[Jewelry making - Article 00029] - Re: [Orchid] Resurrecting old pearls

[Helen Hill]

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    Hi - sorry I can't address you by name as your name doesn't appear. 

    I am beginning to wish I had done just that, ie. told my
    mother-in-law that what she wants is not possible. However, if I tell
    her that she will want it back in the state in which she gave it to
    me - a very dirty, smelly and broken necklace. I didn't feel as
    though I could turn it down as both she and my father-in-law stressed
    that it was the only thing she had left which belonged to her late
    mother. Unfortunately, all it is now is a jar of clean glass beads
    with no coating on them! 

    My in-laws are both also convinced that they are genuine, expensive
    pearls even though I have told them that they are faux pearls and
    that you could see more of the glass underneath than any coating that
    happened to be there. They're lovely people but they are the kind
    that will believe what they want to believe, no matter what you tell
    them so when it's done, they will proudly tell people that they are
    high class, genuine freshwater pearls - I tell you, these little
    oysters are clever things - I never realised they could manufacture
    glass beads and paint them too! ;-) You're absolutely right when you
    say they have no idea what a huge project it will be. I think they
    envisaged me threading a needle and just restringing them, but they
    were in no state to be worn - my M-I-L would have been covered with
    little greasy bits of paint! Because of the enormity of the project
    I decided to do a journal of the whole process, complete with step by
    step photographs so that they can see just what a colossal
    undertaking the job is. Then maybe next time I go and visit, they'll
    think twice before asking me to fix some piece of hideous costume
    jewellery - either that or offer to pay me for it! 

    This evening's task is to get my Vernier calliper out and measure
    every single bead and sort them, so that I can divide them up and
    graduate them. It really is one of those jobs I really would rather
    not be doing. Thanks for the advice though and I know you're right. 

Helen
UK
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