Memento Mori
Personal, History Rebecca Tillett Personal, History Rebecca Tillett

Memento Mori

This is one of our mini 4x6 prints. The original painting is titled Pearl of Grief and was created by Mary Jane Peale in 1855. Mary Jane hailed from a prominent family of painters and in fact, another of our pieces, Swarm Wishes, was created using a portrait of her father, Rubens Peale, painted by her uncle, Rembrandt Peale.

Read More
Memento Mori
glowforge, memento los muertos, memento mori, Strong and Hardy, engraving, process video, instagram post, personal writing Rebecca Tillett glowforge, memento los muertos, memento mori, Strong and Hardy, engraving, process video, instagram post, personal writing Rebecca Tillett

Memento Mori

About 15 years ago I stumbled into an antique store in Colorado Springs, & they had just acquired many new items from a local estate sale. I made a bee line for a stack of old photos I saw. They were really old portraits from a studio in Denver. They’re all signed by the person in the photo. I can only guess that the photographer made it a habit of keeping a copy of all of the photos be shot. I had no idea what I was going to do with them, but I loved them so I bought them.

Read More