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Liz Gridley - 'Have You Discussed Your End of Life Plans With Family and Friends?' - oil on aluminium
Have You Discussed Your End of Life Plans With Family and Friends?
Oil on aluminium by Liz Gridley.
Painting size: 56.2 x 45 cm (22.1" x 17.7")
Frame size: 59.6 x 48.3 (23.5" x 19")
Do you have values and personal preferences that the people who will be asked to make decisions after your death, do not know about? Alkaline Hydrolysis (also known as Aquamation, Green, or Water Cremation) Is a contemporary eco-friendly alternative to traditional flame-based cremation. It uses water instead of fire to reduce the body into ‘ashes’ and is available in Australia.
Alkaline hydrolysis —is a gentle, environmentally friendly alternative to fire cremation. It is a quiet, water-based process that reduces the remains to dust/ash, and is returned to the family. The Aquamation process takes place in a pressurized chamber over about 8 hours. During the process, the remains are placed in an airtight capsule with alkalized water and through gentle water flow, all organic material is broken down. When the process is completed, the bone remains are collected, go through a drying process and then processed and returned to family. Aquamation uses only 5-10% of the energy cost of flame based cremation.
Learn more on Liz Gridley’s website.