Imitation Pearls or\nSimulated Pearl Beads were introduced at a production level in the United\nStates during the 1920\u2019s to the 1940\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What are Imitation Pearl Beads?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The actual\nmanufacturing of imitation Pearls is very close to the culturing of oysters for\ncultured Pearls. Here\u2019s how it is done. The oyster is opened slightly and then\nan object similar to a tiny pebble is put into the oyster; then to protect\nitself the oyster secretes a coating over the foreign entity. Over the course\nof one to two years it gets larger and larger and it becomes a Cultured Pearl.\nIt is then harvested when it has reached its desired size. The majority of\nPearls sold today are cultured Pearls and as technology has progressed, larger\n& more near perfect Pearls are being created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After World War II\nJapan was producing Cultured Pearls. It\nwas a very natural progression for the Japanese to start manufacturing\nImitation Pearls. As a result though trial & error Japan perfected the\nprocess and they produce the finest quality Imitation Pearls in the world and\nthere is nothing that can compare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Vintage Beads Wholesale is one of a handful of suppliers in the world that carries these vintage, high quality Imitation Japanese Pearl Beads with an inventory costing over a million dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Japan\u2019s peak production was in the 1960\u2019s to 1980\u2019s. The demand for this high-quality product decreased as jewelry manufacturing in the United Sates closed over the years and a lesser expensive poorer quality pearl was being produced in other countries. All of our Pearl Beads are Vintage and are from Japan. \u00a0VintageBeadsWholesale.com has many customers in Japan that are purchasing these Vintage Pearl beads from us to use in their Beading & Jewelry Designing Projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The most popular\ncolors of Imitation Pearls are a Cultura which is a creamy very light-yellow\npigment and White Lustre which has a pure white iridescence. Additionally,\nthere are other colors such as gold, silver, grey, black, pink, peach purple,\ncranberry etc. that are also available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The process for\nmaking Imitation Pearls is quite unique (trying to imitate the natural pearl\nmaking process). Beads can either be made from glass or acrylic lucite. Once\nthe pearl bead is molded to size and shape then the pearlizing process begins\nby dipping and drying. The more dips the richer the effect on these vintage beads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pearl beads are\nused in many different industries such as embroidery, jewelry making, crafting,\ngarment embellishments, decorating and floral arrangements\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Imitation Pearls or Simulated Pearl Beads were introduced at a production level in the United States during the 1920\u2019s to the 1940\u2019s. What are Imitation Pearl Beads? The actual manufacturing of imitation Pearls is very close to the culturing of oysters for cultured Pearls. Here\u2019s how it is done. The oyster is opened slightly and then an object similar to a tiny pebble is put into the oyster; then to protect itself the oyster secretes a coating over the foreign entity. Over the course of one to two years it gets larger and larger and it becomes a Cultured Pearl. It is then harvested when it has reached its desired size. The majority of Pearls sold today are cultured Pearls and as technology has progressed, larger & more near perfect Pearls are being created. After World War II Japan was producing Cultured Pearls. It was a very natural progression for the Japanese to start manufacturing Imitation Pearls. As a result though trial & error Japan perfected the process and they produce the finest quality Imitation Pearls in the world and there is nothing that can compare. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Vintage Beads Wholesale is one of a handful of suppliers in the world that carries these vintage, high quality Imitation Japanese Pearl Beads with an inventory costing over a million dollars. \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Japan\u2019s peak production was in the 1960\u2019s to 1980\u2019s. The demand for this high-quality product decreased as jewelry manufacturing in the United Sates closed over the years and a lesser expensive poorer quality pearl was being produced in other countries. All of our Pearl Beads are Vintage and are from Japan. \u00a0VintageBeadsWholesale.com has many customers in Japan that are purchasing these Vintage Pearl beads from us to use in their Beading & Jewelry Designing Projects. The most popular colors of Imitation Pearls are a Cultura which is a creamy very light-yellow pigment and White Lustre which has a pure white iridescence. Additionally, there are other colors such as gold, silver, grey, black, pink, peach purple, cranberry etc. that are also available. The process for making Imitation Pearls is quite unique (trying to imitate the natural pearl making process). Beads can either be made from glass or acrylic lucite. Once the pearl bead is molded to size and shape then the pearlizing process begins by dipping and drying. The more dips the richer the effect on these ","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[4,5,89,88,90,91,43,8,81,24,86,11],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagebeadswholesale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagebeadswholesale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagebeadswholesale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagebeadswholesale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagebeadswholesale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagebeadswholesale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagebeadswholesale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions\/136"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagebeadswholesale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagebeadswholesale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagebeadswholesale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagebeadswholesale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}