The Pearl Society was my brainchild. As an artist, designer and metalsmith, and owner of The Eve J. Alfillé Gallery & Studio (www.evejewelry.com ). I founded it in 1990 with the first meeting held in January 1991. The Pearl Society was a direct result of my frustration over the lack of knowledge about pearls -especially when compared to the diamond industry's efforts to educate the public about the 4 C's of diamonds.
I struggled to explain about the different types of pearls, their habitats, farming techniques, and lore, to pass out
tidbits of knowledge about the vast and varied realms of the deep, about
shallow waterways in the YangTse Delta, about ponds in Tennessee, the deep
formerly azure waters of the Persian Gulf, replete oysters wintering on lush
beds by the Great Barrier Reef, coves in Indonesia, and more, as I
delved into the then hard-to-find information on the real world of pearls of the
period.
Let there be light, I thought. And established the Society without thought
of profit, but to acquire and share information.
I invited scores of luminaries to speak: pearl farmers, pearl dealers,
pearl authors, pearl divers, professors of history, archeology and poetry, authors, researchers, pearl divers, pearl doctors, the famed gemologist
and author Fred Ward, the late John Latendresse, "Father of the American pearl", and many others. I regularly bring in speakers from around the globe to talk on a variety of pearl-related topics. The meetings are open to members of the Pearl Society, and we welcome your suggestions for future topics.
In order to continue searching the world for speakers who make the news and bring these softly glowing treasures to us, we ask only a modest twenty-five dollars (US $25.00) a year which allows for travel, lending library of video tapes and the publishing of The Pearl Society Newsletter. With your help we can continue studying pearls past, present and future, and their impact on science as well as fashion, and be afforded the opportunity to view the rarest and costliest of their number.
If you are interested in joining, please send us your check for US $25.00 made out to Eve J. Alfillé - the Pearl Society, and include your name (First & Last), your phone numbers, your email, your complete mailing address (for the Newsletter) and please include any specific pearl topics you are interested in.
Thank You! -Eve
In order to continue searching the world for speakers who make the news and bring these softly glowing treasures to us, we ask only a modest twenty-five dollars (US $25.00) a year which allows for travel, lending library of video tapes and the publishing of The Pearl Society Newsletter. With your help we can continue studying pearls past, present and future, and their impact on science as well as fashion, and be afforded the opportunity to view the rarest and costliest of their number.
If you are interested in joining, please send us your check for US $25.00 made out to Eve J. Alfillé - the Pearl Society, and include your name (First & Last), your phone numbers, your email, your complete mailing address (for the Newsletter) and please include any specific pearl topics you are interested in.
Thank You! -Eve
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