Jewels, Symbolism, Botany and Floriography

Victorian botanical research created the fundamental understanding of modern symbolic flora interpretations. Classifying the plants of the known world to a value of emotional fact was part of the Enlightenment’s late 18th century interest in aligning scientific understanding to all elements of life.  Historical and classical values of known species were carried into human rationale… Continue reading Jewels, Symbolism, Botany and Floriography

Art of Mourning Airbnb Experience *Updated*

Lord Hayden Peters / The Art of Mourning

For the first time I’m going to be sharing my mourning jewellery and letting you get hands on with historical mourning jewels in Melbourne, Australia. Through Airbnb, I’ll be hosting evenings as an experience to learn from my knowledge and get interactive with mourning jewellery. You’ll be able to see how early modern history was… Continue reading Art of Mourning Airbnb Experience *Updated*