How DEMENTED is this?
A jeweller in Australia is making a name for herself, creating commemorative necklaces and rings from the teeth of the deceased.
Jacqui Williams, 29, is the owner of Grave Metallum Jewellery, and sells handcrafted pieces that incorporate the remains of the dead.
As well as teeth, Jacqui uses hair, ashes and has even been asked to create a necklace from an IUD.
The craftsperson admits she is morbid, and worked as a gardener at a local cemetery before she made human remains jewellery full time.
She said: "I incorporate teeth into anything a client requests and that can be made out of metal.
"I do this work because I want to help people deal with their grief and loss as it's something that is guaranteed for every living thing.
"My most memorable requests I have been asked are using an IUD in a piece of jewellery, in which I did decline due to it being plastic, and turning the bullet casing, from the bullet that a client's grandfather shot himself with into a piece of jewellery."
Each custom piece takes Jacqui between six and eight weeks to create and costs between £190 ($350 AUD) and more than £5,400 ($10,000 AUD).
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 33 | March 2, 2023 3:08 PM
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I'm going to have my bones placed inside a doll, placed in a museum and charge the wealthy to fuck it.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | February 23, 2023 5:16 PM
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Can I have a pair of small earrings made please?
by Anonymous | reply 5 | February 23, 2023 5:26 PM
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r4 nightmares, really?
Just imagine some lass getting a pair of rings for her labia piercings and surprising a hookup with it
by Anonymous | reply 6 | February 23, 2023 5:28 PM
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[quote]The craftsperson admits she is morbid, and worked as a gardener at a local cemetery WHERE SHE ACQUIRED ENOUGH human remains TO MAKE jewelry full time.
Fixed it for everyone.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | February 23, 2023 5:32 PM
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When I went to the funeral home that handled a family member’s cremation, one of the options was to have a pendant made so you could wear the deceased’s ashes on a necklace.
Not sure where I’ve seen it but I believe there is a company that makes lab-created stones (for jewelry) out of cremation ashes.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | February 23, 2023 5:33 PM
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While those are repulsive, I do think there is something interesting about using a person's body for the carbon to make a diamond from it, then using the diamond to make jewelry.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | February 23, 2023 5:35 PM
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Yes, I've seen that too R8. My sister wanted that to be done with my mother's ashes. But knowing my mother, I said no and figured that's why I was appointed the executor and inherited everything.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | February 23, 2023 5:36 PM
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r8 Yes, there is.. a bit overpriced. There's a wide variety of these kind of services... from pets to people.
Though it's difficult with human remains depending on the laws in your jurisdiction but like jaywalking many ignore the details.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | February 23, 2023 5:37 PM
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After my mother died my sister brought up the possibility of getting pendants made with my mother’s ashes which I found horrifying and declined.
They also make gemstones like another poster mentioned.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | February 23, 2023 5:37 PM
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Sometimes I want to make jewelry out of my living relatives teeth. Wait right there Jacqui, I'll get you a tooth to work with.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | February 23, 2023 5:41 PM
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My Daughter in Law was killed in a car wreck a little over a year ago. I'd love to have something made for him with her lock of hair. It sounds morbid, but I think that Lady is doing something good. I don't know about wearing a ring with teeth on it though.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | February 23, 2023 5:45 PM
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I have a wonderful extracted wisdom tooth that has a J hook root. I would like jewelry made with it.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | February 23, 2023 6:15 PM
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R6. That is one thing I will never have to worry about.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | February 23, 2023 6:18 PM
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[quote] But I definitely would never want this done to myself or my family if I died or they died.
That’s why it is better to get people’s teeth while they are still alive. I agree, I wouldn’t want a tooth if it was extracted after death.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | February 23, 2023 6:22 PM
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Fools and their money are soon parted.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | February 23, 2023 6:56 PM
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I would be more interested in a skin tanning service.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | February 23, 2023 7:08 PM
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I saw a comment on Facebook about this asking when they need to be repaired to you take them to a jeweler or dentist.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | February 23, 2023 7:10 PM
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Jewelry made from teeth? Oh, thanks lads! Good to know I'm safe from this nefarious practice!
by Anonymous | reply 23 | February 23, 2023 7:10 PM
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Mourning jewelry is nothing new.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 24 | February 23, 2023 7:12 PM
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Those are actually kind of interesting R24. The teeth rings are especially disgusting.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | February 27, 2023 4:36 PM
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Any more demented than turning your cum into jewelry?
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 26 | February 27, 2023 4:51 PM
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Making memorial keepsakes out of hair was very common before the widespread advent of photography.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 27 | February 27, 2023 7:41 PM
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Look up “hair work.” It cam into vogue after the wigs for men fell out of fashion. It have a large collection of hair work. It was not always done to commemorate the dead. I have a watch chain made of braided hair. Presumably for a man made of his wife’s hair.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | February 27, 2023 7:47 PM
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Many years ago I had all my wisdom teeth removed. At that time I requested that the extracted teeth be returned to me. The clinic where I had this done thought the request was very odd. I intended to have them made into a necklace because I thought that would be very "punk rock". Never went through and had it made, but I've still got the teeth around here somewhere. Just an odd keepsake now, I suppose...
by Anonymous | reply 29 | March 2, 2023 2:39 PM
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Soon people will be walking around with a bone of their "loved one" through their nose. The devolution into a freak show society continues...
by Anonymous | reply 30 | March 2, 2023 2:47 PM
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Unless the person agreed to it. If not, it’s desecration.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | March 2, 2023 3:02 PM
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I don't see much of a problem, buT I find it SUPER GROSS, unhygienic in fact.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | March 2, 2023 3:08 PM
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