Ruben Viramontes was born in the silver mining village of Santa Barbara, Chihuahua, Mexico. Both his childhood and adult years have been divided between living in Los Angeles and Mexico. After studying architecture at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Ruben worked for the Mexican Institute of Anthropology in church and monument restoration, and archeological digs, which gave him an opportunity to travel throughout the entire country and experience local artistry first-hand. Later Ruben studied jewelry making with master Mexican craftsmen near Taxco. Subsequently for many years, Ruben designed and manufactured jewelry for all the major stores in Mexico, sales were near 10,000 pieces of jewelry per month, Ruben taught a village to make the jewelry and he invented machines for the manufacturing. Ruben was published many times in Mexico Vogue Magazine. After Ruben’s children were born, he decided to return to Los Angeles. He became a Walt Disney Imagineer and spent the next 17 years designing theme parks, and themed interiors for Disney, as well as Universal Studios and Warner Brothers. There is a animated show in Medellin. Columbia designed by Ruben "The show of the Orchids" showing daily at the orchids batonical garden. The Disney Company commissioned Ruben to make hundreds of paintings and sculptures that are featured in the parks in Los Angeles, Orlando, Paris, and Tokyo. Over 2,000 of Ruben’s animal designs are integrated into the Disney Animal Kingdom Park in Florida. Likewise Ruben’s fellow Imagineers frequently commissioned him to design and fabricate jewelry for their personal use (SAMPLE CUSTOM JEWELRY, 50 works of art, a tab at the top of the front page). Ruben has also designed products for Disney and was a featured artist in the Disney Galleries in Los Angeles and Orlando and the MGM Gallery in Las Vegas. Ruben is published in two Disney Books---"Walt Disney Imagineering" and "The Making of Animal Kingdom". A friend once said, " Ruben is scary, he can design and make anything"

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60 grams solid silver, solid inside and back of ring, Silver touches your finger all the way around. A glass eye (Hazel Human eye #63) set into a heavy silver setting. The eye is Glass eye. The eye is deep set into a realistic shaped eye socket, but the shape has expression, organically forming upper brow and lower brow with fine eye lid wrinkles. Just the right stare is there for your protection. The silver protects the eye very well, deep darkened tones of silver surround the eye and defuse out into a polished hammered silver finish, This crazy eye looks alive! Hammered texture looks Ancient, old, knarly. Substantial Heavy ring. I will make it to any size. Hand Made and signed by Ruben X. Viramontes. Select an eye type from the chart #60 to #100. Solid heavy sterling .925 silver ring.

This ring is the spirit of Frida, frozen into silver. July 6 is her birthday, celebrate with this ring. Here I wish to show a great oneness with nature and culture. The skull with flowers in the eyes sees love all around but blinded by beauty.The big nostrils are wide open to remind us to take a breath of prana. This ring screams love not war. The stones are the planets that we all live with and the same ones Frida saw. On the side of the ring is a half face of the moon. This shows that we like frida hide part of ourselves to everyone. On the other is the full shinny sun to celebrate life and shower us with flowers and love. This ring is a real celebration of life and death. There is also a rose on one side, this is the great Diego Rivera. The Mother of Pearl Skull carved by Ruben measures 1 1/8" tall and 3/4" wide. The bottom of the ring shank is 5/8 " wide. I always love seeing pictures of Frida with her braids gathered on top of her head in an old Tehuana style from Mexico. I remember my Grandmother's braids that way sometimes. Each ring is designed, hand made,and personally signed and dated by Ruben Xolotol Viramontes. I will carve the skull for each order little changes may occur, they are one of a kind carvings, also material color may vary a little. Solid heavy sterling .925 silver ring.

Solid Sterling Silver, 2 ounces but incredibly comfortable to wear. Must be because of the wide ring shank. You will Love it! The photos do this ring no justice at all! The devil is anatomically correct, that little demon! The Angel shows one of my favorit Tai Chi stances Holding the world in its hands for protecting the Earth and chi in its hands. I will make it to any resonable size. the sizes 5 to 7 may cause a little curvature to the top of the ring. Some modifications may occur depending on the size you want it. I am sure this ring will go great to a size 14.5 if need be. Different stones in the eyes are avilable. Here you will see natural Sapphires but can be made with the stones of your chose. Signed and dated by the artist Ruben X. viramontes. Solid heavy sterling .925 silver ring.

