Crafts CouncilDirectorySimon FrendSculptor, designer, maker.Bournemouth, EnglandMetalworkingSocial practiceCraft educatorMixed mediaWebsiteE-mailInstagramFacebookAboutInfoAn environmental artist currently making work in response to the ceremonies associated with cremation. Some of the pieces in this collection evoke memories of life’s fond routines and rituals. Others are site-specific due to their materiality and the intention to return the vessels to the same location from which the materials were gathered, thus completing the circle. These pieces are from the environment, about the environment and return to the environment.Focus:I am currently focussed on the social and environmental aspects of cremation urns. I am concerned with site, ceremony and materiality.Stockists:dyingarts.co.ukAboutAn environmental artist currently making work in response to the ceremonies associated with cremation. Some of the pieces in this collection evoke memories of life’s fond routines and rituals. Others are site-specific due to their materiality and the intention to return the vessels to the same location from which the materials were gathered, thus completing the circle. These pieces are from the environment, about the environment and return to the environment.InfoFocus:I am currently focussed on the social and environmental aspects of cremation urns. I am concerned with site, ceremony and materiality.Stockists:dyingarts.co.ukWebsiteE-mailInstagramFacebookProjectEnvironmental moon jars (Sea)ProjectEnvironmental moon jars (Earth)