Memento mori

A 27 × 20 cm decorative artwork, where Gothic charm and Victorian elegance merge into a mysterious and magnetic presence. At the center, a skull with crystalline eyes watches silently like an ancient memento mori, guardian of the fragile boundary between splendor and dissolution. Golden scrolls unfold like the wings of a nocturnal creature, framing the deep shadow of the black background, while turquoise gems shine like cold stars in a moonless sky. Born from the encounter of iron, wood, clay, bijoux, and gold leaf, this Victorian-style panel seems to surface from a dark nineteenth-century dream