The Natural Hematite skull is 7/8 inch tall from top of head to chin and 5/8 inch wide at the cheek bones. 1/4" inch high off the finger. The eyes are deep and very hollow, nice grin indeed. The skull sits deep into a double strong bezel. The Hematite is black as night with a gunmetal black look to it. The skull shape top of the ring is 3/4" inch by 1 inch when you add all the silver around the skull. This ring is 36 grams with skull. About 29 grams pure sterling. This ring is size 12 1/2 but i can remake it for you to any size. I put symbols of the suns rays on each side, it looks like an eye with rays coming from the bottom. "the all seeing gods eye". There is a skull and crossbones on the rear to watch my back. Solid heavy sterling .925 silver ring.

I will remake this ring to any size the one you see here is size 9, the skull will have variations from this one you see, some rock crystals are more opaque. This ring will be signed and dated by Ruben X. Viramontes. NEW IDEA: is, pick a stone skull color and i will suggest matching stones! see my skull assortment sheet. This ring weighs 2 ounces of Solid Silver. Top is 25mm by 18mm, the bottom of the ring shank is 13mm. The side width is 24mm where the Mermaid and eye are. The crystal skull is 20mm long by 14mm wide. Total 7 turquoise stones from the Sleeping Beauty Mine in Arizona. I carved a cross into the back of the crystal skull, painted it turquoise, you can see it distorted through the clear crystal.I oxidized the silver black where the skull is set, that is why it looks blackish at some angles. This ring was inspired for my love of adventure and love of Spanish and caribbean and Pirate art. Another love i have are Mermaids, this one i carved with wings so she represents ocean and air and is the guardian of travel and endevers. The eye is for knowledge and protection. This is a big ring, looks like a pirate's treasure for sure. Magical and mystifying as the cross behind the skull moves like waves in the ocean, refractive distortions and blurrs of turquoise move when you turn the ring. This skull has been blessed by this holy cross. A great piece for meditation because the cross comes and goes into infinity, plays with the space inside the skull.Underside of the ring is like the inner belly of a pirates' ship, the ribbed structure alows the finger to breath but also looks nautical. Solid heavy sterling .925 silver ring.

The "Demon Comet" streaks across the universe leaving a trail of stars and lands on your finger! The skull is 7/8 inch by 3/4 inch. The ring shank is wide at 1/2 inch at its smallest width.It has the feel of a wide band ring. It is elegant, executive look to it. The ring is 30 grams Sterling Silver Solid. The Lab Grown Rubies AAA quality for extreme color radiance you will not believe are 5mm round set deep into the eyes, no glue, set in a professional manner as metal is pushed by hand to secure the stones. Stones are cut from premium rough selected to best imitate the highest end Burma material. A deep rich red with flashes of hot fuscia. These gems have essentially the same optical, physical and chemical properties as natural Ruby. Many other stone colors also available. The stars are set onto deep protrusions you will not see on any other ring, they are popping out like a star burst. This ring looks and feels and screams volume because of the supper deep carving. There is a whole galaxy around the lower part of the shank. This ring shouts, universe, astrology, star formations, big bang and more. It is intense! The horns have the base carved to show growth from the skull. The teeth are individually carved and separated. The mouth is open to catch a breath of cosmos. Become one with the Universe, great to take off and roll it around in your hand and touch. Each ring is designed, hand made, signed and dated by Ruben Xolotol Viramontes. Solid heavy sterling .925 silver ring.

Aqua Marine Eyes set into skull on white gold prong settings which are then on tubes and riveted from the back. Really strong to take the vibrations from any Harley, Indian. or Victory etc. This is a thicker mother of pearl and stronger bezel around the skull. A beautiful hand carved mother of pearl skull set into a sterling silver ring. Since each mother of pearl skull is hand carved, no two look exactly alike. The mother of pearl can be carved either on the golden side or the silver side. Each ring is designed, hand made, signed and dated by Ruben Xolotol Viramontes. Solid heavy sterling .925 silver ring.

