Inle Lake: Silversmith Workshop

We visited a traditional silversmith floating craft village houses. All built above the Inle Lake, each with its own skills set and expertise. They are happy to demonstrate their silversmithing craft and do not expect you to purchase anything since they sell at markets and customers overseas. It is gorgeous if you like silver but pricy.

The first picture shows the craftsman melting the ore which contains aluminum, manganese, copper, and silver. This was the last step, extracting the silver. The ingot in the closeup, in Bob’s hand he created as we watched. It was 98% pure silver, 3% copper.Read more