“Hair is at once the most delicate and lasting of our materials and survives us like love. It is so light, so gentle, so escaping from the idea of death, that, with a lock of hair belonging to a child or friend, we may almost look to to Heaven and compare notes with angelic nature,… Continue reading Sentimental Hair Art
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Jewels, Memory and Photography
Despite the title of this dissertation in mourning and sentimental jewellery being ‘Art of Mourning’, the primary message of the jewels that are discussed is based firmly in the elements of love and memory. A jewel being worn for someone alive or deceased is not the interest that should be discussed, rather, it is the… Continue reading Jewels, Memory and Photography
Alas! She’s Gone, Part 2
In a connection between a parent and child, the basis of the family is measured by their love and their faith. In this Neoclassical jewel, all this is represented, from the very positioning of the family, to the literal depiction of the heavens above. In this second part of the analysis of the jewel, let’s… Continue reading Alas! She’s Gone, Part 2
Mourning & Sentimental Jewels of the Georgian Era, An Introduction
“It is said to be peculiar to us, that our villages ape, so minutely, the fashions of our cities; that no sooner is a new fashion of dress, or of the sleeve alone of a dress, introduced into the city, than straightaway, as by magic, every sleeve in the country, from the shoulder of the… Continue reading Mourning & Sentimental Jewels of the Georgian Era, An Introduction