Tucson 2010

So, if we are P-Gers, don't you think we should embellish our name tags??? Of course we could identify each other if we epoxy small or whatever pearls to our name tags. I will have a tube of super glue available. Not to disgrace the value of wonderful pearls, but I am sure we all have some pearls that would love to be sacrificed to a wonderful display.
 
judimcc6 said:
So, if we are P-Gers, don't you think we should embellish our name tags??? Of course we could identify each other if we epoxy small or whatever pearls to our name tags. I will have a tube of super glue available. Not to disgrace the value of wonderful pearls, but I am sure we all have some pearls that would love to be sacrificed to a wonderful display.
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I'll be the one with the brown paper bag.
 
Trust me, you won't need to guess who we are if you are going to Elisabeth Strack's lecture -- most of us will be draped with pearls! And Octavia may make a special appearance for photo ops! ;)
 
Gem Show time in Tucson. I only attended this past Thursday. First a talk by Elisabeth Strack, on New Developments in the Chinese Freshwater Industry. Strack wrote the imcomparable textbook on pearls called "Pearls"

After the talk I got a look at and was able to hold a variety of Steve's nautilus pearls. They are remarkable to say the least.

Then we went on a pearl walk led by Jeremy. We visited most of the pearl dealers' booths. Everywhere we went, the proprietor came over to talk to Jeremy- cool

We did the AGTA show in the Tucson Community Center and then went across the street to the GJX. My favorite booths- Pacific Pearls run by the venerable Fuji Voll and partner Sarah Cannizzaro They have the most interesting and unusual pearls. Then to West Coast Pearls run by Trish and Wes Rankin. They specialize in abalone pearls which are my very favorite pearls.

Jeremy, Kether , Judi and I went over to the Gem Mall on the quest for really bad Tahitian pearls. We found them. They were worse than you can possibly imagine. Some looked like balls of mud, some had large holes in the nacre. There were obviously smuggled out of Tahiti, because to sell that grade as Tahitian pearls is totally illegal.
A totally pearly day. So enjoyable!


Julie
Where are you? Blaire? Is it too late for that coffee?
 
Thanks, Caitlin. I enjoyed seeing you, Kether, Jeremy and Judi at Strack and am really sorry I was unable to participate in any part of the pearl walk as word had spread regarding Nautilus. I wanted to see and meet the folks at Pacific Pearls, the Rankins, Douglas from Cortez Pearls, and others before having to leave.

But now I know the way and look forward to next year!
 
Douglas did not come this year. We couldn't find him in the seller section of the Gem Show Guide and someone else was in his former booth. I guess the only way to see his pearls this year -except through Drusy and Tri-gem's websites is to go down to Guaymas in person.

I just found out that there are two very comfortable bus businesses that go down there for about $40 one way, at all hours of the day and night. So that discarded P-G tour to Guaymas is only a bus ride away from Phoenix and Tucson.

If you want to go sometime, let me know. I'd suggest the end of March or early April for the best weather. If anyone is interested, I'll start a new thread for plans and contact Douglas about taking the tourist tour and shopping in his local shop.
 
PS We saw Seahunt's souffle pearls. They are huge and lustrous, but very light because they are empty. I don't see why they can't drill one side and fill the pearl with epoxy or resin then drill it all the way through. Does that idea make any sense to anyone else?
 
Thanks much for the reporting, Caitlin!

I'm excited to think a Guaymas tour could be put together that easily. It's at the top of my list! I think pearl harvest is later in the summer, and a very, very hot time there.

As to your suggestion for "filling" the new Souffle pearls, I think it is quite logical.

Because of the high gold prices, bold gold tubing for bracelets and links, etc., is being manufactured with silicone inside, both to decrease denting and breaking of the thin walls, and also to give the heft of a solid piece of gold.

Electroform, a way of making bold, hollow pieces, which previously were left hollow, can now have thinner walls and be more affordable when treated this way.
 
Caitlin, Blaire,
Are you still here? It's almost time for beer, wine, margaritas, and scotch. I could show what i got from Sarah and Fuji. You will be drooling so much you won't be able to finish your tequila shots! I spent almost all afternoon there yesterday. I promise to post pictures, but I will wait till I get home to do them justice. It wouldn't be fair to the pearls with my phone camera, My feet hurt so much I came back for a breather.
 
Sorry I didn't get into town. It was great to meet you. Hope to see some of your impressive creations, both pearl and non-pearl, in your P-G albums. You are a wonderful designer and such a nice person!
 
I promise pictures. I spent more time with Sarah this afternoon. I ran into her and Elizabeth Strack at Pacific Pearls and we discussed some new designs that I will make for her out of my design and her pearls! Great afternoon.
 
This conversation makes me hunger for some photos! I gotta' live vicariously through you guys,,, ;)
 
Oh please post pictures! Did anyone get a chance to see the "muck" pearls?
 
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