Marianna Jamadi, an travel photographer based in Los Angeles, collaborated with the Mexico City-based ceramic practice Menat Studio on a capsule of commemorative urns that can seamlessly fit into the modern home. Jamadi was motivated to embark on this project when she faced difficulty with finding suitable urns for her parents’ ashes.
The commemorative urn collection is named Kunokaiku. ‘Kuno’ translates to ‘ancient’ in Indonesian while ‘Kaiku’ means echo in Finnish. Marianna Jamadi chose these names to commemorate her parents who likely came from these parts of the world. The Kunokaiku urns are made by hand with care and are in direct contrast with “standard mortuary-bought urns that may look misplaced in the contemporary home.”
The commemorative urns are also multi-functional. Coming in three different sizes, they “can be used as a candle holder, a stackable vase, a sculpture and a box.”
Image Credit: Marianna Jamadi
