Contemporary Art from Cremains
EverHeld
A life, transformed into art. Made to remain.
EverHeld creates contemporary artworks incorporating the cremains of a beloved companion,
shaped by your memories and the unique character of your pet.
WHAT IS EVERHELD?
EverHeld is a unique way of honoring your bond with a lost companion.
A contemporary artwork, created with the cremains of your beloved one, designed by an experienced artist through your memories and named by you, may help your healing while its presence in your home provides you with a new remembrance for your companion.
WHO IS EVERHELD FOR?
EverHeld is for people who want to carry their relationship into everyday life through something personal, tangible and lasting.
If you chose to keep your pet’s cremains, you may be looking for a more personal way to keep their memory close. Something that feels truly theirs, something that carries the memories you shared and has a visible place in your home.
Cremains
A physical part of their life, incorporated into the artwork.
Story
Initial inspiration comes from our conversation about your story with them.
EverHeld
Brings the references together within one contemporary artwork.
CREATED WITH YOU
EverHeld is designed with you to keep your relationship alive, in a new form.
Our conversation helps me to know you, your beloved one, and your expectations on the design decisions. I guide you through the process, and we develop the specifics of the artwork together.
You choose the size.
You choose the amount of cremains.
You choose the name of the artwork.
You can ask for a specific touch.
You can follow the development of your piece through photographs and videos as it takes shape.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
1
Tell me about your pet
Complete the questionnaire and share your photographs, memories and ideas.
2
Create the artwork together
We discuss the size, visual direction, materials and amount of cremains. I guide the artistic development while your story remains at the heart of every decision.
3
Receive your finished artwork
Your EverHeld will be completed in two weeks. It can be collected from the Sukurusu Project Space in Berlin or carefully shipped to you.
The story behind EverHeld
My first experience of transforming a personal bond into an artwork began with my own companions.
I met my 16-year companion on a street in Turkey. She was a tiny puppy with a swollen belly. I took her to a vet, cared for her at home, and a week later returned her to the place where I had found her.
She found the way and came back in an hour.
From that moment, she chose me as her lifelong friend.
We shared countless adventures throughout my twenties. When she was five, brought a little black cat home and raised him as her own. They slept curled up together, gentle with each other despite their size difference. When our vet discovered that she was actually nursing the cat, he was astonished.
When our cat passed away at eleven, she changed. A few months later, she followed him.
I missed waking up with them so deeply that I created an artwork using plants I had collected from their graves and hung it in my bedroom. Giving their memory a physical form helped me keep their presence close.
After moving to Berlin, I began exploring cremation and the possibility of incorporating cremains into artwork. This became the beginning of EverHeld.
Today, EverHeld brings together my personal experience, my long practice with paper and natural materials, and my belief that a meaningful bond can continue to take new forms.
WHAT OTHERS SAY?
“Across thousands of years, people have found different answers to the question of how a meaningful bond can remain. Sukurusu’s contemporary material art adds another possibility to this history. What remains becomes part of something new.”
Fides Linien, Fine Artist and Interdisciplinary Consultant
“When I lost my dog after 14 beautiful years together, I didn’t want a traditional memorial. Giving a small amount of her cremains to Evrim felt very personal and, at first, difficult. When I received the finished artwork, I was deeply moved. It was not a portrait of her, but somehow it felt like her presence was there. It gave me a new way to hold on to our bond..”
EverHeld owner, Berlin
“Our dog had been part of our family for almost 17 years. After she passed away, we wanted to do something meaningful with her cremains, something that reflected who she was without trying to recreate her. The EverHeld artwork became exactly that. Knowing that a small part of her is held within the material makes the piece incredibly special to us. It is an artwork, but also a continuation of our story together.”
EverHeld owner, Amsterdam
“After she passed away, we wanted to do something meaningful with her cremains, something that reflected who she was without trying to recreate her. The EverHeld artwork became exactly that. Knowing that a small part of her is held within the material makes the piece incredibly special to us. It is an artwork, but also a continuation of our story together.”
EverHeld owner, Amsterdam
“Talking about my cat while we designed the piece together became its own kind of healing. What I received was something that understood what she meant to me.”
EverHeld owner, Spain
“I was unsure at first about turning my cat’s cremains into an artwork. The idea felt both comforting and strange. But the process was handled with such care that I gradually felt at ease. When I saw the finished piece, I realised I had given my grief a physical form. It is now part of our home, not as a reminder of loss, but as a quiet reminder of the life we shared.””
EverHeld owner, Münich
FURTHER READING
What Remains, Fides Linien
Continuing Bonds Theory, Klass, Silverman & Nickman
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