Footed remembrance pots
Joinery sculptures with space inside to fill with a memory. A representation of an ancestor or for the ashes of a beloved person who has been cremated. A stone, a note, or precisely nothing. Footed remembrance pots is an object with which you can connect with 'the unseen' in a daily way. To help you remember to remember.
This project is now archived and was part of DDW26
This project is part of
EX SITU - Matter in Translation
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EX SITU - Matter in Translation
Location
Strijp-S
Klokgebouw
Klokgebouw 50
5617 AB
Footed Remembrance Pot | body + lid
photo by: Coen Dijkstra
Storage objects made from archaeological wood - 14th century and later - to fill with a memory of an ancestor or the ashes of a loved one. A stone, a note, or perhaps nothing. Footed Remembrance Pot allows you to connect daily with 'the unseen’. To help you remember to remember.
Footed Remembrance Pot | front view
photo by: Coen Dijkstra
Footed Remembrance Pot | total
photo by: Coen Dijkstra
Footed Remembrance Pot | total + hands
Coen Dijkstra
Footed Remembrance Pot | alle elements detached
Coen Dijkstra
About Daan Simons
Fascinated by Japanese wooden joints and the precision in working with them Simons' work exist entirely out of solid wood joint together. These connections in wood slide in and out of each other without being fixed by glue. In this manner both the one element as the whole keep their value.