Bronze Rose is on one side of this skull ring. The stem with thorns held in the teeth is also Bronze. The eyes are one of natural Amethyst heart shape 10mm the other of Lab grown Ruby heart shape 8mm. This is a hefty two ounce ring of Sterling Silver, it also has some 18k gold enhancement on the forehead. It is not hollow inside. I can remove the bad word if you wish. This can be noted in the special instructions box. Each ring is designed, hand made, signed and dated by Ruben Xolotol Viramontes. This ring has Love engraved all around it and x's and o's and one bad word on the side. The eyes are heart shaped stones and are set without glue, the setting as done in the most professional maner of pushing the silver inward against the stone, these stones are very secure and set below the surface for protection. Solid heavy sterling .925 silver ring.

This is a 34 gram heavy ring inspired by 1950's old Mexican rings. The top has a skull with the lucky number 7, surrounded by the four card suits. The left eye of the skull is a lab grown Ruby with lots of sparkle, flash it at your opponent across the table and distract him from the play. On each side of the ring there is a King skull and a Queen skull in a high bold relief. Each ring is designed, hand made, signed and dated by Ruben Xolotol Viramontes. Solid heavy sterling .925 silver ring.

This 50 gram silver skull is the biggest ring here, this ring is NOT hallow. It is one giant skull with stars on one side of the forehead, and stripes on the other, inspired by the American flag. Each ring is designed, hand made, signed and dated by Ruben Xolotol Viramontes. Solid heavy sterling .925 silver ring.

Inspired by the ancient pyramids, seeing the carved snake heads popping out of a pyramid is an impression that stays in my mind. I am happy to be able to show this feeling and respect for the snake. These are my feathered serpents of the underworld also known as Xolotl. There are four rattles from the tail of the snakes forming a cross the center piece is a skull. The snake that goes continuously around the band in uninterrupted in design, I recreate it whenever I have to make the ring larger. The stones are created from the ash and magma collected from Mt. St. Helen the Volcano in the USA. The stones are called Helenites. Solid heavy sterling .925 silver ring.

1 1/8 inches by 1 1/8 inches at the top. Sacred BRONZE heart set into solid sterling silver. Little Skulls along the sides and lots of hearts. Two 5mm Lab grown Rubies from lab in Switzerland, incredible high quality. Identical mineral composition to the natural Burmies Rubies.

7/8 inches by 1/2 inches at the top. Sacred BRONZE Owl set into solid sterling silver. Little Owls perched on bones along the sides and lots of love went into this.

Solid Sterling Silver ring. Total weight 42 grams. Bottom of shank is 3/8 inches wide. The top is about the size of a Quarter. The Sugar Skull is Bronze with an etched surface and an acid blue green turquoise patina is applied then coated with a light tinted clear coat for stabilizing and good wear. I cut and polished them myself. I love "Sky Stone" Turquoise, i find it to be a great natural wonder. The ancient Mexicans used it a lot also but it is not found in Mexico, it had to be traded from indians here. This ring is inspired by the great Turquoise encrusted Skull i saw in the Museum of Anthropology Mexico City, i worked there as Architect investigating ethnic Architecture.

30 grams solid silver, solid inside and back of ring, Silver touches your finger all the way around. A glass eye set into a heavy silver setting. The eye is 14mm Glass eye. Turn your hand and the eye will keep looking at whoever looks at it.It follows the looker! The eye is deep set into a realistic shaped eye socket, but the shape has expression, organically forming upper brow and lower brow with fine eye lid wrinkles. Just the right stare is there for your protection. The silver protects the eye very well, deep darkened tones of silver surround the eye and defuse out into a brushed silver finish, This crazy eye looks alive! Brushed finish really enhances the feel of silver skin around this eye. Substantial ring. In photo i wear it as a pinky ring. This one is a size 7. I will make it to any size. Hand Made and signed by Ruben X. Viramontes. Want a different eye? look at chart and pick one. No extra cost!

