Kay
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One of my Ruckus purchases from PP was a 35” strand of baroque Tahitians. As I mentioned on the Tahitian sale thread, I like double strands, and am not likely to wear a long strand often. (Short strands work better with my work suits.) I was initially going to leave it long (and add a few more inches), but then I realized that, because the pearls are graduated, if I doubled it, the largest pearls would be hidden in back. I talked with Hisano about breaking it into 2 separate strands (18” + 19”) to avoid that issue. She recommended making one 18” strand with the smaller pearls and one 19” strand with the bigger pearls because the pearls have already been matched parallelly and it would be a shame to break up the beautiful pattern. Thus, the current rope will be cut in half on each side, with the front section forming the larger strand and the 2 back sections forming the smaller strand. So, the mid-sized pearls currently on the sides of the long rope will be the back pearls on the larger strand and the front pearls on the smaller strand.
On the other thread, cmd2014 asked me about the option of using attractive clasps or mystery clasps to put the 2 strands back together as a long rope in case I ever want to wear it that way. The problem is that for that to work with the pearl size graduation looking like it does now, the clasp on the rope with the smaller pearls would have to be center front. When I wear the strand doubled, I do not want a clasp in the front to break the line of the pearls, no matter how pretty the clasp, so I initially dismissed the idea.
Now, I am trying to figure out if it might look okay to wear the 2 strands together as a rope (by linking the backs of each strand) if the medium sized pearls at the back of the larger strand are separated from the small pearls at the back of the smaller strand by a decorative clasp “bead.” KGH has some lovely baroque shaped gold clasps that might look like pretty decorative elements in the rope. The lever part of the clasp is clearly visible in the magnified pictures, but I am not sure how noticeable it will be IRL.
I haven’t asked for pricing on the baroque clasps yet, but based on other KGH clasps I have priced, I expect buying 2 fancy clasps will cost about $200 more than 2 standard white gold laser ball clasps. Since my hair hides any clasps in the back, it is only worth paying the extra if the rope is likely to look good even though the pearl graduation will be off. If the rope will just look silly, I would rather put the clasp money toward another project.
WWYD?
The 35” strand (the 18” strand also shown will be worn separately).
KGH clasps -- the first two are more organic, the texture of the third makes it look a bit like there might be tiny diamonds on the ribbons of gold.
I already have white gold diamond pave earring findings I plan to use to make Tahitian drop earrings to match the necklace. Because of the earrings I planned to use WG clasps. The organic baroque clasps look great in yellow gold, as pictured. Now, I am wondering which color gold will look better next to the pearls.
On the other thread, cmd2014 asked me about the option of using attractive clasps or mystery clasps to put the 2 strands back together as a long rope in case I ever want to wear it that way. The problem is that for that to work with the pearl size graduation looking like it does now, the clasp on the rope with the smaller pearls would have to be center front. When I wear the strand doubled, I do not want a clasp in the front to break the line of the pearls, no matter how pretty the clasp, so I initially dismissed the idea.
Now, I am trying to figure out if it might look okay to wear the 2 strands together as a rope (by linking the backs of each strand) if the medium sized pearls at the back of the larger strand are separated from the small pearls at the back of the smaller strand by a decorative clasp “bead.” KGH has some lovely baroque shaped gold clasps that might look like pretty decorative elements in the rope. The lever part of the clasp is clearly visible in the magnified pictures, but I am not sure how noticeable it will be IRL.
I haven’t asked for pricing on the baroque clasps yet, but based on other KGH clasps I have priced, I expect buying 2 fancy clasps will cost about $200 more than 2 standard white gold laser ball clasps. Since my hair hides any clasps in the back, it is only worth paying the extra if the rope is likely to look good even though the pearl graduation will be off. If the rope will just look silly, I would rather put the clasp money toward another project.
WWYD?
The 35” strand (the 18” strand also shown will be worn separately).
KGH clasps -- the first two are more organic, the texture of the third makes it look a bit like there might be tiny diamonds on the ribbons of gold.
I already have white gold diamond pave earring findings I plan to use to make Tahitian drop earrings to match the necklace. Because of the earrings I planned to use WG clasps. The organic baroque clasps look great in yellow gold, as pictured. Now, I am wondering which color gold will look better next to the pearls.
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