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Headline: Ice Urn Floats On Water Whilst Slowly Returning Cremated Remains To Nature

Caption: This one-of-a-kind urn floats on the water while slowly returning cremated remains to nature. Flow™ Ice Urn is a breathtaking eco-friendly urn that uses ice to slowly dissolve whilst releasing cremated remains after death. Designed by Diane Leclair-Bisson for the Memoria Collection, the patented design of the ice urn poses an immaterial alternative to traditional vases, featuring a sealed container of ice, shaped with a cavity that can hold a large volume of ashes. The ice urn minimises the carbon footprint considerably by producing re-usable shaping moulds, and employing low-energy freezing methods. It is designed for the dispersion of cremated remains in a stream, lake, in the ocean – or even in soil. "The ice urn is a deeply sustainable object in its essence,’ says Bisson. "The concept of making a dissolvable memorial object through the transformation of water into a solid form of ice – while encapsulating cremation ashes within it – is truly innovative.' "It is the most immaterial urn ever created, and it inspires new types of water ceremonies as well as a completely new approach to the idea of burial itself – emphasising new thinking about the return of the body to the natural environment, and of water back to its original source." The ice urn is conceived to embody a wide range of physical shapes whilst allowing for vastly personalised ceremonies. It recalls sheets of melting ice found floating in bodies of water with large flat surfaces that enable easy handling. Flow™ Ice Urn has won prestigious global design awards, including the Gold Award for Design Society and Silver Award for Eco-Sustainable Design at the European Product Design Awards, and the Consumer Product Award at the Core77 Notable Design Awards.

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