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Hi all, Have a look at the interview Josh gave to Marc Choyt of fairjewelry.org during the ethical producer manufacturing meeting at the Tucson Gem Show! Congratulations!

Josh, that is a great column and I am looking forward to read more... Another great opportunity to get an in-depth view on tahitian pearl farming! Regards, Sven

Hi Josh, hi everyone, Great that you had a chance to attend the AGTA talk! the low response is shocking indeed! In Germany it is the same - there are a few people in the business pushing the subject, but the impact is still rather small. Scandinavia seems to be a few steps further. Regarding the...

It seems the below link is broken now. I?ll report when the interview is back online.:eek: Hi all, I just want to post a link concerning fair trade gold. It is an interview with Patrick Schein, Executive Board Member of the Association of Responsible Mining (ARM).Hope we?ll have something like...

Josh, With pleasure! What I meant wasn?t that the Maison de la Perle should be issueing the certificate in the end - Fairtrade Labelling Organisations International owns the "Fair Trade" trademark, and one of the national organisations would be doing the certifying. But to be able to do so, they...

Josh, It seems to me that it is still very difficult to obtain a "fair trade" certificate of any kind for pearls/pearl farms, gemstones and likely products. There are quite some efforts to establish a certification system and process for the jewelry trade, but to my knowledge there is no...

Hi everybody, thank you so much for your wishes concerning the store! I?ll provide more information when we proceed. Hopefully we will be opening/starting in late summer (july/august). Regards, Sven

olmander, the inhorgenta is a professionals-only-fair. But if you are not a professional and you know anyone of the dealers, they might help you with an invitation probably. Regards, Sven

Hi, I?m going to repeat this thread here after it didn?t get much resonance in the "other stuff"-secton. Is anyone from Pearlguide going to be in Munich for the inhorgenta? I?m there on the 19th and 20th of february - drop me a line top meet up for a coffee. Regards, Sven

Hi Wendy and Owen, all If everything turns out as we hope (and expect...), we will (re-)open approx. in August 2010. The shop already exists and we are in the process of taking it over. It is a store and goldsmith workshop (I am a goldsmith) that is somewhat specialized in antique jewellery and...

Dave, I?m not going to apply for the job, as I am about to open a shop in Berlin. I actually tried to work in Bali two years ago but didn?t get the position in the end. But if you go for it i wouldn?t mind an invitation to visit the farm and buy some pearls for my business over here...:cool...

Owen, thanks for the info - impossible to grab a copy of the West Australian here in Germany :cool:, would it be possible for you to scan the add and mail it to me? Nevermind if not, I was just curious which farm and company it is looking for a farm manager... Thanks a lot, Sven

Congratulations, KauaiAnne! That is a great design! A bit too cold for icecream here, though.. Best regards, Sven

pearl no. 2 pearl no. 2 Hi there, here?s my second design - another pendant, this time with the greenish pearl. the flower could be made from forged titanium and colored in a manner to suit the pearl (titanium takes great colors when heated or anodized, very "pearly" colors!). The rim is set...

The snowman The snowman Hi everybody, inspired by the weather conditions in Berlin (about 30 cm of snow), my design for the first pearl is the "abalone snowman" pendant. It has got a nose carved from carnelian, two brilliants as eyes, a hat made from onyx or jet and arms carved from white...

Wow CLICLASP, that is a big number of reads! One addition to the pendant I showed: As the settings in this times where always closed on the back, the rubies are foiled on the back, what changes the colour a bit - and makes them appear different, a bit more spinel-like.

Owen, these are three fabulous packages of tahitian pearls! Some very nice colours and judging from the fotos very nice lustre and surface quality. Regarding the prices, Robert Wan said a few month ago he wouldn?t sell below reasonable, so the pearls rather wouldn?t have been sold than going for...

Ok, to solve this mystery: The pendant is said to be iberian, around 1720, no clue about the origin of the pearls, but they might be of caribbean provenience (due to the iberian origin of the piece), if they are not freshwater.:)

Fair Trade Fair Trade Hi all, the discussion on fair trade is quite a big one in the jewelry and gemstone business in general for quite some time now. There are a few suppliers and manufacturers in different parts of the world that are selling/producing ethically and/or ecologically correct...

First, thanks for the warm "G?day" from you, Bernadette! You taught your dog to give "Pfoetchen":D, the "oe" being an umlaut (o with two dots on top). Concerning the piece: It is European, but Southern European. And it is older than turn of the century, actually approx. two "turns" earlier...