Become pencils after you pass away...
In my will please!
via MAKE Magazine by Phillip Torrone on 9/19/09
Nadine Jarvis's "Carbon copies"... A little morbid, but a clever idea -
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.Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Arts | Digg this!
