These solid sterling silver Yorick Skull Studs are wax carved by hand and cast using the ancient process of Lost Wax to cast them in sterling silver. I then made a mold, which I can inject with wax and make wax copies of the Yorick Skull and cast a lot of matching skulls! Perfect for making a matching pair special just for you. Or buy Just One to make your own customized set when you mix and match with my hearts or crossbones posts.
The Yorick skulls are solid and have some weight to them and a lot of personality. These feel like having some nicely weighted pearl studs on. I have added a pair of silicone ear nuts which you can wear with the silver ear nuts or without the silver ear nuts. It’s up to you! I find them more comfortable to wear with post-earrings.
These Yorick Skulls are part of my Memento Mori Collection.
Shakepeare’s Hamlet, in Denmark after the loss of Ophelia, holds the skull of an old friend and mourns “Alas, poor Yorick! “. Poor Yorick indeed. Death, Decay, Corruption, and constant reminders of our own mortality wait around every corner. What can we do but recognize and even celebrate these as reminders to live our lives more fully? The Stoic Philosophers of antiquity wrote that one can only live one’s life fully in the present moment by meditating on death’s inevitability. This is the thought process celebrated by Memento Mori art.
So here is your reminder to live life to the very fullest, and they look super freakin cute to boot! And they are subtle enough that you can wear them all the time and not just during Spooky Season.
