This is the widest of my Memento Mori rings at 5.5mm wide. Each ring in this collection is carved in wax by hand and 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 in silver or gold. These Skeleton rings are enameled with black glass in the recesses and polished to a high shine inside and brushed finish outside.

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 8. Enamel is glass and can certainly chip when hit against a hard surface. Every historical antique Memento Mori ring I have seen photographed has chips in them and I think that adds to their individual beauty. However, if you need a repair to your enamel, feel free to contact me and I am happy to repair your chipped enamel.

Sterling Silver and Enamel

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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!

This Wide 5.5 Skeleton Ring is part of my Memento Mori Collection

I made these Memento Mori rings for my older sister Jill, a famous poet and Professor who turned 50. 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.

Enjoy! Live! 50 years pass in the blink of an eye.