How can they craft such intricate silver earrings?

Our Miao silver earrings are crafted by hand from beginning to end. The special techniques the Miao use to craft silver earrings have been passed down for centuries. Over 30 steps are involved in the process of making a single pair of silver earrings.

First, silversmiths use an electric tool to melt silver in a bowl called the “silver nest.” They can bring the silver to temperatures over one thousand degrees Celsius.

Then the seething hot silver liquid is poured into an iron slot. There it is allowed to harden into a solid silver bar. They take the bar out of the slot with forceps and hammer it into the needed shape. Some silver earrings are carefully crafted with paper-thin slices, while others need solid, heavy pieces of silver.

Hammering a silver bar

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