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and hundreds of pearls from their harvests twice a year. And we newborn child. We dried it out in the sun and then set it in resin. It
have a whole group of die-hard customers who wait for these was the first time I'd ever made it, so they trusted me, which was
harvests,” said Sandy. really nice. The whole process took about a week, and it turned
“They’ll often come in before I have even unpacked the pearls, out perfectly,” she said.
and we will open the pearls together, and look at the pearls, and “These sorts of requests are what keep me going besides my
get really excited about the colours and shapes that come out, own ideas,” she added.
and then decide what to make together,” she added. Most customers, Sandy says, are based in Fiji, Australia, New
Adorn Pacific also collaborates with Hotglass Fiji. Zealand, and the United States.
“Alice [Hill] of Hotglass Fiji is very well known. I approached her “We’ve had customers who arrive in Fiji, catch a taxi from
and asked if she could make much smaller pieces of glass that Nadi to Pacific Harbour, just to have a chat with me about what
we could then drill and set on metals and make them wearable. to make, and then return in another taxi to their hotel, which is
We've been doing that for a few years now, so glass is a big amazing and I'm so grateful,” she said.
component of the business as well,” said Sandy. With a few hundred dollars and a couple of samples, Adorn
“I want to make something new every day,” the dedicated Pacific has grown to what it is today, with over 2,000 products
entrepreneur said. listed online and 35 stockists around the country.
“I don't think of it [Adorn Pacific] as a business. I think of it as “We have a team of five who keep Adorn Pacific running.
a creative outlet. I make whatever I feel like making. I try to push And it's exciting to me to watch it grow. It's never plateaued. It's
my own boundaries and challenge myself in the mediums that I always evolving into something else. And I always have a plan
use, and I think it just flows from there. I think people see that I ahead. Whether it's a week or months ahead, I'm always thinking
love to do what I do. And I take a lot of pride in it,” she said. how to make Adorn Pacific better and bigger, and reach a larger
“This year, we introduced resin as a new medium,” she said. audience, and maybe introduce a new metal or new gemstones.
One special request involved making a matching necklace It's like my baby so I want to see it grow,” said Sandy.
set for a mother and father as a forever keepsake. “It was
very important for the couple to keep the umbilical cord of their adornpacific.com

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