Thursday, October 1, 2009

Carbon Copies by Nadine Jarvis


"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."

Nadine Jarvis

2 comments:

Joy said...

I think she's going to have a monopoly on this niche for a long, long time. ;o)

Filo Loco said...

I want my own !