This is the widest of my Memento Mori rings at 5.5mm wide. The skeleton spans the majority of the band, so I think the smallest I can make this ring without cutting off the design is a size 5. The rest of the band is a blank half round band. And 5 will have very little blank space.
Unlike my Enameled Memento Mori Rings, these are oxidized instead of the longer enameling process. Once oxidized, they are given a brushed finish with a light layer of Renaissance Wax to keep the dark patina as long as possible.
Here is a process video https://youtu.be/f4eoAzuaNhg?si=FuXI-hcZd-TjD6t_
Sterling Silver
Made to Order. Usually ships in 3-5 days.
This ring looks great as part of a stack, as a wedding band, a right-hand ring, or a promise ring, and all by its damn self, thank you very much. And as always, my rings are Unisex. Y’all wear what you want!
I made these Memento Mori rings for my older sister Jill, a famous poet and Professor who turned 50 this year. Well, I made the first one for her, the second because I wanted to make more knees, the third because I wanted to redo a jawbone. Skeletons are rad, even for nerds like me. And they look better the more you do.
While I was thinking about my design, I researched the history of Memento Mori jewelry. Memento Mori, literally translated as “Remember Death”, was a jewelry style popular in the 16th, 17th, and 18th C. as a tribute to the deceased, and a reminder to live a just and moral life.
We McDonough girls have always said, “Life is one big party that starts right after high school”, a sarcastic misquote of someone who thought that less of a good time was a better plan. Well, from where I sit that seems like as true of a 21st. C. restating of “Memento Mori “as any. Time friggin flies! Live every day to the fullest, as you see fit. If we had a sisters’ motto it would sound something like that.
So, here is my 21st C. Memento Mori ring collection. Each is carved in wax by hand and then cast using the ancient lost wax process. I then make a mold from which I can pull a wax copy of the original that can be resized to fit you and cast.
Enjoy! Live! 50 years pass in the blink of an eye.
