Ruby Crush

NEW.... Skull Rings From The Vaults

2011-11-19T13:01:00.003Z

Greetings boys and girls.... Are we sitting comfortably ?

Then I shall begin.

After receiving requests from Ruby Crush fans, customers and addicts,

we have spent several months of toil, sculpting by candle light,

deep within the vaults of

Ruby Crush Castle.....

So, with great pleasure, I present our latest creations...

Two superb, beautifully elegant, scaled down versions of the mighty Belladonna Skull ring

and her little brother,

the magnificent Absinthe Skull ring.

These beautiful, miniature works of art, have been painstakingly sculpted for many hours under high magnification.... they retain all the detail and character of their larger twins, but at half the size.....

or thereabouts.

rock n' roll...

For more info regarding these or other Ruby Crush works

www.rubycrush.co.uk

Vintage Skull Ring Mayhem.

2011-08-16T20:58:00.000+01:00

This beauty is owned by one of our first customer's

It was originally ordered with gold fangs and three sixes cut into the forehead.

well that was a few years ago.....

Since then it's undergone an amazing transformation.

Little by little, over a five year period,

we've lovingly added fine white and yellow natural diamonds to the ocular and nasal cavities.

Followed by a profusion of the finest red Rubies, black Sapphires and green, Tsavorite Garnets.

So, after you've ordered your Ruby Crush, creation in Silver (or Gold)

the option is always their to add, customise and enhance........

should you need to.

Rock n' roll

NEW... Jim Morrison Ring!

2011-04-04T20:06:00.001+01:00

After numerous requests,

spanning at least five years, we have finally managed to complete the master wax pattern

and bring this new piece into production.

Therefore, ladies and gentlemen....

it is my great pleasure to present the latest

RUBY CRUSH

creation.

Doors frontman:

The Jim Morrison ring

(shown in Sterling silver)

For more info regarding this and other

RUBY CRUSH creations

sales@rubycrush.co.uk

God bless ya

J. x

Happy New Year, one and all....

2011-01-05T15:20:00.003Z

The first fabulous Ruby Crush creation of 2011.

It's inspiration lies deep within the

Art Nouveau genre....

This beauty is a one of a kind, it is the Belladonna skull ring, in silver, with gorgeous Moonstone gems set into the ocular and nasal cavities.

The beauty of this particular piece is heightened by the magnificent scroll pattern, hand engraved by Master engraver, Marcus Hunt.

A true master of his craft !

ok...

"enough!!" I hear you cry.

"show us the photo's"....

Tasty !!

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PREVIEW : Black Cherry Skull collection

2010-08-12T11:14:00.001+01:00

A stunning new collection from Ruby Crush

is at the design stages and should be available in the autumn

This will run as a new gents and ladies ring, pendant, bracelet, and earrings

All will have a Cherry blossom, skull and snake theme.

I draw my inspiration from the superbly carved,Japanese netsuke of the Edo period.

The collection will include a signed, limited edition run of

18ct gold, Cherry blossom, skull rings.

(non-edition available in silver)

COMING SOON....

New Website...

2010-02-22T15:28:00.004Z

   The last few months have been incredibly busy here at Ruby Crush H.Q. The lead into Christmas, frantic to say the least.... you see dear reader, this is my excuse for not writing as many new posts as I would have wished for.
  However, I'm pleased to announce that we have a great
   NEW WEBSITE.... where you'll see in greater detail our fabulous Custom Creations. Also we have, a new secure on line ordering facility and fully downloadable "prices and dimensions" form.

   And last but not least... the fabulous, NEW, Fetish Skull Ring.
This is a gorgeous ring in Sterling silver (also available in gold and platinum) and can be customized beautifully. Here are just a few examples

We've many, new, cool creations for 2010 planned... along with the much requested, Jim Morrison portrait ring.... we'll keep you posted!
In the meantime, take a peek at the new site, www.rubycrush.co.uk

Skull-imanjaro

2009-07-16T13:29:00.013+01:00

This is our latest, customized, Ruby Crush, Absinthe Skull ring. It was created for the charming and delightful Fearne Cotton, who had successfully scaled Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa, and in doing so raised a HUGE amount of money for charity. Read Fearne's review here

The brief was to create a piece that would somehow reflect this amazing achievement and evoke a "physical link" to the mountain itself, whilst keeping the shape and "feel" of the skull still visible.

So the brief was actually quite a challenge, but I knew straight away that the forehead of the skull would have the points of the compass engraved into it ... a good starting point.

Next came the engraving on the sides of the ring. I'd decided it would be pretty cool to engrave the imperial, geographic co-ordinates of Kilimanjaro, as a way of visually balancing the compass points. Job done! Things are looking good.

The "physical link" to the mountain was achieved by adding Tanzanite gemstones to the eye sockets of the skull. Tanzanite is a real beauty of a gem stone, with a colour that borders, blue and purple both at the same time. (Similar in colour to the foil wrapper of a Cadbury's milk chocolate bar) Here's the fun part..... Tanzanite is found in only one location on earth....Mount Kilimanjaro!!

I couldn't believe my luck. It seems this stone is mined from the foothills of Kilimanjaro and nowhere else, which broadly speaking makes it one of our planets rarest gems.

"Physical link" established !!

From here on, I knew it would be plain sailing... Next came the addition of a pear shaped Ruby into the nasal cavity, along with a dark satin finish, with teeth and engraving, highlighted with 18ct gold accents .

This particular finish has become a firm favourite with customers ...I'll be posting photo's of those pieces in the near future. Until then...

An ancient skull.

2009-07-14T20:15:00.010+01:00

This amazing photo was sent to me by family members who'd recently travelled to France....
Now this really got my creative juices flowing.

If you look closely, you'll see that there's a skull (minus it's lower jaw.)
The whole thing blackened with age and beautifully mounted with sheet gold, gem stones and set on a silver platter.

Here's the story ....

The relic is reported as being the skull of Saint John the Baptist , (beheaded by King Herod at the request of Salome.)

Legend states that it was "recovered" by the Knights Templar from the Holy land, brought back to France and delivered into the care of Notre Dame Cathedral in Amiens, in the mid 1200's, where it resides to this day.

I imagine, not all of this story can be substantiated ....nonetheless... a tantalizing story and a beautiful (if somewhat macabre) holy relic.