Archive for the ‘Death + Art / Architecture’ Category
The Dark Arts
27, Feb 2010Etsy.com, the DIY/craft juggernaut, is the go-to place to buy and sell all things handmade. If you are familiar with this phenomenon, you would know that if it’s vintage button earrings and owl-themed stationary you desire, then Etsy has it locked down.
The Etsy craze is so hot right now that it was recently featured in [...]
- By: Kim
- In: Death + Art / Architecture| Death + Popular Culture| Death + the Web
- Tags: crafts, Etsy, jewelry
Death Bear, <3 = dead, plz come kthxbai
14, Feb 2010 Need to Get Over Your Ex? Call Death Bear
Laura T. Coffey, TODAYshow.com (February 12, 2010)
Ah, Valentine’s Day — the most prodigious of the Hallmark Holidays, buttering up lovers (and by buttering I mean fattening) and sending single people into quiet rages, whether feeling left out of others’ romantic schlock or when needing to justify [...]
- By: Meg Holle
- In: Death + Art / Architecture| Grief + Mourning
- Tags: relationships, video
Quodlibetica: The Death Issue
25, Nov 2009Friend of Death Reference Desk, Collier White, has just published the second issue of his collaborative writing/arts/criticism blog, Quodlibetica. The theme? Death. Olly, you know how to get us.
The issue, or “Constellation”, as it’s called, describes the issue thusly:
Death is an ideal subject for art: marginalized, terrifying, and ultimate. In our second constellation, Quodlibetica [...]
- By: Kim
- In: Death + Art / Architecture| Death Ethics
- Tags: writing
Using Cremains in Memorial Tattoos
25, Oct 2009Samantha asks the Death Reference Desk:
A couple relatives and I just had my aunt’s ashes put in ink for a memorial tat. My question is since she was so sick, will there be a transfer or will it be okay since she was cremated?
The short answer is: Yes, it’ll be okay. Cremators run between 1400 [...]
American Cemeteries
MSN City Guide
My mom sent me this MSN piece on some really cool American cemeteries. In case you’re curious, my mom sends me lots of articles about death, dying, and dead bodies. She also sends me articles on tattooing but that’s another story.
I will be in Washington, D.C. next week and I plan on [...]