Jewelry making in Soppong near Pai, Northern Thailand
Tired of the party scene? Ready to do
something creative and personally rewarding with your time in Northern
Thailand?
Come study Jewelry making with a master jeweler and craft your own uniquely designed necklace, silver ring or whatever you fancy putting your hand to as well as experiencing life in a Lisu village. Live with a Lisu family, eat Lisu food, and experience a lifestyle that is ancient and warmly accepting.
The teacher has 20 years experience in silver and gold so, whether you are a beginner or experienced this unique jewelry making class is for you. One special skill that we offer is sand casting, an ancient simple method of casting that requires only inexpensive tools.
You receive unlimited practice time at our village workshop near Pangmapah (Soppong).
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Materials
The materials we use are either copper, brass, gold or silver. The silver is traditionally used by most of the Hill tribe cultures. Gold is also used but more so by the Thai people.
We are within the 'Golden Triangle' Region and the infamous name came about centuries ago when traditionally Gold (and Silver) was used as a currency though usually used as a currency in the Opium trade up until fairly recently.
Hill tribe people and to some extent many Thai's still use Gold as a currency putting money into this valuable source rather than use the traditional method we have adopted using banks.
Thai Gold is a very strong commodity in Thailand and Thai gold is known as one of the purest in the world. Unlike buying a piece of new Jewelry in Europe and the US much of what you pay the jeweller is for labor. In Thailand the labor cost is minimal.
Most Thai jewelry is massed produced by a lost wax casting process. In our classes you learn the traditional and contemporary hand made techniques, individually crafted to show your own unique style. We also teach an ancient casting method called 'sand casting'.
Fee
Investment: Room, board and four hours of instruction @ Bt.1000/day, plus cost of materials.
Contact us for more information by email (homestay@lisuhilltribe.com) or call us at 089-998-4886 in Thailand.