CRAZY PIG DESIGNS GOODIES

As we are updating our site, we will be adding
some CRAZY PIG DESIGNS goodies , like
our official long sleeve T shirt
Always a favourite in store ,
It ll be now ,be available online

WEBSITE UPDATE at CRAZY PIG DESIGNS

Just a little message to all our ONLINE customers

We are currently updating some aspects of our site.

this means that you will not be able to open

CRAZY PIG DESIGNS website for a few hours on

Monday.

There will be NO CHANGES in prices,

all updates are to facilitate navigation on the site
We are sorry for this slight inconvinience

ZAKK WYLDE .Where's the LES PAUL ?

Following my  previous BLOG , here's a little  story
JAKE E LEE, PHIL SOSSAN and RANY CASTILLO had been long time
customers and friends,of mine
When OZZY OSBOURNE enlisted his new AXE MASTER,
Phil SOUSSAN and RANDY CASTILLO soon after  introduced
me to their new team mate.
At that time , not many people had heard of him,
 but I had no doub tthat this guy was going to be great,
Not easy task to follow RANDY RHOADS and JAKE E LEE
Sown here is probably one of the earliest ZAKK autographs
Yes , that's also ZAKK on the picture

"HEY ZAKK, Remember when you said you was going to give

one of your LES PAUL's after the MARQUEE gig ?"

SCOTT WEILAND SKULL RING from CRAZY PIG DESIGNS

A few years ago arter my band PANAMA played THE MARQUEE,

we had a little after gig party at a local chinese restaurant.

Zack Wylde and Randy Castillo, Phil SOUSSAN  from OZZY as well as

the members of the CULT , Ian Asbury and Matt Sorum also attended.

Zack walked in first in the restaurant and tripped over a step and landed

flat on his belly in front of a full restaurant,

The waiter decided to put us in a separate room....( very wisely)

Anyway , this was the first time I met Matt Sorum, of course he moved on to

GUN's & ROSES and SLASH band VELVET REVOLVER,

He was Matt that introduced CRAZY PIG DESIGNS to SCOTT WEILAND

now back in STONE TEMPLE PILOTS

Here's SCOTT WEILAND on stage at the DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL

wearing a SMALL EVIL SKULL RING

SCOTT also bought our large HADCUFF bracelet , same as worn by

my KEITH RICHARDS

like OZZY would say

ROCK & ROOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLL

CRAZY PIG DESIGNS, VIP GUITAR

On the subject of ROCK & ROLL JEWELLERY !
how abot this LITTLE AXE!
This guitar is always at the store in case of EMERGENCY!
So, It is always at hand when a VIP customers pays us a visit
at the store in COVENT GARDEN.
Her's a couple of pictures
KEITH RICHARDS
MICK JAGGER,
ERIC CLAPTON,
OZZY OSBOURNE
BILLY GIBBONS
IGGY POP
JOE SATRIANI
RICK NIELSEN
PAUL RODGERS
MITCH MITCHELL
STUART HAMM
RON ASHETON
JOEY KRAMER
many more,

All signed in person!

COOOOOOOOLLLLL

CLIFF BURTON, SKULL RINGS

 CLIFF BURTON

He was one of my earliest customers at the time when

the name METALLICA did not mean anything to anyone

He purchased a few of my early pieces like the PLAGUE SKULL RING

and the now CLASSIC EVIL SKULL RING.

see ONLINE store for the originals

#88 PLAGUE SKULL RING
http://www.crazypigdesigns.com/en/store/c-5_18/skull-ring.php?PHPSESSID=66be3d39dcc16cf4142a32776e5519fe
#27 LARGE EVIL SKULL RING
http://www.crazypigdesigns.com/en/store/c-5_18/skull-ring.php?PHPSESSID=66be3d39dcc16cf4142a32776e5519fe

SILVER LES PAUL GUITAR BUCKLE from CRAZY PIG DESIGNS

Here's a large sterling silver belt buckle we recently made
The design of course is of the classic and most sought after Les Paul
a 1959 LES PAUL standard.
The challenge was to make this into a silver belt buckle of a
practical size while reataining the proportions of
the real guits and achieve as much deatil as possible

You might think you are looking at a full size James TRUSSARD steel Les Paul
We ve put a 5pence coin next to the GUITAR BUCKLE to give you an idea
of size.
Here's a couple of pictures taken earlier today
bfore a customer collected it....

CRAZY PIG DESIGNS -KING OF THE SKULL RINGS

Many times , I ve been asked , where and when you started designing and making this kind of Rock& Roll jewellery
and of course the famous SKULL RINGS worn by celebrities & rock musicians.
I ve been playing electric guitar since schooldays , and after variuous pro bands in France I decided that France
would never be a ROCK & ROLL coutry so I packed my bags and moved to London.
While playing in variuos rock bands ,to make ends meet , I worked 2 days a week in Carnaby Street
in a little store , kind of a hippy headshop, seeling candles, and a selection of hippy jewellery
 mostly imported and  of very little interest to me.
One day a customer asked me if we could make him a small SKULL RING in silver.
So I asked the owner and he basically said " NO "( to put it politely)
I tried the workshop , but the reply was " Tell him to get lost"
HUM!!!!!! Nice guys!
So i went back to the customer,and said
 YES !NO PROBLEM!
It will be ready in about a month and will cost £50.
That evening I went to the workshop before they closed and one guy, started to show
 me all the tools,the drills, the torch. files,polishing motors etc...
Fron that day ,after work, I started , soldering, drilling, filing, polishing, as best as I could,
and eventually a fairly simple plain skull ring was finished and ready for the customer.
When the customer came in to collect his order,
he was delighted with my SKULL RING and paid me £50,

Here's the story of my first SKULL RING,.

Since  then I ve made over ONE THOUSAND designs, and Thousands of custom orders pieces

I was always a ROCK MUSICIAN, still am, ROCK & ROLL JEWELLERY is not a trend or a fashion for me

I ve not jumped on the bandwagon of rock & roll jewellery, and " designer skull ring"

CRAZY PIG DESIGNS doe not give jewellery for free to celebrities either

All of our VIP's have actually paid like everyone else

THREE ROLLING STONES ( K RICHARDS, M JAGGER, R WOOD)

TWO BEATLES ( G HARISSON, R STARR)

these are only a few namesfrom  our "REAL ROCK STARS" clientele

ARMAND is  the jewellery designer of the  MODERN SKULL RING

from the early days in that little store in Carnaby street

to the creation of the CRAZY PIG DESIGNS  brand in

LONDON ,COVENT GARDEN