Monday 27 September 2010

Wedding bands and rings, Celtic bands, Plain bands,

CRAZY PIG DESIGNS is known worldwide for an  extended range of
skull rings, however we are also equally at ease with making
great wedding rings,engagement rings, plain bands, celic bands and
traditionally more simple rings.
We have just updated our online store with two new
sections.in our RINGS page, these are
 CELTIC and
 BANDS
You will find a great selction of totally hand made plain bands and rings
each one of these is crafted with just as much care as our most fancy rings
These rings like everything else we make is 100% solid sterling silver
but gold and platinum are also available for that very special occasion.
CRAZY PIG DESIGNS plain bands and Cletic bands stand out way above the rest

A PLAIN BAND DOES NOT  NEED
TO BE BORING!




Monday 20 September 2010

CRAZY PIG DESIGNS feature in KUSTOM car magazine (FRANCE)

Here's a five page article about CRAZY PIG DESIGNS and
ARMAND's 1932 FORD HOT ROD
All text is in french but if cannot read it at least you can enjoy
the great photography from NICOLAS SENEGAS
ALLEZ SALUT LES FILLES!









Saturday 18 September 2010

JIMI HENDRIX 18th SEPT 1970 RIP

Fourty years ago today JIMI HENDRIX had left us
In less than four short years JIMI had  shaken guitar music to the core
and flip it upside down.
Fourty years later no one as come any way near to take his crown....
Of  course , I never met Jimi , but MITCH MITCHELL was one of my
very first customers, and a regular at CRAZY PIG DESIGNS during
his occasional London visits.
On day Mitch asked me if I minded him coming along to one of my bands rehearsals.
He said , he had not played drums for a while and he would like to have a little practice
before or after our own rehearsal,
That evening MITCH turned up, and did not want to disrupt our rehearsal
but it did not take very long for me to tell my drummer
Tonight is your night off!
Mitch played with us all night ( got it all on tape too!)
















Another time.Mitch came round for dinner at my place
and while my girlfriend was preparing food , Mitch was drumming away
on a double LUDWIG kit ( there was no door between the kitchen and the music room)
I had both neighbours banging away at the walls either side of the house
How could I stop MITCH !!!! a chance of a lifetime...

I bought the book writen my MITCH at FOYLES bookstore the very first day it came out
I was walking through SOHO SQUARE, flicking through the pages
and in the middle of the square , I bumped into a man in a long beige coat, It was MITCH
We both laughted at this strange encounter, and after a little while Mitch signed the HENDRIX book
for me.

Of course I miss JIMI but I miss MITCH a lot, a true english gentleman

Sunday 12 September 2010

ENGAGEMENT and WEDDING RINGS

Nowadays most couples do not want to settle for an engagement
or a wedding from the regular high street  jeweller
or from a catalogue.
One of most satisfying t things for us is to make truly unique pieces
for these special events.
We have made many one off pieces on request
We work with the client and discuss all the details, possibilities
options and budget.
The most rewarding thing for us is that these pieces are truly
special and will be past on from generation to generation
and trasured for many years

Her's an 18 carat white gold band with tiny diamonds
set in the middle of the 4 tudor crosses around the band
For her we have made a more traditional eternity ring
to fit snuggly with  the shape of the engagement ring,
To match the cross ring we are also making a pair of crosses
studs,
Also a second eternity will also be made to fit on the other side
giving the appearance of one single ring

These special orders take time and need various consultations
to achive the best results.Think ahaed, and plan your
very special piece, we will glad to help you wih the design

Tuesday 7 September 2010

BELLATRIX SKULL RING from CRAZY PIG DESIGNS

CRAZY PIG DESIGNS is pround to have been
approach by Warner Bros,to design and make  the famous skull ring worn
by BELLATRIX ( Helena Bonham Carter),in the HARRY POTTER movies
The ring had to be small enough to fit Helena index finger
So the ring was really dsigned with that in mind .
The result can be seen on the movie posters.
I had a two weeks deadline , and this was really
insufficient ltime for me to create something really special.
In any case the skull ring was made and delivered on time
for the filming.
The skull ring worn by BELLATRIX is not availble YET!
but we are currently negociating with the relevant people ...

In the meantime I ve decided to make a NEW SKULL RING
following the style , looks and size of the Bellatrix skull ring
but , having no deadline , I spent a long time
designing and making the DULCIS VITA SKULL RING

So for now
the new DVLCIS VITA ring  is available in the online store under the NEW section
Hopefully,soon ,we will also release the
TOUJOURS PURE skull ring worn by BELLATRIX
keep you eyes peeled

Monday 6 September 2010

CLIFF BURTON WOLF RING

Going through our CRAZY PIG archives
I found this cool picture of METALLICA's
CLIFF BURTON wearing the wolf ring
I made for him years ago.
Lucky for me Cliff traded his wolf ring with me
for a skull ring only a few days before his tragic accident,
Here's a picture of Cliff's wolf ring , it has remained with me ever since. and IT IS NOT FOR SALE!
but you can get the exact same ring as Cliff's ,made from the original mould
from our online store.
CLIFF EM' ALL

Thursday 2 September 2010

VINTAGE CRAZY PIG DESIGNS T SHIRTS

Well as mentioned in the previous blog, here's a shot of
the original DEATH FROM ABOVE T shirt as worn here
by KLAUS MEINE of  SCORPIONS

I designed over a dozen T SHIRTS in the mid eighties
under the CRAZY PIG DESIGNS name.
These T shirts drawings were my original ideas for the
jewellery that I was also designing and making at the time
These T SHIRTS became really populat among many
rock musicians and rock fans.
METALLICA, WHITE LION and CINDERELLA etc...