A jeweller and leaf-jewellery

Dear Reader,
If you are still learning English through reading this post you could revise The Passive Voice. Whether a learner or not, you will find out about making metal jewellery of genuine leaves and a man who makes rings and sells jewellery.  Enjoy!


Walking among the market stalls in Folkestone we stopped to look at the leaf-shaped jewellery. The stall owner was happy to chat. A jeweller himself, he made many of the rings in the picture above. The leaf-jewellery pictured below is from Scotland and, believe it or not, made of real hand picked leaves which first get preserved and dried. Next each leaf is reduced to a 'skeleton' through removing the chlorophyll. Then the leaf is hand painted with a special paint which makes it conductive. Finally, using a unigue process, the leaf gets covered in the desired precious metal coating! How neat is that?

I wished I'd had more time  to talk to the man, but after a few more explanations about the jewellery he was selling and the intriguing fact that he was from Israel, I had to dash to catch up with my friend who had walked away in his usual bumptious manner.;-) After all, we were on the way to yet another 'mixed-arts' event at The Gallery 66 in The Old High Street!

It was yet another truly arty afternoon in Folkestone!