Follow the loud Rock n’ Roll, wax drippings and scrap metal to a studio in California. There you’ll find Rich Sandomeno of Spragwerks, casting his mark on the fashion industry.

Rich’s fascination with the dark side began during his youth. While friends were playing ball, he found himself exploring dark and damp basements. A collector of sorts, Rich buried his deceased pets only to dig them up. Their bones became treasured troves and he began his lifelong quest for bugs, skulls and monsters…really anything that no one wanted. The post-industrial wasteland of Northern New Jersey created the perfect backdrop for his design aesthetic today.

Endless curiosity about why and how things either work or don’t, cause Rich to seek answers in the world of heavy-duty diesel mechanics. Dissatisfaction eventually set in, and he started to feel as old and as broken as the trucks he had been working on. But his experience with materials proposed a promising opportunity…jewelry.

This mechanic turned jewelry designer has taken torture and mechanics to a whole new level. Form definitely follows function when it comes to the many unique handcrafted pieces, each personally backed with a lifetime warranty. Skull pendants, spike bracelets and brass-knuckle cuff links are just a few of the pieces inspired from his childhood experiences. Favorites also include the textured wedding bands…sure to make any man say, “I do.” After all, marriage is the most celebrated symbol of torture. Till death do us part, right?

Visit Spragwerks and surrender to your deviant desires. Spragwerks can also be purchased at the following locations.

New York City-Trash & Vaudeville and New York Adorned
Los Angeles-Fred Segal, Popkiller, Handmade Gallery, and soon…The Museum of Death
Chicago-Broken Cherry, The Silver Room
San Francisco-Lava 9
Portland-Gilt
www.starsandinfinitedarkness.com
www.myspace.com/spragwerks