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Author Archives: Dana Sitar (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
The Island Crematorium – Rocky Island, Ireland
The 200-year-old building offers a unique space for cremation and remembrance.
The Island Crematorium on Rocky Island in Ireland is unique in its fantastic location as well as its modern approach to cremation, memorial, and grieving. The crematorium is designed for religious or non-religious services; it has spiritual as well as … Continue reading
Posted in Soulful Expressions
Tagged Cremation, Crematorium, Ireland, Memorial, Rocky Island
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Changing the Material
Eco-friendly Burial and Cremation from Swedish Designer Liv Andersson
Swedish industrial designer Liv Andersson aims to create products that are an adaptation to the environment, with a holistic view of the life of the product. This project, Dust to Dust, “aims to get a holistic picture of what happens … Continue reading
Posted in Soulful Expressions
Tagged Art, Casket, Coffin, Cremation, Cremation Vessel, Design, Green Burial, Natural burial
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An Interview with Sherri Lynn Wood
Part 2/2: Sherri explains how her artwork evolved into healing work
Read Part One of the interview, where Sherri guides us in the process of healing through quiltmaking. Dana: Do you explain the parallels between the quiltmaking process and the grief process in your workshops or with clients, or do you … Continue reading
Posted in Professional Advice
Tagged Art, Craft, Grief, Healing, Quilting, Sherri Lynn Wood
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Enduring Loss
Soulful Expressions from a SevenPonds Reader
This week’s Soulful Expressions is contributed by artist Diane Teske. If you would like to contribute or recommend art about death and dying, please contact dana@sevenponds.com. FLOWERS FADE from the artist: “I was led by my intuition to do a performance piece … Continue reading
An Interview with Sherri Lynn Wood
Part 1/2: The quiltmaker teaches us how the craft can guide us through the grieving process
I first discovered the craft of passage quilting just a few months ago when I featured artist Sherri Lynn Wood here at SevenPonds, and I was very excited to invite her to chat with us more in-depth about the process. … Continue reading
Posted in Professional Advice
Tagged Art, Craft, Grief, Grieving, Healing, Passage Quilts, Quilting, Sherri Lynn Wood, Workshops
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“Imperfect Endings”, by Zoe Fitzgerald Carter
Zoe examines her life as she faces her mother's chosen death
Zoe Carter’s busy life on the West Coast with her husband and daughters and an unfinished mystery novel are put on hold when her glamorous and stubborn mother, Margaret, decides that it is time” to end things”. Margaret has been … Continue reading
Posted in Lending Insight
Tagged Assisted Suicide, Book Review, Death, Family, Memoir, Right to Die, Zoe Carter
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