Thanks to Nerissa Parker and Sam Buckley, I’ve developed the process of gold plating. I also do Keum Boo which is fusing a thin gold layer onto fine silver, so Keum Boo is thicker and more robust than plating, but less flexible.
Here are a couple of examples. The first is a pair of fused style earrings, before and after.
![Silver fused earrings - original](https://www.jhsilver.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/ss1097-Img_2309-150x150.jpg)
![Silver fused earrings with gold highlights](https://www.jhsilver.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/ss1097-Img_2384-150x150.jpg)
These are my standard ammonite pendant. One is plated on one side, but with the ribs further polished so expose the silver again to enhance the contrast.
![Solid silver ammonite pendant](https://www.jhsilver.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/ss326-HUD0562-6019-150x150.jpg)
![Solid silver ammonite pendant with gold plated highlights](https://www.jhsilver.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/ss1111-Img_2386-150x150.jpg)