Press Release

Mordaunte's Coffin-Shaped Gems and Jewelry
Timeless creations that combine "divine morbidity with good taste"

Mordaunte's Coffin-Shaped Gems and Jewelry specializes in semi-precious faceted gemstones, cut into a perfect 6-sided coffin shape by exclusive contract with an international gemstone company.  Gemstones include colors such as Blood, Death, Shroud, Mist, Moss, and Pentacle.  In stock sizes range from 3 to 10 carats. "So far, I am the only one in the world that does this", states Mordaunte - owner, designer and creator.

In addition to the gemstones, she designs and creates finished jewelry in both men's and women's fashions.  These include rings, earrings, pendants, tie tacks and cufflinks, done in sterling silver as well as 14k gold.   In keeping with the coffin-shaped design, purchases are even shipped in a cardboard coffin-shaped box.  Mordaunte's clients buy her jewelry for costume decoration, funerary wear, immortalizing a departed loved one, wedding sets, and everyday wear with a "kick".  "Most people don't realize it's a coffin shape until you tell them - they just comment that it's a beautiful stone", says Mordaunte, "When I mention that it's a coffin shape, they gasp - "That's awesome!".   

Her celebrity clientele list includes members of some of the hottest heavy metal bands.  An on-air interview with Mordaunte can be experienced on WMTL radio, 91.5FM in West Palm Beach, Florida by the mighty DJ, 'Rattlehead'.   She also did an on-air interview with Hamish & Jolene of New Zealand's radio station, 93.4 Coastline FM.  Her designs have been showcased in popular fantasy and renaissance mail order catalogs.  She is also part of the video "Haunted Halloween Happenings" due out on VHS and DVD in the summer of 2004, along with Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper and "Elvira".  Her gems and jewelry were also part of "Village Of The Damned" on the 2004 and 2006 Ozzfest tours.  Her designs will also be featured at various Halloween, Horror and hearse events around the country in 2005 and 2006.  Her company is slated to be in the January 2006 issue of Gothic Beauty Magazine and the April 2006 issue of Rue Morgue Magazine. Columbia University did an interview with Mordaunte about her coffin collection in February 2006.  Star TV (Canada's version of E! Entertainment) in Toronto did a documentary on Mordaunte, her business and her coffin collection due to be part of their "I Heart" TV series and also available on DVD in late 2006. 

Mordaunte owns an extensive coffin collection, numbering upwards to 350 items of various sizes and materials, collected all over the world for the past 35 years.  She drives a 1986 Cadillac Presidential Limo Hearse.   Her nickname has affectionately become - "The Coffin Queen".  She is 6 feet tall.  "I took my lifelong hobby and love of the coffin shape and turned it into a business", Mordaunte says of her coffin collection and unique business. 
 

Mordaunte's Coffin-Shaped Gems and Jewelry can be viewed and purchased at her online store -  www.coffingems.com

Columbia University News Service
Interview with Mordaunte about her business
and coffin collection
February 2006

Star-TV - I Heart
TV interview - Mordaunte's Coffin Gems & Coffin Collection
July 2006 - Toronto, Canada
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