April 14th, 2010 / 3:17 pm
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Dead/Dying Authors Rejoice

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Nadine Jarvis has designed a pencil ‘made from the carbon of human remains.’

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.

For more information about The Postmortem Project, please go here.

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66 Comments

  1. (not) Brent Newland

      when i die i want to be smoked by rastafarians or weaponised like c4 and used to blow up our countrys enemies

  2. (not) Brent Newland

      when i die i want to be smoked by rastafarians or weaponised like c4 and used to blow up our countrys enemies

  3. (not) Brent Newland

      weekend at bernies (in afganistan)

  4. (not) Brent Newland

      weekend at bernies (in afganistan)

  5. ZZZZIPP

      YOU CAN DO THAT NOW

  6. ZZZZIPP

      YOU CAN DO THAT NOW

  7. (not) Brent Newland

      um.. mods cld yall take down zzip’s zero content post i thought this was a forum for rational discourse about bad writers

  8. (not) Brent Newland

      um.. mods cld yall take down zzip’s zero content post i thought this was a forum for rational discourse about bad writers

  9. magick mike

      i feel like buying this would be like simultaneously the most and the least excessive thing in the entire world so i really want to be able to do that

  10. magick mike

      i feel like buying this would be like simultaneously the most and the least excessive thing in the entire world so i really want to be able to do that

  11. James

      Thank Christ.

      I want a corpse pen.

  12. James

      Thank Christ.

      I want a corpse pen.

  13. Adam Robinson

      How long will a cat last?

  14. Adam Robinson

      How long will a cat last?

  15. Tanya

      I would do this because I have ashes I need to dispose of (and no this is not a joke) but there is no information about it–like, how much it costs, for one thing. Also, can you even ship ashes/urn to another country? Can you even ship them across the US? And is this an actual thing that she’s doing? Is she really taking orders?

  16. Tanya

      I would do this because I have ashes I need to dispose of (and no this is not a joke) but there is no information about it–like, how much it costs, for one thing. Also, can you even ship ashes/urn to another country? Can you even ship them across the US? And is this an actual thing that she’s doing? Is she really taking orders?

  17. keith n b

      a cat in a box? : i love it!

      sorry, couldn’t help meself.

  18. keith n b

      a cat in a box? : i love it!

      sorry, couldn’t help meself.

  19. keith n b

      this is incredibly creepy and so insanely wonderful. i kind of want to do it for myself, but i’d be dead. and i don’t know if i’d want to impose myself on anyone like that, forcing them to remember me when they make lists for deodorant, tampons, and cup o’ soup. some people have a tendency to chew on pencils too. wouldn’t that border on cannibalism? personally i don’t like pencils, especially because they smudge, and then if they smudge on you it’s kind of weird to have a dead person on you. if they could do a pen, like james said, i think i’d be more into that, more permanent; although that might have worse implications.

      man, i’m torn about this. i’m kind of enamoured by the idea though. the whole embalming thing is just so stupid, and the ashes in a urn thing is weak; to be transformed so immediately back into the land of the living in the form of dead symbols that pulse with mental and such deep emotional life is rather stunning.

  20. keith n b

      this is incredibly creepy and so insanely wonderful. i kind of want to do it for myself, but i’d be dead. and i don’t know if i’d want to impose myself on anyone like that, forcing them to remember me when they make lists for deodorant, tampons, and cup o’ soup. some people have a tendency to chew on pencils too. wouldn’t that border on cannibalism? personally i don’t like pencils, especially because they smudge, and then if they smudge on you it’s kind of weird to have a dead person on you. if they could do a pen, like james said, i think i’d be more into that, more permanent; although that might have worse implications.

      man, i’m torn about this. i’m kind of enamoured by the idea though. the whole embalming thing is just so stupid, and the ashes in a urn thing is weak; to be transformed so immediately back into the land of the living in the form of dead symbols that pulse with mental and such deep emotional life is rather stunning.

  21. Sean
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  23. Donald

      Pencils aren’t people, just as your Lego Mega Submarine was not the Multicoloured Lego Fortress which preceded it. I think you’d be in the clear, cannibalism-wise.

      Sounds pretty cool, but yeah, it might end up being like you were imposing yourself. I guess you’d have to make sure the pencils were going to the right sort of person.

  24. Donald

      Pencils aren’t people, just as your Lego Mega Submarine was not the Multicoloured Lego Fortress which preceded it. I think you’d be in the clear, cannibalism-wise.

      Sounds pretty cool, but yeah, it might end up being like you were imposing yourself. I guess you’d have to make sure the pencils were going to the right sort of person.

  25. anon

      Crematoriums pollute and contribute to global warming.

      The only green burial is to let the body rot in a park or garden.

  26. anon

      Crematoriums pollute and contribute to global warming.

      The only green burial is to let the body rot in a park or garden.

  27. Sean

      But cremation is less environmentally negative than burial. And the actual space used is obvious. And his ashes in the discs carries on disc golf, a legacy of making public spaces MORE environmetal. He gets to live on after his death. To improve our environ.

