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OCTOBER 2013
FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS
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Shine On Brightly Partners With Blue Spiral I Gallery
This Fall at Lundgren Monuments
Mark Mitchell’s Silk Burial Gown
SEATTLE,WA—
Fall is
quickly upon us and Lund-
gren Monuments has some
really exciting projects hap-
pening, beginning with
Lorna Leedy’s Imaginary
Funerals exhibit. Join Lun-
dgren in welcoming fellow
artists and mark your calen-
dars for these other emerg-
ing shows.
Imaginary Funerals
by Lorna Leedy
Lorna Leedy
is a fash-
ion designer, artist and cre-
ator of
Imaginary Funerals
.
In 2009 she began writing
to friends asking for a list of
the 20 people they most ad-
mired, living or dead. Un-
beknownst to them, she
was plotting their ideal fu-
neral arrangements. On
September 5, 2013, guests
were invited to Lorna’s
opening reception to see
the wonderful new works
and think about their own
mortality. This exhibit of
12 Imaginary Funerals por-
The Party Jar
The Fallen Leaves Cremation Urn
The White Tea Catty
ASHEVILLE,NC—
Leaf peepers will have an added at-
traction during their stay in Asheville, NC this year.
Beginning October 10th, locals and tourists alike can
add the renowned Blue Spiral I Gallery to their agen-
das. Blue Spiral I Gallery partners with
Shine On
Brightly,
an innovative online website that features
artist-made cremation urns and memorials, to co-
present this fresh approach to cremation urns. “Re-
mains To Be Seen: An Out of the Box Look at Mod-
ern Cremation Containers” is an exhibit that features
works by artists who have designed and implemented
unique, creative concepts for the containment of ash-
es. This collection of works was reviewed and curat-
ed by a jury of craft experts. Artists were called upon
to design distinctive lidded vessels. Materials could
include ceramics, wood, glass, metal, biodegradable
materials, and mixed media.
In a relatively short period, options for containment
of cremation ashes have increased dramatically. The
standard cremation urn is always popular, however,
cremation jewelry, glass that incorporates ashes into
its form, biodegradable containers for burial or scat-
tering in water, and even fireworks that contain ashes
are all viable choices today. We’ve all heard it before;
nothing is certain but death and taxes. Yes, everyone
will die at some point, but here’s the good news–if
cremation is your chosen way to go, you can select
your final resting place. And what better place is there
to shop for that container than an art gallery?
“We were thrilled with the variety of entries,”
states Shine On Brightly owner and founder
Adri-
enne Crowther.
“This exhibit will surely get people
thinking about their end of life choices, while offer-
ing some wonderful options for a final resting place.
We’re often uncomfortable around this topic. It is our
hope that this contemporary approach will help to al-
leviate that discomfort, while offering beautiful or in-
teresting handmade objects.”
The show coincides with American Craft Week, a
celebration of the handmade object, which is spear-
headed by Craft Retailers and Artists for Tomorrow
(CRAFT), a coalition of galleries and artists whose
mission is to promote American craft. Artisan-made
products enrich our lives in fashion, home décor,
public spaces, workplaces, and more. American Craft
Week, which runs from October 4, 2013, celebrates
the importance of the handmade object in a market-
place that is overrun by outsourced and mass-pro-
duced items.
Shine On Brightly provides personalized, hand-
made memorials to honor the memory of a loved one.
“People are searching for something unique that pays
tribute to the spirit of their beloved family members,
friends, or pets who have passed. The handmade ob-
ject offers that uniqueness inherently, merely by the
fact that it is made by a person with skill and compas-
sion,” adds Crowther. At least 30 pieces by 14 artists
will be included in this diverse, thought-provoking ex-
hibit. Some highlights include urns made of brightly
colored, re-purposed fabric with a party themed title
and metal sculpture containers made from gears and
other recycled metal objects. The Opening Recep-
tion will take place on Thursday, October 10th, from
5-8pm at Blue Spiral I Gallery, 38 Biltmore Avenue,
Asheville, NC. The show will run through November
30th. Learn more at
trayed friends, family and
role models who agreed to
share their lists for Lorna’s
illustrated funerals. Imagi-
nary Funerals are poetic,
personal, funny, profound
and begging the question -
what does your funeral look
like?
Mark Mitchell at The
Frye Art Museum
From September 20
th
through October 20
th
,
Lundgren welcomes
Mark
Mitchell
and is thrilled to
witness the debut of Mark
Mitchell’s Burial, at The
Frye Art Museum. Mark
is a Seattle-based fashion
designer that participat-
ed in last year’s Softer Side
of Death exhibit, creat-
ing a silk urn that stole the
show and gained himmajor
praise across the board. His
interest in death care, fash-
ion and burial shrouds lead
him on an intensive journey
of master craft and beau-
ty, and his resulting 9 silk
gowns will be showcased in
the main gallery of the Frye.
Learn more at http://mark-
mitchell-9vfm.squarespace.
com and http://fryemuse-
um.org/exhibition/5300/.
The Metalsmith and
the Urn
Exploration of craft and
design continued begin-
ning October 3rd with a
new focus on the
Metal-
smith
approaching the urn
as sculptural object. This is
an exciting, inventive ex-
ploration of the cremation
urn featuring some of the
Pacific Northwest’s master
craftspeople. Exhibited in
Lundgren’s downtown bou-
tique, it is a dizzying display
of what an urn could be,
fostering conversation and
imagination, and broaden-
ing the design communi-
ty’s participation and un-
derstanding the role of art
in our lives and our death.
This exhibit runs through
November 17
th
.
Learn more about upcom-
ing events by visiting www.
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