In the contemporary times mourning is still an under-discussed topic leading to shame, stigma and massive disappearance of death related rites and traditions. I see an urgency in normalising conversation about death and burial laws to create healthier environment for grieving.
Katabasis is an ongoing service-craft project, which focuses on collaboration between the mourner, the deceased and the maker in a process of making an interactive urn. With passing months of grieving the mourner shares their fondest memories of the departed loved one, and they are translated into magnetically attached decorations, which work with a provided home of the ashes – the urn. Here is the guide to the making of such memory based bespoke ornaments:
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Email: katabasis.k.rusak@gmail.com