In what has to be the all-time most memorable yet somehow least appropriate tribute to a dead lover, you can now purchase–and use–a dildo filled with the ashes of the deceased. That’s right–there’s a company that will put your lover’s ashes in a dildo for you. They make a dildo urn. (Some people are calling it the “Durn.”) It is real. And, if you really want one, you can purchase it.
Artist and designer and possible visionary Mark Sturkenbloom created the straightforward contraption, which he calls “21 Grams” because of the amount of ash you can fit inside the urn inside the dildo. There are potentially NSFW pictures over at Sturkenbloom’s site, which you are free to peruse. And there is this description of the device:
By bringing different nostalgic moments together like the scent of his perfume, ‘their’ music and reviving the moment he gave her her first ring, it opens a window to go back to moments of love and intimacy. She is able to have an intimate night with her sweetheart again. The cabinet functions also as an acoustic amplifier. In the back of the cabinet there is room for an iPhone, the music plays their music through the ‘forget me not’ flowers on the inside of the cabinet. The key to this cabinet is also a golden collier. So that she is the only one who can access the cabinet. 21 Grams is not only a way to tempt a person to revive an intimate night with her love again but also displays an accusation against the unavoidable passing of life.
What do you make of this thing? Is it a horribly misguided attempt at keeping love alive…from beyond the grave? Or is it a fun, interesting, sweet way to fan the flames of your passion…from beyond the grave?
(Photo credits: Ashes in a dildo: Crying, tears, and hand holding via Flickr)
