Category Archives: Soulful Expressions

Vadis Turner’s “Burial Party” at Manhattan’s Lyons Wier Gallery

Confronting the Last Taboo
Posted on April 17, 2011 by Antal Polony (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

Artist Vadis Turner has long specialized in re-visualizing the everyday from a subversive, feminist perspective. Her 2009 piece “Vanity: My Beautiful Education,” presented an almost violently arrayed set of sculptures, composed of materials such as tampons, fake eyelashes, fake fingernails, … Continue reading →

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Ghost Urn

by Anna Marinenko
Posted on April 10, 2011 by Aurora Wells (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

This eerily beautiful, time capsule inspired urn prototype, from Ukrainian designer Anna Marinenko, achieves both modern elegance and archetypal timelessness — with a touch of humor, to boot.  Says Ms. Marinenko, the ghost urn is “perhaps the only way to be certain … Continue reading →

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The Afterlife Euthanasia Device

by Dunne & Raby
Posted on March 27, 2011 by Aurora Wells (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

The Afterlife Battery project, organized by designers Auger Loizeau in 2009, asked 15 selected participants what they would do with an afterlife battery, charged by either themselves or a loved one. One of our favorite interpretations was by design duo … Continue reading →

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The Modern Mourner

Cherish those you Love; Remember those you've Lost.
Posted on March 13, 2011 by Aurora Wells (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

The Modern Mourner was begun by a crafty lady in the Bay Area when she lost her mother and knit an urn cozy to capture her warmth. Now her project has grown to offer unique products from a collection of … Continue reading →

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