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Crazy Pig Design and Armand Serra, its multi-talented founder
(*Note: To cater to our British fans, Jewelry shall be spelled as Jewellery throughout this article!)
With over 900 designs under its belt (including one-off jewellery pieces and some all-time classics) Crazy Pig Designs is an established maker of fine Rock and Roll jewellery (also known as rock ‘n roll jewelry, biker jewelry, gothic jewelry, gothic styled jewellery, rocker jewelry, sterling silver gothic jewelry etc), having been at the forefront of British gothic styled jewellery since 1992. Based in Covent Gardens at the heart of London’s bohemian community, sterling silver jewellery designer Armand Serra Serra spends his days playing the guitar as well as creating custom sterling silver jewellery pieces for rock musicians and sterling silver aficionados. "Crazy Pig", the name Armand Serra Serra originally had in mind for his rock band, has now become a globally recognized brand name for Rock and Roll (rock ‘n roll) jewelry. Crazy Pig works with sterling silver, gold, platinum and both precious and semi-precious stones. Closest to the hearts of biker enthusiasts of course, is the Crazy Pig line of sterling silver biker jewellery .
History of Crazy Pig Designs
Armand Serra and his girlfriend Jeannette founded Crazy Pig Designs in Covent Garden in March 1992. The whole process of making Crazy Pig jewellery takes place in house, at Crazy Pig Designs, from the designing, carving, alloying, casting, setting, finishing, and polishing to the finished Crazy Pig item. Prominent Crazy Pig designs include skulls, skeletons, animals, dragons, daggers, stones and custom orders. Crazy Pig Silver, Crazy Pig Platinum and Crazy Pig gold jewelry pieces are available, as well as a multitude of precious stones and a myriad of designs spanning more than 20 years of excellence in jewellery design and manufacture. With their creative juices running into overdrive, they constantly endeavour to push the boundaries of what normal people consider “wearable” by incorporating the most outrageous, unthinkable and delightful designs into their jewellery. Many discerning rock and movie stars have chosen Crazy Pig Design sterling silver jewellery despite a wide range of other competitors in the market.
As with all designers of sterling silver biker jewellery (often known as sterling silver gothic jewellery , rock n roll jewelry and rocker jewellery ), Armand Serra of Crazy Pig walks the talk and talks the walk. Armand Serra of Crazy Pig is an avid rock musician a strong passion for rock music and heavy metal music. As a keen adherent of the rock n roll culture, Armand Serra plays every single musical instrument typically used by rock bands. Armand Serra plays the guitar, the bass, programs his electric drums and mixes his various solo pieces in his own personal studio into an entire, complete piece of rock music: composed, played and choreographed by Armand Serra himself.
Alternatives to Crazy Pig Designs
Today, Armand Serra’s Crazy Pig Designs remains an underground and exclusive brand, and markets itself as a luxury brand of sterling silver biker jewellery. Armand Serra’s Crazy Pig Designs’ gorgeous 925 sterling silver biker jewellery pieces are ultimately luxury pieces, and as such, are priced at levels beyond what enthusiasts can reasonably afford.
At Bloodysilver.com, we bring you the best of Armand Serra’s Crazy Pig Designs impressions at affordable prices. With the phenomenal popularity of Armand Serra’s Crazy Pig Designs, prices have skyrocketed beyond what most enthusiasts find affordable. Original Armand Serra’s Crazy Pig Designs bracelets can easily set you back GBP5000 depending on the weight and the intricacy of the design. Plus the fact that you’d have to travel all the way to Covent Gardens in London just to buy it. At Bloodysilver.com, we recreate the feel and look of some of Crazy Pig’s best designs and offer them to you at a fraction of the original retail price. Like the original, our products are made only from pure 925 sterling silver and crafted by hand. Like Crazy Pig, our factory moulds generate only basic shapes, which our artists manually handcraft, chip, mould and polish into the work of art you ultimately see; a heavy silver art piece inspired by the Crazy Pig item you desired. Since you aren’t paying for the Crazy Pig brand label when you purchase our products, our prices are significantly lower than what you’d pay for an original Crazy Pig piece (up to 90% lower).
Since our Crazy Pig-inspired collections are also made from the same sterling silver and crafted from the same types of moulds that Crazy Pig uses to craft the originals, they feel and look materially identical to the original Crazy Pig product, offering you the same degree of satisfaction as the original Crazy Pig piece at a tiny fraction of the price?
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