perhaps with so many pearls out there they are just cast aside, or if the rings are new maybe...

Focussing solely on breaking strength in the context of stringing these beautiful keshi’s is overkill. And in my view it’s not necessary to leap towards what I would characterise as engineered ‘lines’, they can have a place elsewhere in threading such as when the design has numerous crystal...

FabUlous Camille, the work in progress photo’s are terrific, shows the intricacy of your work in progress. Well done you!

Gosh they are really drool worthy, even more special they were given to you on Valentine’s Day.

Magnificent, both strands, you wear them both well.....congratulations!

Hello Faith, why not put the pearls on fishing line temporarily, that way you can see the holes as you remove them. Do this over paper, and if they are flaking it will fall onto the paper and be easily visible. Some simulated pearls do not flake as they are literally made from shell, the ones...

Bump for a great book As I wrote in another thread - I give Anna’s book a rating of ten out of ten. I often use the book as a reference, more often than not I just love to sift through the pages and ogle the clasps. It is really terrific to have a comprehensive book on clasps that is well...

Great work Wendy, I actually snorted when I read this. My rule of thumb is, if its being raised on Etsy, Ebay, or any tele-marketing channels, and it hasn't been previously written about in the Pearl Industry or Technology news - then it ain't worth reading or watching as in the TV channel...