HISTORY of THE PLAGUE SKULL RING as worn by CLIFF BURTON

When I design any ring I tend to have a basic idea as a starting point.
In the case the PLAGUE RING ,the idea came from a television
program about Paris catacombs.
I wanted to design a ring that would be as close as possible to a real skull.
Virtually all the skulls shown in the program had very few teeth left.
and gave a very dramatic and ghostly expression to the skull.
The difficulty was to get the skull  ring to look "cool" even without any teeth.
I used a real skull as a model and copied every detail including the
empty cavities where the teeth had fallen out, leaving just a few at the
back of the jaw.
As mentionned in our webside, I have every single original model carving
for every piece I ever made,
The point is that every single ring is moulded from the first master
and retains all the detail that I mentionned above.

So word of advise....

There are copies off my PLAGUE RING , even the name has been copied

but it is just laughable, because all the detail that is on the original is simply gone!

The copies just look DUMB and TOOHTLESS.

so easy to spot.

TWO NEW SKULL RINGS from CRAZY PIG DESIGNS

Available from today in store and shortly online are two new
SKULL RINGS from CRAZY PIG DESIGNS
These skull rings are small and will fit both women and men.
The ida behing these is that you can choose for example our classic TUDOR TWO SKULL ring
and add either the matching single TUDOR SKULL ring or the TUDOR THREE SKULLS ring
You can comnine these three skull rings in any manner ytou choose to achieve a CLUSTER of SKULLS.
These are also great ideas for Engagement or Wedding rings.

We can customise them with rubies,emeralds, saphires or diamionds in the eyes
or PAVE set the whole skull with BLACK or WHITE diamonds to achieve
a really stunning SKULL RING
The options are unlimited
We are already customising two of these as wediing rings
P.S
Take a close look and you'll notice that each of the skull is different from the others.
Is is NOT THE SAME SKULL soldered in groups of one, two and three...
( that would be just too easy!)

HARRY POTTER 's BELLATRIX skull ring story from CRAZY PIG DESIGNS

One afternoon the phone rang at the store ( CRAZY PIG DESIGNS)

and a lady said " MARRY POTTER"....(or so  I thought)

She started to say she needed a CUSTOM MADE  ring  for a movie,

She was actually on the set of the film

and after a little while she had to get off the phone

because she was urgently required.

An hour later , the same thing happened

MARRY POTTER was on the phone...

So she said no it is not Mary Potter  but  HARRY POTTER!!!!!!

She wanted to meet me so I could make a very important item for the movie.

Later on we met at the store.

I was given details of what was required by the producer

He wanted a black stone set into our four claws setting ring

A coat of arms and shield was to be engraved on the black stone.

I explained that it was not a problem making such a ring  but

in my opinion it was not a good idea.

First of all the ring was quite small , as it was a lady ring

( Helena Bonham Carter) and worse of all the shield design engraved

onto the black stone was  too detailed and would be totally

invisible even with an extreme close up.

I was given 6 weeks to do the ring as designed by the producer.

Everytime I spoke to the wardrobe department, I said I was making the ring as required

but keep stressing the point that it was basically a BAD IDEA.

Two weeks before the deadline, the HARRY POTTER wardrobe deptartment

called me and said.

Yes you are right!

It s  a bad idea, the ring will not have the impact we want,

Can you design a ring using some of the details from the coat of arms?

We trust your judgement but we the deadline is now two weeks!

Of course, I went to work right away and drew a quick sketch , a started

the BELLATRIX ring,Two weeks later it was ready and the Harry Potter

team were delighted with my design and ring so much so that it was featured on the poster

 Sorry , but at present the BELLATRIX SKULL RING is NOT FOR SALE.

Also showing on  BELLATRIX is our LARGE BIRD SKULL PENDANT
( availble in  store or online)
Many others pieces have been custom made by CRAZY PIG DESIGNS
 for various characters in most of the HARRY POTTER  movies.
We will post other blogs in time.....

NEW SKULL RINGS at CRAZY PIG DESIGNS

Well, Only a few days before the SUNFLOWER JAM
 at the ROYAL ALBERT HALL
where you can bid on a couple of LIMITED EDITION
SKULL RING and
TRUE LOVE ring,
In the meantime we have also a few  new things in the pipe line.
Four new rings , three of which will be SKULL RINGS( no suprise there!)
and the other,a pretty crazy idea, that will appeal to many with a sense of humour.
Also we are extending our leather wallets range with new leather
patterns, colours and sizesand designs. These will be in store within a few weeks.
No pictures yet but two of the first two new SKULL RINGS will
be in store this Saturday.
The first two  have already being ordered by customers as
wedding rings .
BUSY! BUSY!BUSY!

Picture is from our best friend , Hiroshi in Japan of an old bracelet I made for him years ago
Still going strong!

SUNFLOWER JAM update/DEEP PURPLE

The upcoming charity auction for the SUNFLOWER JAM

will feature among many great items two
CRAZY PIG DESIGNS
LIMITED EDITION rings
TRUE LOVE ring
ANNIVERSARY SKULL RING
Each of the ring is serial number 101
and presented at the auction with this accompanying framed poster .

Many celebrities will take part in the event at

the ROYAL ALBERT HALL on the 8th of JULY 2011

Hosted by JEREMY IRONS, with DEEP PURPLE

JOE BONAMASA, RICK WAKEMAN and many more,.
Under the wing of the Prince's Trust
it is a great event for a great cause
see information at
http://www.thesunflowerjam.com/

We are very honoured to participate in
THE SUNFLOWER JAM 2011

SUNFLOWER JAM 2011 DEEP PURPLE & CRAZY PIG DESIGNS

Tere's a truly great event taking place at the ROYAL ALBERT HALL on the 8th of JULY
the SUNFLOWER JAM headlined by DEEP PURPLE and JOE BONAMASA
Check this link for the full details

http://www.thesunflowerjam.com/

An auction will feature a great selection of items from various celebrities and designers
We are very honoured to have been chosen to take part in that great event.
There will be two CRAZY PIG DESIGNS items availble for auction
Serial number 101 has been reserved for our LIMITED EDITION
TRUE LOVE RING as well as the same number for our
 LIMITED EDITIONANNIVERSARY EVIL SKULL RING.
Each one will have an A3 size poster framed detailing each of the rings.

Don't miss it!

FROM JAPAN WITH LOVE