These are Akoya pearl earrings.

At Flower Jem, I have handled many earrings over the years, but about 99% of them have been stud earrings.
This time, these earrings are for people like me who do not have pierced ears.

These are very simple K18 gold pearl earrings.
The pearls are 7.5 mm in size. They are round and beautiful pearls. The surfaces are smooth and the luster feels strong, although both pearls have slight roughness on part of the surface.

Even so, these pearls have an atmosphere almost like glass coating on their surfaces, so the slight roughness is not very noticeable. In addition, the rougher areas are positioned so they do not face the front.

With clip-style earrings like these, people sometimes worry about losing them.
However, a pearl dealer once told me that when people wear earrings like this, their movements naturally become more elegant because they do not want to lose the pearls.
I remember thinking, “That is very well said.” But perhaps it is actually true.

It sounds almost like someone saying,
“Just balance a cup of water on your head.”
But a cup does not become jewelry or an accessory, does it?

These earrings currently feature white round pearls, but if you are also a fan of Akoya natural blue baroque pearls like I am, and would like them replaced with that type of pearl, I would be happy to change them for you.

The pearls can be changed to almost any type you prefer.

Thankfully, over the past year at Flower Jem, custom orders have become more common than the pearl jewelry pieces I create entirely on my own.

I am knowledgeable about Akoya pearls, but when it comes to pearl jewelry itself, I still feel that I am developing and learning. That is why I am very grateful when customers share design ideas or requests with me.

Sometimes people grow when they accept something new.
In pearl jewelry as well, when I accept a new design idea, there are often technical skills I must practice, such as metal engraving and jewelry-making techniques. In that sense, my customers are educating me. I am very grateful for that.

The world is full of chaos, but perhaps the moments when we look at pearls are peaceful ones.

Recently, someone from Poland told me that in their country, pearls are associated with tears and misfortune, so there is a custom of not using pearls at weddings.
In Japan, pearls are also associated with tears and are considered appropriate for funerals, yet at the same time they are commonly worn at weddings as well. It is a kind of double standard.

Then again, Japanese people can be Buddhist at one moment and celebrate Christmas the next. In some ways, Japanese attitudes toward religion and ideology are flexible, or perhaps not especially fixed.

I respect the customs and ideas surrounding pearls in Poland.
Perhaps from now on, pearls could also be seen as representing tears of joy.

In any case, learning about different cultural traditions surrounding pearls was deeply interesting to me, and I felt honored to hear about them.

The production process of these earrings is shown starting from 1:26:45.