"FINE" OR 99.9% PURE SILVER COMES IN VARIOUS FORMS, CLAY, PASTE AND SYRINGE, ALL OF WHICH I HAVE USED IN THE COLLECTION OF JEWELLERY YOU FIND IN MY ONLINE SHOP AND SILVER GALLERY
IT WAS INVENTED BY THOSE DARNED CLEVER JAPANESE, AND IS IN THE MAIN, AS I UNDERSTAND, A RECLAMATION OF PURE SILVER "DUST PARTICLES" FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHIC INDUSTRY. IT IS MIXED WITH AN ORGANIC BINDER, AND CAN BE MOULDED LIKE CLAY, OR PAINTED ONTO ORGANIC SHAPES ( AS I HAVE DONE).
IT IS LEFT TO DRY COMPLETELY, AND THEN FIRED EITHER IN A KILN, OR BELIEVE IT OR NOT ON THE TOP OF A GAS STOVE IN THE FLAMES!! - THE RESULTANT RESIDUE AFTER ALL ORGANIC MATTER HAS BURNT AWAY IS - YES 99.9% PURE SILVER.
SO THAT MEANS YOU COULD HAVE YOUR VERY OWN LEAF/FLOWER/SEED POD (AS LONG AS IT'S HUMANLY POSSIBLE!) REPRODUCED IN SILVER...