Mother-of-pearl is the hard ... In preparing the rough pearl-shell, the square and angular pieces are cut out with the ordinary brass-back saw, and the circular pieces, such as those for buttons ...

Jukkit Suksawat a Thai artist who has been creating traditional mother-of-pearl inlay for the past 30 ... doing every step the traditional way. His pieces feature Thai motifs like the lotus ...

The oyster or mussel slowly secretes layers of aragonite and conchiolin, materials that also make up its shell. This creates a material called nacre, also known as mother-of-pearl, which encases the ...

Use our step-by-step guide to safely and effectively keep your pearl pieces shining ... or what we commonly refer to as mother-of-pearl. Nacre inside the shell traps and encases the irritant ...

By secreting layers of aragonite and conchiolin, the same substances that are in its calcium carbonate shell, the mollusc creates a material called nacre, commonly known as mother-of-pearl. The oyster ...

Well, many of the manicures feature this ethereal, pearly, opalescent finish, a bit like the mother-of-pearl-insides of a mollusc shell ... a perfect companion to a piece of pearl-encrusted ...