Cycle of Life
One day I was walking in one of my favorite graveyards in Istanbul, the Karacaahmet Cemetery. And I found a dead tiger butterfly on one of the ancient tombstones. It was so beautiful that I wanted to keep it, preserve it, and then make an earring out of it. Then when I held it, its scales scattered. It made me momentarily sad. Then when I looked around, I saw the happy dogs playing between the tombstones, crows and parrots flying in the beautiful forest. The tombstones have no longer resembled people’s deaths in this view, but they harmonized with the surroundings.
Either vegan, or vegetarian, or carnivore, we all feed on the death of a living entity. That’s how the cycle of life rolls. When a creature dies, its body starts to decompose; mushrooms, trees, insects, and birds feed off of it. So the carbon cycle can continue. One day I will die like everything in our universe, and my body will nourish other living beings. To highlight this natural process, I measured my own bones and started making this tableware set. With good and bad results, it took me about 6 months to complete this 24 pieces of tableware set.
I hope you see life and death as I do, connected, natural, and light, and don’t feel weirded out about this tableware set °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°
Safe for food and drinks. Hand Hand-wash only.
Measurements:
Skull: 22.5 x 16.5 cm
Upper spine: 10 x 9.5 cm
Clavicle bones: 10 x 9.5 (2x)
Ribcage: 38 x 27.5 cm
Humerus bones: 32 x 4 cm (2x)
Ulna and Radius together: 28 x 6.5 cm (2x)
Carpals, Metacarpals, Phalanges combined: 17 x 11.5 cm (2x)
Lower spine: 8 x 9 cm
Pelvis: 21 x 28.5 cm
Femur: 40 x 9 cm (2x)
Patella: 4 x 4 cm (2x)
Tibia and Fibula together: 33 x 9.5 cm (2x)
Tarsals, Metatarsals, Phalanges combined: 20 x 11 cm (2x)
*Due to the hand craftsmanship sizes may slightly vary.
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