This is the Shout at the Devil Bracelet inspired by the song. Running through it is natural leather chord. If you wish Imitation leather that i can do.If you want cable, that i can do, with beads where the knots are. Weight is 85 grams, all cast in solid silver. This is a unique custom heavy bead design, inspired by the heavy jade beads worn by Aztec Kings i saw in the museum of Anthropology in Mexico City. I was investigator of ancient architecture for the museum. Toggle clasp is an open mouth of the skull and tail ends of the devil. you see each skull at different angles when you wear it. always changing! and comfortable. This bracelet will take rough and tumble wear, it is built to last. Heavy solid sterling .925 silver bracelet. Any size available!

"Night and Day" cuff bracelet i make it without the leather now. 5 oz. Sterling Silver! The nose ring is also Silver. Sight and sound! This bracelet embraces the arc which we see the sun move across the sky. at one extreme is the sun at the other is the moon. All in between is life and death. In the middle is "The great love letters skull" The nose ring actually rings a tone every time you move your wrist. The nose ring makes clinking sounds, The tone of incantation, the siren, the sound of life surrounds this bracelet. This bracelet has a lucky seven skull and four leafed flower. The rose on the side is for "love kills" and pricks at our side. There is a giant multi star universe engraved all over. And a bright sunny smile on the sun. This is to become a real collector's prize. It wieghs 5 ounces of pure solid Sterling Silver. The three major icons are the luky 7 seven skull, the Great skull, the owl, these are all made of solid bronze in golden color. I need your measurement of your wrist. I will size it and shape it to your wrist, hopefully any size. Email me your size to see if it can be available in your size. I want to be sure it fits well. Please measure the width and thickness of your wrist. This one you see is 7 1/4 inches all around including the gap, this one fits me, my wrist is 1 1/2" x 2" this is medium. All wrists have a different shape so contact me with the measurements. The silver is thick so it is really hard to bend, i have to hammer it against a form to shape it, it is not bendable by hand, you can not squeeze it, it is too strong and thick. You can also have it with or without the leather for same price. The leather means you should be more carefull of getting it wet. The dampness cold be uncomfortable. But haveing the leather does add to comfort and fit when dry. Let me put it another way, listen up. This bracelet is very very stiff and hard to bend i usually need to have some wrist measurements first to make it. Yes it can be shaped over a baseball bat with a body shop rubber mallet. I usually make a wood form that is a copy of the wrist measurements to be sure of a good fit. I need wrist width ( to know how wide to make it) and thickness (to know how big a gap for sliding the wrist into it) and circumference (all around distance). So , can you get all these measurements and still keep it a surprise. or measure a cuff bracelete he already has and measure it. Most designers make a cuff bracelet that is light and flimsy that you can squeeze and bend to shape, but not this one. Designed, hand made, Hand signed and dated by Ruben Xolotol Viramontes.

Big 1 inch by 1 inch across the top. 7/16 inch ( 12 mm ) wide at the bottom. Wicked Day of the Dead Skull Ring Biker Wicca Rocker, 47 grams, 1.7 ounces Solid Wickedness. This ring is so wicked that i worry about myself kind of ring. Snakes tails for horns and snakes from the jawels, upsidedown skull under the chin is spell binding and can make you dizzy. Trilogy of skull, father, son, holy ghosts. Got my guardian angel on board to kick some ass when the devil is out of control. The wicked little devil has his privates to the world above to see. "Dios mio, que descansen en paz mis papasitos". The Wicked big skull is sandblasted for a dense matte look. Original Wearable art by Ruben Xolotl Viramontes, customized to any ring size free.

