silversmithing
A hands-on introduction to metalsmithing in our Bandung workshop. Learn the basics, make a simple sketch, work with metal, and create your own piece to take home.
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PRICE :Â IDR 950,000/Â person
DURATION :Â 4 hours (Including discussion, sketching, making & finishing)
MATERIAL :Â Â Â 3 gram of pure silver (Materials are provided)
YOUR PIECE :Â 1 Handmade 925 Sterling Silver piece, made by you, to take home
LEVEL :Â Beginner Friendly (No previous experience needed)
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Additional time beyond 4 hours is charged at IDR 100,000 per hour
Additional pure silver will be charged 80.000/gram
process overview
1. Discuss, Sketch & Explore
We start with a casual discussion about what you’d like to make. You’ll see a selection of sample pieces and possible forms from the workshop, then make a simple sketch of your own idea. We’ll talk through what is possible within the session and help you work out the basic shape and construction.
2. Meet the Silver
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Before working with the material, we introduce you to silver and how it behaves. You’ll learn the difference between fine silver (999) and sterling silver (925), why purity matters, and how we calculate the amount of silver needed for your piece.
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3. Weigh, Calculate & Prepare
Your silver is weighed and calculated before we begin. This gives you a better understanding of exactly how much material goes into your jewelry and how the material is accounted for throughout the process.
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4. Smelt the Silver
Time for the fire. We melt the silver and pour it into an ingot mold, transforming it into a solid piece.
5. Roll & Form
The ingot goes through the rolling mill, gradually becoming sheet or wire depending on your design. You’ll learn how to control the thickness and prepare the silver for making.
6. Cut, Shape & Build
Now your sketch starts becoming real. You’ll saw, file, bend, texture, and shape the silver according to your design, building the different parts of your piece.
7. Solder &Â Assemble
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Once the components are ready, we bring them together through soldering. You’ll learn how to position the pieces, apply flux and solder, and control the heat to create clean joins.
8. Refine & Finish
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The piece is refined through filing, sanding, and other finishing techniques. We clean up the edges and surface before polishing the silver.
9. Final Weigh-In
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Before you leave, we weigh the finished piece again. This final check confirms how much silver was used in the finished jewelry. The workshop price includes up to 3 grams of silver; any additional silver above 3 grams is charged separately based on the final weight.
10. Your Piece Is Ready
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From the first sketch to melting, rolling, shaping, soldering, and polishing—you’ve taken silver through the entire making process and leave with a piece of jewelry made by your own hands.
Workshop results
Make something you can actually wear home from your creative experience in Bandung. You’ll turn silver from raw material into your own handmade jewelry through melting, rolling, shaping, soldering, and polishing. A little bit of metal, a few hours in the studio, and you’ve got a silver piece that’s yours.
