For January only, Mark and Lord Coconut along with your dearest Art of Mourning will be offering 10% off all stock at http://www.lordcoconut.com/ I know it suggests male jewellery, but the truth is that it will be able to fit all. Enjoy the new interpretations of Memento Mori jewellery on display and the historical resurrection that… Continue reading Christmas Gifts
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An Onyx Urn and Weeping Willow Ring Forever After
If you know me well enough, you may think this is hypocritical, but sometimes I often buy jewellery to wear. Yes, as a person who is based in conservation and education, I love my urn/mourning motifs and this one grabbed me. I was in London looking down upon a cabinet of jewellery and it just… Continue reading An Onyx Urn and Weeping Willow Ring Forever After
Symbolism, The Greek Keys
Good morning, jewellery historians! It’s time to unlock your doors, welcome in that fresh sea breeze and start preparing a lunch of dolmades, olives, lamb, feta cheese, kolokythoanthoi and don’t forget the saganaki. Today we’re going to get Neoclassical for a while and discuss an ancient motif that still resonates with us today. A motif… Continue reading Symbolism, The Greek Keys
Symbolism, The Urn
Here’s a surprising one for a Sunday morning! Why so surprising? You’d be forgiven for thinking that I’d already written about it, lord knows I’ve written about everything in between. The urn, that proud symbol of elegant beauty that holds our earthly remains, that symbol you’ve no doubt seen many a weeping mourning standing beside,… Continue reading Symbolism, The Urn