Making your mark: fabric-covered coffins
NEW ZEALAND – A Kiwi funeral director has unveiled a range of alternative fabric-covered ‘green’ coffins.
Jude Mannion is taking a new approach to funeral planning. Tired of highly polished wooden coffins that feel “intimidating, impersonal and alienating” Mannion is introducing a new look that she thinks will be very popular – fabric-covered cardboard coffins that offer an “affordable, fun, clean and green” solution.
Her debut range features Frida Kahlo, Retro Cowgirl, Orient and Master of the Universe prints.
“I walked into the fabric store and said ‘I want fabulous fabrics’, and this is what came up,” she says.
Her two-week-old venture is yet to receive any customers, but positive reactions from friends have given her high hopes. “They come around, touch them and say ‘oh I want this one!’,” she says.
The bright coffins make up only a section of Mannion’s Fresh Funerals business, which she started in February 2016, after 20 years working in the corporate world.
After the deaths of her mother, father and sister, Mannion realised these experiences make lasting impressions. “The grief can be overwhelming and people need an easy, accessible solution,” she says.
Tired of highly polished wooden coffins that feel “intimidating, impersonal and alienating” Mannion is introducing a new look that she thinks will be very popular – fabric-covered cardboard coffins that offer an “affordable, fun, clean and green” solution.
Curated from Fabric-covered coffins offer ‘affordable and fun’ alternative to traditional caskets | Stuff.co.nz
Leave a Comment
You must be logged in to post a comment.