This week began with a sublime day of silversmithing outdoors in the shade of a scorching sun, to a day of talking business with my bank manager whilst the rain poured down outside. Its never dull in the world of silver jewellery design, as it's as unpredictable as the Great British Summertime.

One of the many things I love about Silversmithing is that no mistake is a true mistake. Nothing can be a complete disaster though it may well feel so at the time.

But a melting of a bezel or a warping of silver sheet can often lead to designs that may never have entered your head.

A while ago I was hammering a bangle ....a design I've done so many times ...when I realised it was twisting and no amount of annealing, quenching or manipulation was going to pull it back from the brink. It was a disaster. It was ugly. It was a waste of silver wire.

It was an interesting curved shape though and I put it in my toolbox to ponder....(I have a lot of these 'works in progress'!)

A week later out it came. After soldering two jump rings at either end and then attaching some diamond cut belcher chain....Voila! My bestselling 'River' necklace .