Show Us Your Pearls In Action!!!

[jeg]

A quick visit with a couple favorites!

Manuel and Enrique from Perlas Del Mar De Cortez with some of their beautiful Sea of Cortez pearls and mabes.

Alex Collins from Collins Black Pearls, and Alec Rupp from Aloha Pearls

Some treasures from Collins Pearls

And whoa… look at these gorgeous South Sea keshi from Aloha Pearls!!

And these dainty strands of Japanese Akoya

 

[jeg]

I regrettably did not take any pics on day 1, and especially of Fuji’s 77th birthday party. Borrowing a pic here from the Kojima Instagram page.

 

[SteveM]

Days 2 and 3, at the GJX in Tucson!

I have been privileged to be able to hang out with Sarah, Fuji and Lynne, in the Pacific Pearls/Kojima booth at the GJX. Everyone stops by, including this celebrity sighting

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Deserves a thread of its own!

 

[Shani]

Sunshine, sea, pearls...the best combination! Right now I am happy with the pearls only but the rest is on the horizon...yay!!!
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Doesn't Simply Adorned aka Margaret make some lovely pieces? I just recently got a "pondslime" freshwater ripple necklace from her, it's very interesting and unique.

 

[BWeaves]

Whoa! JEG! I'm so jealous. What fun. You get to hang out with the stars. What gorgeous pearls!

 

[pearlgirl12]

A quick visit with a couple favorites!

Manuel and Enrique from Perlas Del Mar De Cortez with some of their beautiful Sea of Cortez pearls and mabes.
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Alex Collins from Collins Black Pearls, and Alec Rupp from Aloha PearlsView attachment 472267

Some treasures from Collins Pearls
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And whoa… look at these gorgeous South Sea keshi from Aloha Pearls!!
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And these dainty strands of Japanese Akoya
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Love the pics of the pearl A-listers. I am reminded of how heartbroken Manuel was when he had to part with a few of his favorite pearls (his children) at PP's SOC live event

 

[pearlgirl12]

Days 2 and 3, at the GJX in Tucson!

I have been privileged to be able to hang out with Sarah, Fuji and Lynne, in the Pacific Pearls/Kojima booth at the GJX. Everyone stops by, including this celebrity sighting

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Oh jeg, I have to admit I'm jealous. Sometimes I think it would be nice to get locked in a vault full of pearls overnight, but I also imagine it would be lonely without some pearl people to hang out with. This looks like way more fun!

 

[CathyKeshi]

Wonderful photos of great treasures Jeg ... the pearls are very nice too THANKS!

 

[jeg]

Thanks Steve, BWeaves, pearlgirl12 and CathyKeshi! Steve, sadly I didn’t take enough pics to warrant a separate thread. Oh yes, pearlgirl12, you’d definitely want to make that adventure a pearly play date!

On Friday night, I attended a GIA event at the Alfie Norville Gem and Mineral Museum. I will create a separate thread with some pics in the “Pearl Industry News” thread. Not sure exactly where it fits because there weren’t a lot of pearls on display. Posting pics here with some of the museum pearls-

A Fijian necklace on display-

 

[CortezPearls]

Great photos @jeg !
Thanks for sharing!

 

[Shani]

Thank you, BWeaves, echo and Cathy! Cathy, sunshine and goldens have me feeling like summer. Well, at least almost spring.

I mentioned I had been following the Sex and the City reboot, and Carrie’s Akoya strand had me thinking I should have a simple, classic strand. Of course, I especially like it layered… I contacted Takahashi a while back about a strand, but at the time, did not have one available in the size, quality, I was looking for. I also asked about studs in maybe 9- 9.5mm. What a happy surprise when two beautiful choices came back in the rare 9.5- 10mm size! And just like that… I had an unexpected pair of Akoya studs!

I took snapshots in different lighting. There’s some distortion as they are round and beautifully matched. 9.5- 10mm pinked with a blue overtone pair of Akoya studs from Takahashi Pearl- arghhh, getting photo file error again. The resolution will be compromised because I need to make them smaller. View attachment 459913

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I was curious as to how do you make orders from Takahashi? I have been to the website but find it confusing. Beautiful studs!

 

[jeg]

I was curious as to how do you make orders from Takahashi? I have been to the website but find it confusing. Beautiful studs!

Shani, you can message them through their Instagram page. There are two: takahashi_pearl_official is the raw material page and Yy will respond to you, and takahashi_pearl_co.ltd has more finished products where Mr. Seki will respond. There is overlap and great communication between the sites, and a quick response time keeping in mind the time/day difference in Japan.

 

[CatMom]

Great photos jeg! I am so jealous.

 

[Shani]

Shani, you can message them through their Instagram page. There are two: takahashi_pearl_official is the raw material page and Yy will respond to you, and takahashi_pearl_co.ltd has more finished products where Mr. Seki will respond. There is overlap and great communication between the sites, and a quick response time keeping in mind the time/day difference in Japan.

Thank you!

 

[jeg]

Thanks Douglas and CatMom! And you’re welcome, Shani. Show and tell if you find something!

Happy Valentine’s Day! A Kasumi pendant from Kojima with FW earrings I made. I wrapped the station chain with teeny Akoya keshi from Takahashi.

 

[BWeaves]

Happy Valentine's day. Little h pendant and Mom's ruby heart earrings.

 

[jeg]

They make a sweet set, BWeaves! I had my little h out, too…

Little h seed pearl earrings worn with one of my new treasures from Tucson. I am enamored with the soft colors of vintage Akoya, and Fuji selected this strand for me from his collection. I made the station chain with random loose vintage Akoya that are from last year’s show, also from PacificPearls.US. I selected more loose Akoya this year and will hopefully be able to get a couple different lengths using them.

 

[SteveM]

Little h seed pearl earrings

Nice, terrific use of seed pearls!

 

[jeg]

Thank you, SteveM- they are fun, easy to wear earrings!

Subtle ombre Tahitian/keshi rope from Kojima with Tahitian/keshi earrings I made. I remade the necklace. I bought it in Hawaii with the large Tahitian off centered. It was too heavy to stay put so I remade it adding more Tahitians and centering the large one.

 

[BWeaves]

WOW JEG. I love it all.