#53 The power of Memorial Jewellery with Ros Wood

In this episode I talk with Roslyn Wood. Ros is a specialist metalworker and artisan jeweller. For over a decade she has been helping families capture precious moments in life through the art of jewellery-making.

I talk with Ros about how her passion for memorial jewellery began, the variety of work she creates for people and how memorial jewellery can help with grief. You can see Ros’s work and some of her beautiful creations at roslynjewellery.co.uk.

In our discussion Ros shares the joy she experiences in creating unique work which reflects so beautifully what mattered to a person.

Key messages from guest

• Ros describes how her journey into memorial jewellery making began and how the phrase, ”What we do is not always easy but it is always an honour and a privilege” helped.

• The first time Ros came face to face with a dying person being in contact with a dying person it had a profound experience and removed all previous fear of death. 

• Ros describes how the story of a life can be captured by the lines of a fingertip.

• Wearing a locket is a powerful way of being in control of how much information you share when people comment on the jewellery.

• Ros describes capturing What Matters Most to a person in her memorial jewellery.

• Pet jewellery is also included in the work Ros makes.

• Making memorial jewellery as part of Advance Care Planning is another part of Ros’ important work.

• Ros describes how memorial jewellery can be the narrative for grief.

• Ros describes how death has become apart from life instead of a part of life

  
  

Resources

• https://roslynjewellery.co.uk/