'Expressive Idaho' Looks At Western Silversmithing Tradition

By Samantha Wright

Published October 11, 2018 at 8:30 AM MDT

As part of an apprenticeship program, Jock Brown is learning how to silver solder, a process by which silver chips are heated and when melted join together two pieces of metal.

It’s hard to learn how to form silver and engrave it from a YouTube video. Mastering the ins-and-outs of being a silversmith requires learning from someone in person. Expressive Idaho's Olivia Weitz visits an apprentice silversmith in Twin Falls to learn about this Western tradition.

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Samantha Wright

As Senior Producer of our live daily talk show Idaho Matters, I’m able to indulge my love of storytelling and share all kinds of information (I was probably a Town Crier in a past life). My career has allowed me to learn something new everyday and to share that knowledge with all my friends on the radio.

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