In Romania this craft of making jewerly from silver, gold or copper dates back hundreds of years. Today only a few craftsmen are doing this art.

In the video a gypsy silversmith show how to melt silver  and haw to make a ring from a small silver ball.

First, he cut a piece of a coin, put it on a piece of wood chorcool and add a bit of borax, to help it melt. The next step is to melt the metal using a bottle (filled with lamp oil) and a long pipe, until the temperature rises from 700 to 1200 degrees. He laminate a molten silver ball and shape it into a ring. The tools used are a hammer and an anvil. In the next step the silversmith uses a smaller hammer, for the finishing touches. For this ring the master uses a different types of files and a piece a felt to polish the ring and to clean it.