The importance of the pearl in Suarez
The pearl is a particularly recognizable element that has been deeply present throughout Suarez's history. An organic gem that we have successfully celebrated through unique designs that transcend as timeless symbols of purity, love, and protection.
Since 1943, the year Suarez was founded, the family has worked with pearls as an element in their creations, but it was not until the 1980s and 1990s that demand for pearls truly grew exponentially, leading them to create larger designs with this natural gem as the main feature.
From the 2000s until a few years ago, the pearl trend shifted, returning to the use of smaller pieces in simpler jewelry. Today, the trend of the 1980s and 1990s is making a comeback; large volumes, stacking, and combinations have been revived as a renewed statement of contemporary luxury.
Suarez catalog from the late 1980s.
The origin of the Suarez pearl
As with precious stones, the Suárez family personally travels to international pearl markets to select each specimen and ensure they meet the house's exacting quality standards.
For decades, Suarez has been one of the few jewelry houses with direct access to exclusive auctions available only to pearl professionals and specialists. Thanks to the professionalism that precedes the Suarez family and its experts, relationships have been forged with the most select suppliers in the market, ensuring we offer our customers pieces of the highest possible quality.
Thanks to this meticulous search and subsequent selection process, we ensure the highest quality in each and every one of our jewels, which has directly contributed to our position as one of the leading Spanish jewelry houses in pearl expertise.
A process of artisanal manufacturing
Once we've selected the highest-quality batches of pearls, it's time to bring them to our workshop in Spain to examine them again one by one and classify them according to size, color, and type.
Only the trained and expert eye of the family and our master jewelers is capable of differentiating and classifying each jewel, grouping it and including it in the design that requires it.
Pearls are graded from half a millimeter to half a millimeter, and they are separated one by one. However, we also use a sieve to make progressive necklace gradients, which also makes it easier to make similar pairs for earrings.
The process of creating our necklaces is different. First, you consider the value of the necklace, then you place the pearls on adhesive strips and string them together to see what you have of each size and thus know how many similar necklaces can be made with the same characteristics.
They are then marked and drilled one by one with special tungsten drill bits, and after choosing where the normally hidden clasp will be located, it is time to thread each pearl with a silk thread that is passed by hand and a knot is made without spaces to contain them in case of breakage and at the same time to protect them from rubbing against each other.
The most desired pearls
At Suarez, we only work with the finest specimens of these natural treasures, designed to endure over time and be preserved from generation to generation.
We mostly use specific types of pearls. First and foremost, there's the Akoya pearl, prized for its perfectly spherical shape and unmistakable pearly luster. It comes in sizes ranging from 2 mm to 12 mm.
Also present in our imagination are the majestic Australian and Golden pearls, cultivated in the warm waters of the Pacific. These stand out for their generous size, which can exceed 15 mm, and for their hues that range from the purest white to the most intense gold, reflecting incomparable sophistication.
The Tahitian pearl, in this case, is full of enigmatic depth thanks to its characteristic color range, which spans from silvery grays to deep blacks with green and blue hues.
Regardless of their origin, the delicate morphology and structure of pearls makes them very delicate elements when rubbed against other materials, but at the same time they possess high resistance to impacts.
