Burial object "Steps"

Trained in Textile design, German designer Kristina Rothe has been applying her minimalist visionto the creation of paper objects since 2014. Her increasingly sepulchral series of paper urns challenges perceptions of death. This paper vessel is proffered as an unobtrusive companion for the deceased. Breaking with the customarily dark, heavy traits of traditional coffins and urns, Rothe creates a light, serene structure accentuated by a sensual surface. Hewn from handmade paper, the pristine white colour symbolises a new beginning. By creating a more sanguine alternative to the funeral aesthetic, this transient urn consoles the bereaved with its softly-spoken humanity.