Mourning: A Lost Art

Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

- Benjamin Franklin

I had the fortune of finding this amazing website The Art of Mourning by Australian jewelery historian and graphic designer Hayden Peters. Just full of useful information about the lost art of mourning; death is never easy and for the longest time (especially during the reign of Queen Victoria, who took mourning to the extreme...to say the least) series of customs were in place. They were initiated to express the loss for a loved one as well as memorialize them...to show that they were (or are) loved.

Peters' website is charmingly period and has multiple examples of memento mori, so have a look I'm sure you'll enjoy it!