A Better Use for The Dead
April 26th 2009 06:41
I found this very good use for deap people that is a better use of recycling ourselves. Why bother with funerals when you can have them made into pencils!
These are from a designer Nadine Jarvis who works for herself and also for Goldsmiths University of London. She is a project researcher in Post Mortem.
Carbon Copies: Pencils made from the carbon of human cremains. 240 pencils can be made from an average body of ash - a lifetime supply of pencils for those left behind.
Each pencil is foil stamped with the name of the person. Only one pencil can be removed at a time, it is then sharpened back into the box causing the sharpenings to occupy the space of the used pencils. Over time the pencil box fills with sharpenings - a new ash, transforming it into an urn. The window acts as a timeline, showing you the amount of pencils left as time goes by.
I would suggest you do not chew on the ends of these!!
These are from a designer Nadine Jarvis who works for herself and also for Goldsmiths University of London. She is a project researcher in Post Mortem.
Each pencil is foil stamped with the name of the person. Only one pencil can be removed at a time, it is then sharpened back into the box causing the sharpenings to occupy the space of the used pencils. Over time the pencil box fills with sharpenings - a new ash, transforming it into an urn. The window acts as a timeline, showing you the amount of pencils left as time goes by.
I would suggest you do not chew on the ends of these!!
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