      The ash discs actually raise money for D golf.

      D golf is one of the most addictive yet environ friendly sports ever.

      Also, I like the just die under a tree idea. This is what I would like. Actually, I want my body floated down a smallmouth river.

  28. Sean

      But cremation is less environmentally negative than burial. And the actual space used is obvious. And his ashes in the discs carries on disc golf, a legacy of making public spaces MORE environmetal. He gets to live on after his death. To improve our environ.

      The ash discs actually raise money for D golf.

      D golf is one of the most addictive yet environ friendly sports ever.

      Also, I like the just die under a tree idea. This is what I would like. Actually, I want my body floated down a smallmouth river.

  29. (not) Brent Newland

      yeah and i have other questions too like: do i need to know th eperson who im turning into a pencil? do they ask a bunch of question sabout the corpse you send them? will they ship to an po box w/o a name and not ask a bunch of nosy-posey questions? also how much pressure should one apply to a hookers throat to avoid bruising but also keep the noise to a minimum?

  30. (not) Brent Newland

      yeah and i have other questions too like: do i need to know th eperson who im turning into a pencil? do they ask a bunch of question sabout the corpse you send them? will they ship to an po box w/o a name and not ask a bunch of nosy-posey questions? also how much pressure should one apply to a hookers throat to avoid bruising but also keep the noise to a minimum?

  31. (not) Brent Newland

      on the other hand donld if they turned a beloved pet dog into a graphite dildo would that be beastiality

  32. (not) Brent Newland

      on the other hand donld if they turned a beloved pet dog into a graphite dildo would that be beastiality

  33. (not) Brent Newland

      or to get thrown into a active volcano or die alone in yr house and get eaten by pets

  34. (not) Brent Newland

      or to get thrown into a active volcano or die alone in yr house and get eaten by pets

  35. (not) Brent Newland

      i guess someone found this page by searching for disc golf and clicking on the 4259th link

  36. (not) Brent Newland

      i guess someone found this page by searching for disc golf and clicking on the 4259th link

  37. Sean

      good

  38. Sean

      good

  39. ryan

      How is that? If we did away with coffins and tossed people raw into the earth with only a tiny etched-on rock marking their remains—isn’t that basically how we were supposed to go? How would cremation be better than that?

  40. ryan

      How is that? If we did away with coffins and tossed people raw into the earth with only a tiny etched-on rock marking their remains—isn’t that basically how we were supposed to go? How would cremation be better than that?

  41. anon

      Those are pretty green, too.

  42. anon

      Those are pretty green, too.

  43. anon
  44. anon
  45. ZZZZIPP

      ZZZZZZIPPPPP

  46. ZZZZIPP

      ZZZZZZIPPPPP

  47. (not) Brent Newland

      i think it wld be cool to be liquefied nitrogen and used to put out fires

  48. (not) Brent Newland

      o cool you have like a cathc frase 2

  49. (not) Brent Newland

      i think it wld be cool to be liquefied nitrogen and used to put out fires

  50. (not) Brent Newland

      o cool you have like a cathc frase 2

  51. anon

      That sounds cool.

      Not all fires are bad fires, though.

  52. anon

      That sounds cool.

      Not all fires are bad fires, though.

  53. ZZZZIPP

      WHY ARE YOU SO ANGRY. YOU ARE SO ANGRY ALL OF THE TIME. IT’S CLEAR THIS IS LIKE MASTURBATION TO YOU. IN A COUPLE OF DAYS YOU WILL EXPEND ALL OF YOUR ENERGY AND DIZZZIPATE.

  54. ZZZZIPP

      WHY ARE YOU SO ANGRY. YOU ARE SO ANGRY ALL OF THE TIME. IT’S CLEAR THIS IS LIKE MASTURBATION TO YOU. IN A COUPLE OF DAYS YOU WILL EXPEND ALL OF YOUR ENERGY AND DIZZZIPATE.

  55. Donald

      I’m glad you’re asking these questions, nBN. Somebody needs to.

      Suspect graphite dildos’ ruboff would build up over time and ultimately seal off the orifice.

  56. Donald

      I’m glad you’re asking these questions, nBN. Somebody needs to.

      Suspect graphite dildos’ ruboff would build up over time and ultimately seal off the orifice.

  57. (not) Brent Newland

      blog drama

  58. (not) Brent Newland

      blog drama

  59. j

      this was in a play i saw, the courier’s tragedy, the same kinky kind of thing

  60. j

      this was in a play i saw, the courier’s tragedy, the same kinky kind of thing

  61. Sean Lovelace

      Why do you need the etched on rock?

      I’m saying burn me and spread me over a forest or river.

      I don’t need an artifact. I am 100% meaningless.

  62. Sean Lovelace

      Why do you need the etched on rock?

      I’m saying burn me and spread me over a forest or river.

      I don’t need an artifact. I am 100% meaningless.

  63. socrates adams

      i really like this idea

  64. socrates adams

      i really like this idea

  65. Richard

      wow, this is pretty cool

  66. Richard

      wow, this is pretty cool