Shellena Carter is an artist in Tennessee that commonly uses materials into her paintings that are atypical, such as sand and seashells. But it wasn’t until a friend passed away that she was presented with idea to use human cremations as a medium. When requested by the friend’s family, she did not hesitate to find a way to incorporate the man’s ashes into a painting of pristine beach – something the family could cherish and remember their loved one by. The remains were able to be part of the painting by mixing them with resin gloss.
Carter says that now she has ten other clients desiring to use a person’s ashes into artwork.
See Ellie Romano, Tennessee Artist Turns Loved Ones’ Ashes Into Works of Art, KLEW.tv.com, June 24, 2018.
