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Circled pearls.

These are some circled pearls.  The ones in the background are in an oyster shell.  Circled pearls have rings that pinch into the pearl and strongly affect (for the best) the color.  Circled pearls are often the most lively and have more character than other forms of pearl with the possible exception of the free form baroques.  

 

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Back country back-packing in Oregon

This past week we set pearls and work aside, packed up the car and headed for the mountains.  Summer is fleeting here in the Pacific North West so we have been itching to get away from our home in Portland to enjoy it.  There's much to do here of course but having back-packed with our parents, Celeste and I were both keen to get our kids out to see what the higher elevations of Oregon had to offer.

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Kamoka Pearl picture.

Last weekend I joined friends in the pearl community for good times and pearl-related activities in LA.  The party was hosted by a good friend and retail pearl genius Jeremy Shepherd of Pearl Paradise.

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The silent workforce (part two).

   Two remoras hang from their suction-cup heads while Kamoka's silent work ...
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The silent workforce (part one).

   Farmers typically grow their oysters far off the lagoon floor so, much li...
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Barefoot running (nothing to do with pearls).

Photo: Jasmine HUMBERT  When we moved to America from Tahiti last summer we pa...
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Pearl pirates, yarrr! (part two)

This is part two of the story.  If you have not read part one, please scroll down ...
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Pearl pirates, yarrr! (part one)

    I could feel it in my eyelids as well as my legs and back and arms.&nb...
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A day in the life of Kamoka Pearl.

An ordinary day on the farm starts at about 6am.  Laurent climbs down from the farmhous...
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Photos

I was talking with a friend yesterday who payed me out for the lack of photos in my fir...
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Adventures with the pirate.

 I wrote the last blog post while floating on the sublime lagoon of Raiatea, the b...
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Intro

   This first blog post is intended for those of you not familiar with our s...
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