John Hasseler: (#H172) SS- 14KY, BLACK MABE PEARL & DIAMOND RING

A beautiful & stunning handcrafted STERLING SILVER- 14KY,  BLACK MABE PEARL & (2-.10CT) DIAMOND RING created by the talented local Jeweler John Hasseler. 

JOHN HASSELER: "Having no two pieces exactly alike, John’s unique designs offer the wearer a way to express themselves as individuals in a mass produced world. Originally from Green Bay, Wisconsin, John Hasseler studied art at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh and earned an Associates Degree in Jewelry Design and Metalsmithing from Northeast Wisconsin Technical Institute in 1982.Since then, he has held the position as Master Goldsmith for retail jewelers in Wisconsin, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and Minnesota, and a gallery artist in Hawaii and Minnesota."

Mabe Pearls are a type of cultured pearl, but they grow along the inner lining of the mollusk, rather than in the flesh. The pearl grower inserts the irritant along the mollusk’s shell, and the mollusk gets to work covering it with nacre. The end result is still a pearl, but it’s a dome shape, not a full sphere. For this reason, you’ll occasionally hear them called “half pearls”. They are often called “blister pearls” as well, since they form like blisters on the “skin” of the mollusk.