3-4 mm pearl necklace?
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Depends on what sort of pearl you want. Freshwater, akoya..colour, length, clasp, quality...?
Tiny pearls are really expensive if you want Akoya . It's surprising ( to me as well) and I know this as a client asked about a 36" rope of 3mm Akoya - she'd seen one for sale for around 2k . I thought ... don't be ridiculous ... can't be that much. Granted this was from a Jewellery site but still I figured the price was ridiculous. So I looked into it and it seems that round ( that's the key... much less to get the baroque with a little tail) AAA White Akoya are really pricey.
Freshwater will be lots cheaper but you won't get the lustre pop that comes with Akoya. And maybe for such tiny pearls you need that pop .
Freshwater will be lots cheaper but you won't get the lustre pop that comes with Akoya. And maybe for such tiny pearls you need that pop .
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I know of only one farm which produces akoya that small. It's in Vietnam and they produce four tiny round pearls per shell. Excuse the hair in the second photo - it was incredibly hot and humid
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You could check with Amsterdam Pearls and get a quote from them --
http://www.amsterdampearls.com/akoyapearls.html
http://www.amsterdampearls.com/akoyapearls.html
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That is Cees van Oije on Instagram. (Cees is pronounced "case"-- but I have no idea how to pronounce his last name!) DM on Instagram may be a quicker way to contact him.
I have bought from Cees. My drop shaped GSS necklace and round GSS studs are from him.
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3-4mm pearls are a real pain to knot!
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I have baby akoya that size from Takahashi from instagram, though be warned their products have to be shipped from japan and there's no return.
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I have baby akoya that size from Takahashi from instagram, though be warned their products have to be shipped from japan and there's no return.
These were my inspiration @MakingTheGrade!!
Sigh... I think I'll hold off. I suspected they were more $$$ than I realized.
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I'm curious, why did they look cheap to you?
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Hi there! i follow a few pearl jewellers and vendors on socials, and noticed that Pearlescence posted this week that they are off to the Hong Kong jewellery fair next week so might be worth contacting them to source you Akoyas at trade price for a strand, will be a very cost effective way to do it! i did similar for my wedding jewellery and was Sooooo happy with my specially commissioned pearls!
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Yes, Jeremy And Hisano Shepherd of Pearl Paradise are also headed to Hong Kong. In the past they have shopped for individual requests (that is how I got my metallic white FW studs some half a dozen years ago). If I had a special order I would not hesitate to ask them to look on my behalf.
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A little bigger @ 5.5 mm.
cheers--Sharon
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A little bigger @ 5.5 mm.
cheers--Sharon
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im starting to see very small sized pearl necklaces on our younger customers at work
things are happening out there
things are happening out there
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I think it looks really cool!
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I just bought one to use as a chain for pendants. I hope it looks nice.
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Which mm did you pick? I was looking at the AAA versions.
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I got the 2.5 - 3.0mm in the AAA version.
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I hope it’s beautiful! Good idea to use it as a pendant chain!!!
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I just got the PP Tiny FFWs and they are quite nice for such tiny little things. They are going to get a lot of use for layering.
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I just got the PP Tiny FFWs and they are quite nice for such tiny little things. They are going to get a lot of use for layering.
Oh they look good!!! Very nicely shaped and even! I hope you get a ton of wear out of them for layering! I think my daughter would love a strand I’m totally ordering one now and I may just get one for myself too!
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Always happy to enable, lol.
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I just got the PP Tiny FFWs and they are quite nice for such tiny little things. They are going to get a lot of use for layering.
Lovely! Are the ring on the end and a few inches in small enough for a reasonably sized pendant jump ring to pass over them?
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