Measure the wrist bone, add a finger
A bracelet should clear the wrist bone with one finger of slack. Tennis lines wear closer; bangles need to pass the widest part of the hand.
Freshwater pearl chain bracelets
Irregular, luminous, each one its own shape. Nothing in the studio matches this exactly today, which is what commissions are for: we will build it around the stone. · 0 WORKS
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Before you choose
How to choose a bracelet
Daily wear wants bezels
Prongs on a wrist catch sweaters and door frames. Our tennis lines are bezel or half-bezel set for exactly this reason.
Clasp quality is the piece
A tennis bracelet is only as good as its box clasp and safety eight. Open ours before you buy; it should close like a car door.
Stack by metal, not by match
Mixed stones in one metal always work together. Matched stones in mixed metals rarely do.
The short answer
Freshwater pearl chain bracelets are made to commission at Made With Color: one artist, one bench, in New York. Ask and we will pull stones in daylight and send passports before you decide. The plainest jewel and the hardest to make well: every link a small soldered promise.
About freshwater pearl
Irregular, luminous, each one its own shape. We choose every stone loose, in daylight, and every work above carries a passport that says exactly what it is.
CHOOSING THE STYLE
On the style
Weight per inch is the honest measure of a chain. We print it, most will not.
Start with hardness
Freshwater pearl is 3 / 10 on the Mohs scale. For daily rings, choose a bezel or low prongs; for earrings and pendants, wear it freely.
Fit before beauty
Measure the wrist and add three quarters of an inch for a bracelet, one inch for a bangle.
Then the look
Tennis lines want safety clasps. Bangles want a hinge if knuckles run large.
What chain length should I choose?
16 inches sits at the collarbone, 18 at the first button, 20 and up layers. Measure a chain already loved before ordering.
Is freshwater pearl good for bracelets?
Freshwater pearl is 3 / 10 on the Mohs scale. A bracelet meets desks and door frames all day. Bezels and inline settings survive; high prongs do not.
Which birthstone is freshwater pearl?
Freshwater pearl is the Jun birthstone and the traditional stone of the 30th anniversary. We set it for both, and for no occasion at all.
Are these stones treated?
Untreated unless the passport says otherwise. When a stone of ours is heated or grown in a lab, the passport says so in that word, in the same type size as everything else, and the price reflects it.
How do these wear?
A chain wants to be the strongest part of the piece; ours are load-tested past the clasp.
How long until it arrives?
Ready-now works leave the studio within two business days, insured and signed for. Made to order pieces state their bench time on the page, most within three to four weeks.
◆Stones chosen loose, in daylight, one at a time
◆A passport with every stone, treatment named plainly
◆One artist, one bench, in New York
◆Lifetime resetting and free ring resizing
Current works & prices
PRICES AS OF 16 AUG 2026Kept for life
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“They talked me out of a bigger stone and into a better one. Who does that?”M. CHEN, SEATTLE · COMMISSION No. 114
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