The Small Things

When we lose a person - it is the small things - which gain a lot of importance.

How is it possible to memorize our loved ones when most mourning rituals are lost? 

The family urn 'The Small Things' tries to take a contemporary perspective on the praxis of burial and mourning. In times of a rapid growth of population the crematory as opposed to a conventional burial can be seen as a more sustainable form of funeral. During the research of 'The Small Things', the participants pointed out something essential: After the loss of a close person, it is the small things - a hair clamp or the rest of a pencil - that suddenly gain a lot of importance. Too useless to keep it and yet too precious to throw it away. 

The urn 'The Small Things ' tries to provide a ritual for memorizing the ones we lost. While spreading the ashes, the urn itself is kept as a personal memorial object. The small things provides a growing emotional value over time, just like an old family album