The Arts of Dying

Funerary Vessels and Memorials

For those who appreciate the ecological benefits of choosing planet-friendly caskets and memorials, this is an opportunity to purchase locally-made goods while supporting wood and stone workers, fiber and paper artists, and other regional craftsmen.

Threshold Musicians

Music can be an important transitional presence at bedside and during life celebrations. Threshold choirs, a national member organization, are made up of singers who share songs representing a rich heritage of music. Local musicians can contribute to the comfort of a loved one by playing an instrument or singing softly by their bedside.

Local artists in turn use native materials, such as pine and fieldstone, to create burial and cremation vessels and memorial art representative of New Hampshire culture, from the serious to the whimsical. Supporting local funerary artists is an investment in your local economy - and ecology.

New Hampshire made casket by Cedar & Oak,Candia NH

Handcrafted pine casket and urn by

Michael Whitman, Lyme NH

Memorial birdbath, NH fieldstone