Can we take a moment to appreciate Don Simpson? He looks like a wizard. Look at him, he is playing a harp on a fucking mountain by the ocean with his hair blowing in a gentle breeze which has undoubtedly been summoned by his mystic grace. Have you ever seen anything so cool. Now go look at his art. Go look and tell me he isn’t a wizard. He even makes wands.
A rare early 18th century Memento Mori band gold known as a skeletal, as the whole length of the skeleton is employed on the outside of the hoop, with other emblems. The earliest known example is dated 1659. This ring is enamelled in black with a full skeleton, twin hearts for love and an hourglass, symbolic of the passage of time and the brevity of life.
