Cremation is becoming an increasingly common end - of - aliveness plan , but many have lamented the want of choice when selecting an urn to store their sleep with one’sashes . Many of these watercraft take the form of olive drab - looking vases that , for some people , serve as reminders of a painful event .
That ’s whyC.C. Boycestepped in . The Los Angeles - based designer and woodman created a collection of “ planturns”—urns that double as planter — to fill a gap in the market .
“ A while back a friend ’s father pass aside and they could n’t find a cremation urn that they liked , so they require me to make something , and I did , thinking this would just be a one - off customs business , ” Boyce said in a video uploaded to Kickstarter . “ But when I posted the terminal merchandise to Instagram , I was flooded with subject matter from people all across the dying care industry — masses who take care of positron emission tomography as well as people . ”
Some require an urn with a more modern esthetic , while others require a subtler piece that would effortlessly combine with their household decor . The symbolism of death flux with new aliveness has not gone unnoticed , either .
Boyce spent a year experimenting with unlike designs and settled on two style : one that amount in speckled maple , and another that fall in a two - inflect walnut tree and sycamore fig . All of the vessels have two portion that attach via magnetised pull , so even if the planturn gets knocked over , the ashes will still be safe and sound .
The bottom part check a handwriting - waxed muslin bag to store your loved one ’s cremated remains , and the top part features a ice or ceramic holder for your plant of choice , whether it ’s a succulent or tune flora .
They come in in three sizes , which will vary in accordance with the amount of ash you require to salt away . A small planturn is suitable for little darling , while a gravid can hold the ash tree of a somebody . Get it onKickstarterfor $ 225 to $ 500 , depending on the size of it .
