I work primarily with a medium called Metal Clay - it comes in many different types - I mostly use Silver, Bronze and Copper, which I model, carve, mould, fire it in a small jewellers kiln, and voila ... ALCHEMY!  I combine this with traditional metalsmithing techniques and gemstones.

Just a note on the types of Silver I use ... Fine Silver is 999% pure silver and is very white and beautiful, but very soft - which is useful for some applications, but not others - when I refer to *Enriched Sterling* the purity is roughly 950-960 and sometimes even as high as 975 (Standard Sterling is 925) - also soft and malleable but after firing a lot stronger than pure (Fine) Silver.