Funereal Victorian Goth Memento Mori

I acquired an object that apparently used to be a clock but it had either broken or was removed from the base and thrown into the thrift bin, because I bought it for a couple of dollars. It was very gothic looking and I needed to think about what I was going to put into it to make it an art piece. 

I obtained a bunch of Prima Relics and Artifacts by Sandra Evertson and decided to use the skull out of one of packages and a digital art piece from Mischief Circus (Etsy) of a "Victorian widow-like" woman. I touched up parts of the clock base with black acrylic then decoupaged the circular background behind the skull and the widow on the base. 

I stained the skull with inks and an acrylic wash and placed black rhinestones in  it's eyes. I also had black half-pearls that I positioned around the circular area as a finished border. 

I also decoupaged a piece of wrapping tissue that had the Latin word "Caritas" on it in the inside of the circular space.

I am very happy with my creation - which I have yet to name, and don't know if I will keep it for myself to put in my hearse for car shows, or sell!! It's perfect for Halloween or for that person who loves Gothic adornments.

More In The Art Box

There is still a lot of art I haven't posted up to this blog, so slowly but surely everything will get up here. Here are some diverse themed pieces:

Esmeralda's Travels, The Look

A Quiet Faith, Deep Blue Sea, Rapture

Fear Of Death, Joan of Arc

The Kingdom

The Letter

Love Is Lost

The Hand Of Fate

La Fortuna

Her Majesty

Natures Frail

Black Madonna

The Dream Traveller, The Joy Of Music