Ubud: Silver Jewelry Making Class in Ceking Rice Terraces

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(132 reviews)

What’s the experience like?

The first thing I noticed was the faint metallic scent — not sharp, just there if you breathed in deep enough. We were tucked behind the Ceking rice terraces, which meant green everywhere and that soft hum of insects you only hear when you stop talking. Our guide, Kadek, greeted us with a smile and handed me a cool chunk of silver. I’d never held pure silver before — it’s heavier than it looks. He showed us how to heat it over a tiny flame, and honestly, I was nervous I’d drop it or burn something (I didn’t). The whole place felt like someone’s home workshop, not a tourist studio.

Kadek told us his family had been making jewelry here for over ten years — he pointed out his aunt shaping earrings at the next table. My hands shook a bit while carving my design (a wobbly little wave), but Kadek just laughed and said “Bali style is always unique.” He let me try the manual tools — they’re oddly satisfying to use, though my lines weren’t exactly straight. There were kids at another table making bracelets; they looked so focused I almost forgot we were all strangers. At one point, Kadek brought out fresh fruit and bottled water — dragonfruit that left my fingers pink for an hour.

I kept glancing up at the rice terraces outside the window. The light shifted every few minutes; sometimes everything looked gold, sometimes green. It was quiet except for the occasional scooter passing by outside and someone humming softly while working on a pendant. When I finished my ring (not perfect but definitely mine), Kadek wrapped it up carefully like it was worth more than six grams of silver. I still think about that feeling — leaving with something made by my own hands in Ubud, not from a shop shelf.