I was made in France around the thirteenth century. I was the proud craft of the button makers guild and I remember King Louis IX of France, pointing to myself and my brothers, proclaiming loudly that we would be used to make his jacket. I was excited as I was sewn strongly and wth prideContinue reading “The Boring Life of a… Button?”
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Abalone Pearl
Background – Along with Conch snails and Melo melo, Abalones are also one of the few gastropods that are capable of producing pearls. As with pearls that are formed by a mollusc such as an oyster, an Abalone’s pearls are made by depositing thousands of layers of an organic substance called nacre. Abalones are snail-likeContinue reading “Abalone Pearl”
Maxine the Magnificent 