How sad is it when you used up all of them?
Pencils made from the carbon of human remains. 240 pencils can be made from an average body of ash – a lifetime supply of pencils for those left behind.
Link: Nadine Jarvis
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box1715 wrote,
Okay, that’s just very morbid :0
Link | March 29th, 2007 at 10:21 pm
Zach wrote,
that is exactly what i want done with my remains! finally, i can be put to good use!
Link | March 30th, 2007 at 12:00 am
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Link | April 2nd, 2007 at 6:46 pm
Artist wrote,
Keep your eyes open for this new company based out of Canada “Honor Industries” they have been working on this “ashes pencil” concept for years…..patent pending…..and are preparing to launch next month. This company utilizes a portion of the deceased “ashes”; NOT the small amounts of carbon left from the cremation process ( like you’ve come across ) and creates a photorealistic drawing of the deceased. Its truly a must see, incredible craftsmanship of the highest caliber by professional artists. A fantastic way to be honored, hence the businesses tag line “Honoring life through art”. Lets just hope that this is the beginning of the end of urns. Sorry but if you ask me I dont want to be stuffed away in the closest cause Im a useless out of date decorative piece, or scattered ( romantic in theory but its about time things changed ).
Link | June 1st, 2007 at 1:22 am
peerpressure wrote,
There’s a company somewhere that is making diamonds from peoples ashes. Using this new ‘pressure cooking’ technology, which has already got the real diamond industry in such a tizz.
Basically the ash is placed in a spherical autoclave type furnace, where it is subjected to high temperature under several atmospheres of pressure (just like the volcanic vents or meteor strike wounds that create ‘real’ diamonds) and the carbon (ash is mostly carbon) turns to diamond.
Even better most diamonds made under this process are coloured at the moment, they’re trying to get clear ones more often but it will be awhile yet. So you are likely to get a yellow or pink diamond or if you’re really lucky, I believe pale blue ones are highly prized?
Let’s hear it for dead people, you can use the pencil to sign for the diamond!!!
Link | November 30th, 2007 at 1:48 am
RGS wrote,
Peerpressure,
thank you for the information …. do you have a link of that company?
Link | November 30th, 2007 at 10:19 am
peerpressure wrote,
No – I saw it on TV or -more probably- heard it on Radio 4. Try Googling it?
Link | November 30th, 2007 at 9:54 pm