TURNING YOUR LOVED ONE’S ASHES INTO TABLEWARE
New Mexico-based artist Justin Crowe can turn cremated human ashes into a dinnerware set. He first did it as an art project, but after his friends learned about it and asked him to create items for them, he decided to turn the idea into a business. Today, his company, Chronicle Cremation Design, offers people the chance to keep their loved ones close by having their ashes incorporated into everyday items like coffee cups, bowls or candle holders. Crowe says, “Integrating someone’s ashes into ceramics is a way of infusing their memory into everyday life. So you can have coffee every morning with the memories of your grandmother, or have a bowl on the table to spark stories at family dinners.” Chronicle Cremation Design charges $399 to create the custom glaze plus between $159 and $649 for each pottery object.
* Turning grandma into a coffee mug is a good idea. She always complained of the cold.
* This adds a whole new meaning to “dinner with the folks”.
* So much for the rest in peace part.
* “Gee, if only more of our relatives would die, we could have a full set.”
* If you hated the person can he make them into, like, a toilet seat?
* Wouldn’t the most appropriate item to make from ashes be an ash tray?
* I’m impressed. Do you realize how rare it is to get something new in ceramics?
* I mean ceramics go back thousands of years.
* I can see the movie now: The Haunted Coffee Cup.
* You could make Gramps into a mug and then put a picture of his mug on the outside.
* This is just one step away from turning their skull into a cookie jar.
CLIP: “Oops, there goes dad.” (The sound of a breaking coffee mug.)
