Human Pencils

A week or so ago I did a post on an odd urn for the ashes of a cremated loved one (to read it, go here). Well, today I learned of another option, just in case you were interested...

Pencils made from the carbon of human cremains. 240 pencils can be made from an average body of ash – a lifetime supply of pencils for those left behind.

Each pencil is foil stamped with the name of the person. Only one pencil can be removed at a time, it is then sharpened back into the box causing the sharpenings to occupy the space of the used pencils. Over time the pencil box fills with sharpenings – a new ash, transforming it into an urn. The window acts as a timeline, showing you the amount of pencils left as time goes by.

As usual, click the picture to go to the link.

Thanks To Keith at BagOfNothing