{"id":2478,"date":"2025-05-30T11:32:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T11:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.steffievandenakker.com\/?p=2478"},"modified":"2025-05-30T11:33:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T11:33:13","slug":"handgemaakte-urnen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.steffievandenakker.com\/en\/2025\/05\/30\/handgemaakte-urnen\/","title":{"rendered":"Handmade Urns for a Special Memory"},"content":{"rendered":"

Farewell and grief, we are all confronted with it, and everyone deals with it in their own way. As farewell photographer<\/a>, I have had the privilege of witnessing this up close many times. The loss of a loved one remains felt throughout life, and it is truly special to be able to support people in this process, in any way possible. While taking photos, I focus on love, both in the images and in the conversations I have with people. After all, sorrow stems from the love that exists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I absolutely love making ceramics, but initially, I felt a lack of deeper meaning in it. I didn\u2019t just want to make people happy with something beautiful, but also help them, contribute when someone is going through a tough time. Soon, the answer came: you can also help with grief processing through ceramics. People started ordering small vases for an altar of a deceased person, and shortly after, I was asked for the first time if I would make an urn. That was 5 years ago. Now, through both of my businesses, I regularly contribute to the process of loss, and it feels like an honor\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Besides handmade urns, I also frequently create pieces in which I incorporate a bit of ash upon request. I mix the ash with a bit of liquid clay, which I then apply to my work. This creates a visibly rough edge. It is usually small vases or candle holders, but for children, I sometimes make 'hug stones.' These are small objects that can be easily held in the hand and are glazed in a beautiful color.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When I receive a request for an urn or a piece of work with ash, I prefer to have a conversation with people. Not digitally, but truly. A phone call or face-to-face meeting is better; it\u2019s nice to get a good sense of who people are in such a sensitive matter, and I think it\u2019s also comforting for them to know who is making something for them. I often hear beautiful stories, sometimes a tear is wiped away, but just as often, there\u2019s a lot of laughter. I always like to know if there are special requests, and there almost always are. A favorite color of the deceased, or something that fits the survivors. There are so many possibilities! What I almost always hear is that people are looking for something that doesn\u2019t look like a typical urn, but something beautiful, artistic, personal, with meaning. Something that doesn\u2019t come from a factory or a standard mold, but something that\u2019s been made with love and attention. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that is exactly what I love to make. Get in touch with me to discuss what is possible in the field of handmade urns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Afscheid nemen en rouw, we worden er allemaal mee geconfronteerd en iedereen gaat daar op zijn eigen manier mee om. Als afscheidfotograaf heb ik dat vaak van heel dichtbij mogen zien. Het gemis van een dierbare blijft een heel leven lang voelbaar en het is heel bijzonder om mensen in dit proces te kunnen ondersteunen, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2479,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[157],"tags":[156],"class_list":["post-2478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-blog"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.steffievandenakker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/urn4-1.jpg",1500,1000,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.steffievandenakker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/urn4-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.steffievandenakker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/urn4-1-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.steffievandenakker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/urn4-1-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.steffievandenakker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/urn4-1-1024x683.jpg",1024,683,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.steffievandenakker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/urn4-1.jpg",1500,1000,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.steffievandenakker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/urn4-1.jpg",1500,1000,false],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/www.steffievandenakker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/urn4-1-18x12.jpg",18,12,true],"mailpoet_newsletter_max":["https:\/\/www.steffievandenakker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/urn4-1-1320x880.jpg",1320,880,true],"woocommerce_thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.steffievandenakker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/urn4-1-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"woocommerce_single":["https:\/\/www.steffievandenakker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/urn4-1-600x400.jpg",600,400,true],"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.steffievandenakker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/urn4-1-100x100.jpg",100,100,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Steffie van den Akker","author_link":"https:\/\/www.steffievandenakker.com\/en\/author\/dharma\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Afscheid nemen en rouw, we worden er allemaal mee geconfronteerd en iedereen gaat daar op zijn eigen manier mee om. Als afscheidfotograaf heb ik dat vaak van heel dichtbij mogen zien. Het gemis van een dierbare blijft een heel leven lang voelbaar en het is heel bijzonder om mensen in dit proces te kunnen ondersteunen,…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.steffievandenakker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.steffievandenakker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.steffievandenakker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.steffievandenakker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.steffievandenakker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2478"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.steffievandenakker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2486,"href":"https:\/\/www.steffievandenakker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2478\/revisions\/2486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.steffievandenakker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.steffievandenakker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.steffievandenakker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.steffievandenakker.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}