See That Smoke? Your Parents are Already Burning
See That Smoke? Your Parents are Already Burning
by Ariella Har-Even
Burial and mourning rituals aid us in the process of death and dying, of grief and grieving, and in maintaining connection both between the soul of the deceased and their body, and between the dead and those who mourn their loss. But what happens when the dead are robbed of these rituals? Those who survive robbed of their rites of mourning? Through the pairing of jewelry with poetry and a focus on intergenerational grief and the Holocaust, I investigate the spiritual need for burial and mourning, the repercussions of their absence, and the role of adornment in reactivating memory.
enamel on copper, sterling silver
8.25”x16.5”x0.5”
2022
See That Smoke? Your Parents are Already Burning
by Ariella Har-Even
Burial and mourning rituals aid us in the process of death and dying, of grief and grieving, and in maintaining connection both between the soul of the deceased and their body, and between the dead and those who mourn their loss. But what happens when the dead are robbed of these rituals? Those who survive robbed of their rites of mourning? Through the pairing of jewelry with poetry and a focus on intergenerational grief and the Holocaust, I investigate the spiritual need for burial and mourning, the repercussions of their absence, and the role of adornment in reactivating memory.
enamel on copper, sterling silver
8.25”x16.5”x0.5”
2022
See That Smoke? Your Parents are Already Burning
by Ariella Har-Even
Burial and mourning rituals aid us in the process of death and dying, of grief and grieving, and in maintaining connection both between the soul of the deceased and their body, and between the dead and those who mourn their loss. But what happens when the dead are robbed of these rituals? Those who survive robbed of their rites of mourning? Through the pairing of jewelry with poetry and a focus on intergenerational grief and the Holocaust, I investigate the spiritual need for burial and mourning, the repercussions of their absence, and the role of adornment in reactivating memory.
enamel on copper, sterling silver
8.25”x16.5”x0.5”
2022