Ashes to art, dust to drawings
A Canadian artist has launched a service drawing commemorative portraits of the dead using a pencil created from their ashes.
Lucas Seaward, from Alberta, uses about a tablespoon of your loved one’s ashes to make the pencil.
The 26-year-old artist has founded a company, Honor Industries, and plans to offer his service through funeral homes. He has also applied to patent the pencil-making process.
He said: "There are limited options for leaving a memorialised essence of an individual. I personally don’t think an urn does justice." Seaward’s portraits can take between 30 and 200 hours and prices start at 5,000 Canadian dollars, depending on the size and detail involved.
Seaward said: "There are only so many high-quality professional artists that can do the work that’s necessary. It definitely isn’t something we’ll be able to do on a 24-hour turn-around."
© bangshowbiz.biz
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