Bespoke designs
Part of the secret of of any successful design is to listen
carefully to your client and offer exactly what they want in the
most creative way.
From the furthest corners and the most
idyllic waters of the earth, we have personally sourced and brought
to you only the most precious, perfectly formed pearls.
The layers of nacre develop into a smooth, hard surface coating
the irritant and a pearl is born. In cultured pearls, a 4-5mm bead
of native oyster shell is very carefully introduced as the
irritant. The oyster is then returned to the sea and the grower
steps back to allow the oyster to perform it's miracle. With a
growth rate of only 1 to 2mm every five years it can take some 50
to 60 years to form a 15mm pearl.
Yvonne is a specialist in South Sea and Tahitian pearls, which,
unlike cultured or Akoya pearls, grow naturally in their shell,
over 50 or 60 years, to achieve the 12 -15mm sizes that can be seen
in our range of fine pearls. The large and natural pearls are
traded in Kobe, Japan, where Yvonne buys the best of the harvest
each year. Matching the perfect strand of South Seas can take a
long time, and because they are rare by comparison command a much
higher price ticket.
