With Richmond Craft Fair now over the pressure eases a little: I only have commissions, re-stocking galleries, and my turns on the rota in the Barbican left to do now before Christmas. Plus of course getting ready for Christmas itself, and the continual round of admin for next year's shows!

I'm sending my 'paper' ring collection to the Gallery at Waterperry Gardens, as well as sending them a top up of stock, and taking a collection of 18 carat gold pieces in to the Lesley Craze Gallery in Clerkenwell, including the necklace above.

I'm delighted to find that my new little rescue neckpiece is becoming a best seller, and I'm having to re-stock it on my shelf in the Barbican very regularly!

And I'm sending my first collection of work abroad, to Galerie Topkapi in Rennes, France, including some of the soldered and tatted wattle and comb pendants pictured above.

Well Lustre was good but sadly it's over now! It was really good to have the opportunity to show some new rings. They are part of a paper-inspired special collection that Jennifer Millard and I made for an exhibition in Yorkshire Sculpture Park this summer.

The problem with exhibiting in a gallery is that - as a maker - you don't get direct feedback from the public, so it was lovely to fine that the Nottingham craft cognoscenti were very interested in my 'paper' rings, and indeed bought quite a few!

Half of the rings were cast in sterling silver from paper, and these really highlighted the lovely  textures that paper can have. The second half were electroformed on top of the paper with a substantial layer of fine silver: this was a great way of showcasing the sculptural possibilities of paper.

This first image shows two rings both made from the same Japanese paper cord: the one on the left is electroformed and the one on the right is cast. The second image shows four electroformed rings, and the third two cast rings.