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Category Archives: Soulful Expressions
Remains Close to the Heart
Amanda Straka's bespoke memorial jewelry holds ashes in a sweet place
Moving through the process of mourning the death of someone you love is a complicated path. Through time, the sharp intensity of loss softens a bit. The deeply transformative throes of grief ebb and flow as we come to terms … Continue reading
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Tagged Amanda Straka, Art, Ashes, Bespoke Jewelry, Cremains, Cremation, Grief, Jewelry, Memorial Jewelry, Process of Grieving, Sea Glass, Transformation
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Dissolving into Form
Eva Hesse's art comes into being even as it falls apart much like the life she led
Eva Hesse’s (1936-1970) artwork is falling to pieces. The industrial materials that she worked with – latex, fiberglass, plastic – are deteriorating. They have a limit to their life and show signs of this. The fiberglass resin, which Hesse chose … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Collections, Deterioration, Eva Hesse, Expiration, Loss, Modern Art, postminimalism, Right After., Sans II, SFMOMA
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Transforming a View of Kazimir Malevich’s Deathbed from a Famous Photograph into a Painting
James Sheehan’s postage stamp-sized watercolor, “Death of Malevich,” uses distance and scale to toy with how viewers’ interpretations and experiences of loss and grief can easily turn from clear to blurry and vice versa
New York artist James Sheehan’s “Death of Malevich (2013),” a postage stamp-sized watercolor based on the famous 1935 photograph of Malevich on his deathbed, has recently been installed at New York’s The Drawing Center. As The Drawing Center’s website states, … Continue reading
Creating a Home Altar
Pete KL's "Memoro" pieces offer a unique way to celebrate one's memories
Commemorating the the memory of someone with a home altar is healing, whether it’s reflecting on the places and moments we’ve been with them in our lives or the gifts they have given us. New York-based designer Pete KL recognizes … Continue reading
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Tagged Altars, Herman Miller, ICFF, Modular Memoro Blocks, Pete KL, Pratt Institute
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Bios Urn: The Biodegradable End-of-Life Option
We explore the inspiration, innovation and big plans of Estudimoline's newest "eco-death" company
Estudimoline is the Spain-based design studio whose seasoned offspring, the company Bios Urn, is helping individuals create environmentally friendlier end-of-life plans. In short, Bios Urn takes the cremated remains of a person (or a pet) and, rather than perch them … Continue reading
Love Wrought in Living Stones
Taj Mahal: A monument to eternal love and loss
Emperor Shah Jahan loved the Persian princess, Mumtaz Mahal, with such a passion that after her death, he expressed his grief by constructing a memorial so magnificent — it became one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The Taj … Continue reading
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Tagged Agra, Death, Grief, Grief Loss and Bereavement, India, Loss, Love, Marble, Memorial, monument, monument to eternal love, Mumtaz Mahal, Shah Jahan, Taj Mahal, Yamuna
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