So... what's cookin' on the Farm?

or, possibly...

     IS THAT BACON WE CAN SMELL ?

............................................................

From original concept idea, through to original art-work entitled, 

"A Fete Worse Than death"... ( No sniggering at the back!! )

And finally into 3D, reality.

A NEW ring collection from RUBY CRUSH is born...

ANIMAL FARM.

Allow me to introduce from L to R...

Beau Vine - the Bull, 

Sweet pea - the Hen  

and  

Piglett - the Sow...     Oink !

Shown here, custom finished, in hand painted enamels over sterling silver.

With black Sapphire cabochon gemstones 

Also, (custom finish) polished, black, Sterling Silver. Set with red Garnet cabochon gemstones....

TASTY!

............................

THAT'S ALL FOLKS!

J.

RUBY CRUSH H.Q.

A  FETE WORSE THAN DEATH

AND THE WINNER IS........

 Hearty congratulations to 

Hemi Trenholm 

who submitted the winning entry for the 

Ruby Crush Colouring Bash....

Hemi wins the magnificent custom, Femme Fatale Skull Ring.

 Hand crafted with a beautiful matched pair, of wine red Garnets.

Below are her fab works of art....

Colour me this ....

The Huge 

RUBY CRUSH

COLOURING IN

BONANZA !

Colour me this....

Colour me that....

Hide not behind,  your Animal hat......

Colour me, this.....

Greetings....

Ruby Crush Jewellery

 is pleased to invite YOU to join in the fun at

THE

HUGE

RUBY CRUSH JEWELLERY

COLOURING IN

EXTRAVAGANZA

To celebrate the imminent release of an 

outrageous new collection of 

ART & JEWELLERY

we would like you to join us in a huge 

"colouring in" bash!

We will be awarding top prizes of Infamous 

Ruby Crush Jewellery

 and other cool shizzel to the winners and runners up.

we will be releasing the first illustration tonight at midnight GMT

How do I enter ?

Julian Lamb has produced a set of three beautiful, themed illustrations

 for you to download/copy and print off, then colour in....

simplicity itself!

Absolutely no rules with colouring mediums you can use.

Paint, pencils, crayons, chalks, etc, etc, even digital colourisation...

 anything goes!

How do I win those cool prizes ?

We will be looking for originality, technique, colour and neatness 

 but don't worry, it's not about staying "in the lines" 

You can colour as many as you wish, 

but we will accept only one of each illustration (per person)

Three in total.

There are no restrictions.... 

It's our belief that colouring in is for everyone to enjoy.

 All ages, all nations

 Everyone is welcome.

Great! what do I do next ?

When you've finished colouring, simply scan or take a photo of the completed work

and email it back to us at 

rubyjoolz@gmail.com

and title your email, "Colour me this"

It's really that simple....

 As an added bonus, we will also be displaying those we particularly like on our blog, 

website and facebook pages, too.

Finalised dates and prize giving awards T.B.A.

we can only accept, three illustration entries maximum per household.

All entries must be emailed to rubyjoolz@gmail.com

 

Everyone loves to colour in....

THE

RUBY CRUSH JEWELLERY

HUGE

COLOURING IN

COMPETITION

COMING SOON.....

Greetings from Ruby Crush HQ.

To celebrate the launch of our latest, as yet unreleased and "top secret" creations, we will be hosting a 

HUGE "COLOURING IN" COMPETITION...

With fantastic prizes of Ruby Crush Jewellery Creations for

winner and runners up

Everyone's invited !

Details coming......

A demon in Blue....

 Boys and Girls.

   Very pleased to announce...we are now able to offer our stunning creations in not only Satin Black finish, but also the new and delicious midnight Blue.

Hannya, the Japanese demon and Belladonna Skull rings.... A folk tale in blue.

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A Taste Of Japan's Folklore...

Introducing.....

The new Hannya demon, ring.

 Exquisitely designed and carved by Julian Lamb of Ruby Crush Jewellery.

 

A Gold Classic.....

Every so often we have a request for something a little out of the ordinary.....

 This beauty was designed and created for client and good friend John, over in New York....

This creation is the Ruby Crush Classic Skull Ring produced in lustrous 14kt yellow Gold.

It has two large and beautiful, trillion cut Red Spinel set into the eye-sockets with diamond dust set into the teeth and a drop shaped, natural white Diamond set into the nasal cavity.... rock n' roll

If you'd like to be the proud owner of a unique and fabulous Ruby Crush creation, or you'd simply like some info,  please mail us at     www.rubycrush.co.uk

A New York special... & then some

Simply beautiful !

Belladonna Skull ring 2.

Natural white Diamonds & Yellow Gold.

Lucy In The Sky ....

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What's Cookin'......

Ladies and Gentlemen.

 A small selection of recent, custom creations from
 Ruby Crush Headquarters

Natural Blue Topaz,  & White Gold mount.

The mighty Belladonna Skull ring.  Satin black finish over Silver,  with black mirror polished teeth.... Tasty!

Fetish Skull Ring.  Black satin finish over Silver, with natural white Diamonds and red Tourmalines

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NEW.... Skull Rings From The Vaults

 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

contact us at 

www.rubycrush.co.uk

 






                                                               

                                           
                                                       

Vintage Skull Ring Mayhem.

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!

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

contact us at 

sales@rubycrush.co.uk

God bless ya

J. x

Happy New Year, one and all....

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 piece's beauty and elegance is heightened by the expertly hand- engraved, Victorian scroll pattern,

 ok...

 "enough!!" I hear you cry.

 "show us the photo's"....

Tasty !!

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PREVIEW : Black Cherry Skull collection

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...

   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

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.

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.