Blanket Box

While I was making a new design I created a box with several wide cracks that required wood infill. I initially thought of 1/4" plywood splines. As I was playing around with the concept I was searching through my discarded wood ends. I stumbled across some cedar strips from my grandmothers box and realized that these would be perfect infill strips. The box could then be used as a hope chest or blanket box before it becomes a final resting box.

$100 casket design

I built a casket for just over $100 yesterday. I was thinking that for those people who chose to get creamated this would be a very affordable option. Most people that I talk to who are being cremated say "I don't need a box". What they don't realize is that they need to be transported and cremated in an approved container. What this usually means is that the funeral home will sell them a "transport container" which essentially is a sturdy cardboard box. They usually charge the family $150-$200 for this box even though it costs them less than $50.

This leaves me several options for this $100 box. I could sell plans online for $10. I could see if any hardware store would be willing to sell kits. I could have a display box with several kits inside. I think I could sell the ready made kits for $200.

For $250 I could sell the box assembled and delivered within the city of Prince George.

The last option that I came up with I think is the best from a participatory point of view. I could talk to Church groups and service organizations about setting up classes for people to build their own box. It would only take a half day for basic assembly. This would provide people to come together and discuss death in an open forum. Once assembled people could use this box as storage prior to it's final purpose.