Q. where does silver come from?

A. the silver is commonly found in burial mounds found in Thailand. These burial mounds hold silver from the time of King Mangrai's reign. At this time in history the silver was imported from Burma and then stored in Thailand.

Q. What are the uses of silver?

A. Silver in Thailand is commonly used for jewelry, pictures made out of silver, dishes, silverware, purses, and much more. The most common out of all of these uses are the jewelry. They like to make bracelets, rings and earrings.  They have a very special chisels that they use to carve out designs in the bracelets and the other jewelry. The silver pictures are also commonly made there. They get big sheets of paper and take the chisels to carve out the designs. The sheet of silver is elevated off of the backboard so that when they chisel it out it looks like its three dimensional. The dishes and silverware are not normally used for eating but just decorations. The purses are also used mostly for  decoration and not for use.

 The silver in Thailand is commonly found in burial mounds around Thailand. These burial mounds hold silver from the time of King Mangrai’s reign. At this time in history the silver was imported from Burma and then stored in small burial mounds all over Thailand. Since there was so much silver stored in the past Thailand is now very supplied with silver to make there amazing handcrafts. 

The silver in Thailand is commonly used for Jewelry, pictures made out of silver, Picture frames, dishes, silverware, purses, and much more. The most common out of all of these uses are the jewelry. They like to make bracelets, rings and earrings. They have a very special chisels that they use to carve out designs in the bracelets and the other jewelry. The silver pictures are also commonly made there. They get big sheets of Silver paper and take the chisels to carve out the designs. The sheet of silver is placed on a thick sheet like of tar so that they can easily carve out the designs. Using this technique they chislie out the silver to make the picture look three dimensional. The dishes and silverware are not normally used for eating but just as decorations. The purses are also used mostly for decoration and not for use.

The Silver handicrafts from Thailand are exported to places all over the world. They sell there silver handicrafts to America, Europe, and Other countries in Asia. There designs for the silver are very unique and very pretty. There bracelets are very difficult to make because they have to make the designs so small. They use different sizes of chisels for there different projects.