You Can Now Drink from a Cup Made with the Ashes of Your Loved Ones
New Mexico-based artist Justin Crowe first incorporated cremated human ashes into a dinnerware set, last year, as part of an art project, but after his friends learned about it and asked him to create bespoke items for them, he decided to turn the idea into a business. Today, his company, Chronicle Cremation Design, offers people the […]
Artist Turns the Ashes of Loved Ones into Beautiful Jewelry
California artist Merry Coor is using her skills to help people preserve the memory of their loved ones in the form of breathtaking pieces of jewellery. She uses cremated ashes of the deceased to create stunning beads that are lovingly crafted by hand. The process begins with Coor mailing an envelope and a tin box […]
Artist Uses Ashes of the Deceased to Paint Portraits of Them
Adam Brown, a Missouri-based painter, is offering his clients a unique way to connect with their deceased loved ones. He mixes the ashes with paint pigments and uses them to create portraits of the dead, as a ‘lasting memory’. The 32-year-old artist said: “It hit me that having ashes in an urn on a fireplace […]
Creepy Cremation Urn Shaped Like a Severed Head Makes Photos Obsolete
Who needs photos of a departed loved-one when you can have a detailed urn shaped just like their severed head to keep their ashes in? People are always coming up with offbeat ways of immortalizing their dearly-departed, but this has to be the creepiest yet. In the past, we’ve seen people’s ashes used to make […]
Artist Draws Portraits Using the Ashes of Her Subjects
Raven J. Collins thinks she may be the only artist in the world to brush the raw ashes of a deceased person onto a pencil portrait. Using ashes as a medium is a growing trend in the artwork, but while some are mixing it with paint to create abstract works, moulding them into bizarre sculptures, […]
The Bizarre Human Ashes Sculptures of Wieki Somers
Dutch artist Wieki Somers pushes the boundaries of recycling in her project “Consume or Conserve”, which plays with the idea of turning our loved ones’ ashes into everyday household items. Instead of burying or cremating a beloved family member, wouldn’t you rather give this person a second life as a vacuum cleaner, or a toaster? […]