Carbon Copies
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.
this work forms part of a larger research project into post mortem.
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