Silversmith Refines Silver in a Furnace

Prompt

Psalm 12: "The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times." An Israelite silversmith, an older craftsman in a leather apron over his tunic, kneels large and central beside a small clay furnace in his open-air workshop, holding a crucible of molten silver with long tongs and gazing intently at the bright liquid metal until it reflects his face. Orange firelight and the white gleam of the pure silver light his face; dross skimmed aside smoulders on a stone. Behind him, a simple mud-brick wall and a doorway open onto a sunlit street. Style: a blend of photo-realism and cinema, like a still from a big-budget film. Bright, rich, saturated, luminous colour, clear daylight or glowing golden light even in dramatic scenes, never murky or muddy, crisp detail, real human faces full of emotion, shallow depth of field, subtle film grain. Simple, uncluttered composition: ONE clear scene from this chapter, with the chapter's main character or characters large, close and central in the upper and middle frame, and a simple background. No montage, no collage, no inset vignettes, no crowd of small figures competing for attention. Historically accurate ancient Near Eastern clothing, architecture and landscape. Keep the bottom quarter of the frame simple and uncluttered (ground, water or sky) so a large chapter number can be set over it. Absolutely no text, no letters, no words, no numbers, no logos, no watermark, no border, no frame.