This pendant is the spirit of Frida, frozen into silver and Mother of Pearl, in the spirit of my culture. July 6 is her birthday, celebrate with this necklace pendant. The Mother of Pearl carving is well protected by the raised silver areas around it. Here I wish to show a great oneness with nature and culture. The skull with flowers in the eyes sees love all around but blinded by beauty.The big nostrils are wide open to remind us to take a breath of prana. This ring screams love not war. The stones are lab created in Switzerland, Star Sapphire, and lab created Burmese Ruby (The stones are identical chemical composition and hardness and light refraction, to the natural) and conflict free. The stones represent planets that we all live with and the same ones Frida saw. On the sides are flowers, she loved to wear in her hair to celebrate life and shower us all with love. This pendant is a real celebration of life and death. There is also a rose on the baile where you insert the chain, this is the great Diego Rivera. The Mother of Pearl Skull carved by Ruben measures 1 1/8" tall and 3/4" wide. 45 grams of solid Sterling silver. The Skull frame is 1 1/2 inches long by 1 1/4 inches wide, this is BIG. Look at photos of Frida, she wore this type of big and fine jewelry, she wore many of them at once. I always love seeing pictures of Frida with her braids gathered on top of her head in an old Tehuana style from Mexico. I remember my Grandmother's braids that way sometimes. Each pendant is designed, hand made,and personally signed and dated by Ruben Xolotol Viramontes. I will carve a new skull for each order, little changes may occur, they are one of a kind carvings, also material color may vary a little. If you want different stones please let me know.

Inspired by the ancient Americas pottery this band ring is solid sterling silver and the sugar skull is solid bronze. My trip to Santa Fe Mew Mexico opened my eyes to so much turquoise that i have used the colors here on this ring. This will match any other southwest jewelry you might wear with this ring. All hard soldered, NO glue used. Care taken to separate the black patina process from the green patina process. This makes it a more complicated ring to make. The one in the picture is a size 9. The skull is 15mm by 12mm. The green patina has a clear protection from water damage and environment. 8mm wide at the bottom. Top is 18mm by 16mm. Total weight of the ring is 22 grams.

18 grams solid silver. A glass eye set into a heavy silver setting. The eye is 14mm Glass eye. the eye will keep looking at whoever looks at it. It follows the looker! The eye is deep set into a realistic shaped eye socket, but the shape has expression, organically forming upper brow and lower brow with fine eye lid wrinkles. Just the right stare is there for your protection. The silver protects the eye very well, deep darkened tones of silver surround the eye and defuse out into a brushed silver finish, This crazy eye looks alive! Brushed finish really enhances the feel of silver skin around this eye. Hand Made and signed by Ruben X. Viramontes. Want a different eye? look at chart and pick one. No extra cost!

"LOVE LIFE" Bracelet. I make them one at a time. Weight is 114 grams, all cast in solid silver. This is a unique custom heavy design. This bracelet will take rough and tumble wear, it is built to last. Heavy solid sterling .925 silver bracelet. Can be made in any size.

You have choices, stones, no stones, "13" on forehead, plain skull and crossbones. Please note your choice in PayPal checkout. This ring was inspired by vintage Mexican and Caribbean style rings. It is 30 grams, not hollow, pure solid sterling silver. Natural garnets in the eyes if you want them. This ring has a rich arabesque design about it. There is an eye on one side of the ring and an owl on the other. This rich design gives it the feel and especially the look of old Caribbean style. Just look at it and it screams PIRATE, even though there is no pirate depicted. Can be made in any size.

90 grams big big heavy ring. Thick shank band. This ring wieghs as much as a bracelet. Comfortable to wear on pointer finger or middle finger. Great meditation totem for you to roll around in your palm. It is touched by the Amazon, pure palo santo smoke is in the recesses, when you get it smell it. Reeks of primitive escence. In Micronesia it is a real human skull ornamented to look like Sinister. This ring is carved so rich and deep and large that you can see every detail from 15 feet away. Its presence is astounding to the space you are in, the aura is huge! Top is 1 inch and 1/4 by 1 inch and 1/8th. Can be made in any size BUT very small sizes not recomended.

Unisex Handcuffs Bracelet 3.9 ounces of solid sterling silver. Openable with clip and pin device easy to use. Original design copyright Ruben Viramontes 2010. Design elements include lots of screw heads and knurled spacers for a great tech look and key holes. Ladies, slide one up the forearm and one on the wrist is an original look! These are really bad ass looking and unisex. This one you see is for maximum wrist size of 7 1/2 inches around. Please email me for larger custom size. Lock yourself into this cool and sexy yet badass handcuffs!

The Sea Turtle ring made to any size. Top is 1 inch by 1 inch. Please let me know if you want the bronze turtle or the solid silver turtle. All solid materials, not plated. Let me know which size you want at checkout.