This guy made dinnerware from the bones of 200 humans
This man collects human remains to make dinnerware and other stuff for a living.
Dinner on human bones
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The whole thing started when the founder, Justin Crowe, lost his grandfather. The death had a significant impact on his outlook. His grandfather had passed away in his home.
To him, home is a familiar routine environment and dying in that environment helped normalise the death. It also made him have a new approach as regards his own mortality.
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He then wanted to create a piece of artwork that allows other people share the experience of confronting mortality in their daily life.
So he began to collect human from bone dealers who often sell to medical professionals and oddity collectors. He bought 200 bones that each belonged to different people.
After that he developed a special recipe that included ingredients like clay, silica, and feldspar. Then he added freshly fired, crushed and powdered human bone ash.
The next four months were spent designing a dinner set that could serve eight people. Each piece was coated in human ash glaze and fired in a kiln at 2400 Degrees Fahrenheit. As a result, the glaze was melted into the dinnerware.
The end product was a dinnerware series called 'Nourish', a collection of fully functional cups, mugs, plates and bowls.
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To celebrate the successful completion, he held a dinner party, inviting guests to dine with the dinnerware made from the bones of 200 human beings.
Once he told people about the dinnerware, they were fascinated and requested that he make custom pieces for them with the ashes of their dead loved ones.
Thus, Chronicle Cremation Designs came to life in October 2016.
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