How would you feel if you could not only hold on to your cat's ashes, but also see them every day in a beautiful picture? In the past, I've profiled tribute tattoos, memorial dolls, full-page newspaper ads, and even mummies as ways cat owners have chosen to memorialize their beloved felines, but Gizmodo recently profiled an innovation that takes remembering your pet to a whole new level.
Lars Marcus and Theo of Skrekkogle created the above portrait of their friend's deceased Gordon Setter named Susie, using her cremains as a replacement for ink. The fascinating trial and error process included rebuilding a printer, and even using chocolate powder as a substitute for the ashes before they were able to compose the admittedly stunning finished product.
I'm still not sure whether or not I think the piece of unconventional mourning art is cool or creepy, but the artist's words reveal the depth of its intended purpose:
"Now the portrait containing parts of Susie's body resides on a shelf in our friend's house, as an alternative to burying and hiding away what's left."
Via Gizmodo / Skrekkogle (scroll down the page to view the whole story)
Lovely portrait. Why not? We all end up "some where else" eventually.
ReplyDeleteI have to be honest. I think the photo/painting/portrait is beautiful but I can't get past the "creepy" factor, I prefer the urn where I keep Bobo's ashes...
ReplyDeleteWe saw a post on a dog blog awhile back about a company called Art From Ashes. They use a small portion of your pet's ashes to incorporate into an art glass piece - many designs they have to choose from and they do custom pieces too. I especially like the jewelry pieces you can wear. Also, it avoids the "creepiness" factor mentioned above as all you see if a lovely piece of glass.
ReplyDeleteWell I think this is a very personal idea! But I do find it a bit "creepy" and rather just see my pet in a normal painting. I dont believe that there is anything left of my pet in ash - but that is a very personal point of view - and others might like something like this. My pet is in my thoughts and memories not in the remaining ash.
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