The cold chill of winter blows in
Well it has certainly been a busy few months. Summer's gone and all of a sudden we turn around to find it's blowing a gail outside, we've got early morning frost, freezing temperatures and even some snow in northern climes!
Holly and I spent much of the Summer months learning lines and rehearsing our respective parts for TODS production of Joe Orton's What the Butler Saw. Orton's controversial 60s farce sees most of the cast being drugged, stripped of their clothes or shot at. After much frenzied activity and panic in the last few weeks of rehearsal it turned out to be quite a production full of much madness and hilarity. For those of you interested enough, here's a link to a wee write up and some pics: www.tods.me.uk
I've finally completed the new garden workshop - all bar a bit of additional insulation for the roof and running a permanent power supply from the house. With primrose yellow timber cladding and reclaimed stained glass windows, it's caused a bit of a stir amongst our immediate neighbours who witnessed its construction over the summer. Its still a bit of a mess inside (tools and wood everywhere) but I've still managed to find the space to make a couple of coffins and a toy box.
Holly has been really busy putting together a collection of wildlife sculptures for her latest exhibition in Tenterden's Lighthouse Gallery with fellow artist Robbie Graham. For more information see www.hollybridgestockperriss-sculptor.com
All this brings me back to my latest Curve coffin creation:
Last week Holly took a call from a man (we'll call him Bob) whose wife had just died - literally - and he had no idea what to do other than the fact that he wanted to secure one of our hand painted Curve coffins for his wife. He was naturally somewhat distraught and confused but felt he had to call someone, and so that someone was us.
At this point Bob had not contacted a Funeral Director and had no idea how to choose one that might be sympathetic to his needs.
Holly's immediate thought was to put Bob in touch with our good friend Charles Cowling at the Good Funeral Guide who she knew would be able to help. We later received this message from Bob via email.
Thank you. Thank you for coming up with such an amazing idea, design and passion to create a business from it.
I sat with my wife 4 weeks ago in the full knowledge that she was going to die without seeing our amazing and beautiful 3 and 5 year old daughters growing up. The fear I felt and am still feeling at facing the future without her being there with me is not something I can fully express but I do know that she saw this coffin (it was actually the high point of an otherwise very emotional conversation) and absolutely wanted it, so this is something that I can definitely do for her.
When I first called you, I spoke to Holly. It was within an hour of xxxxx's death, because suddenly the coffin had become so critically important, and "was" an absolute requirement for what is to come next. She recommended I look at/contact the good funeral guide, and the next day, after reading the significant advice on funeral directors I did just that and called Charles. There were no recommendations for my area, but he went away and spent 45 minutes calling not only funeral directors in my area, but celebrants to see if they knew these directors and get their opinions. Ultimately the main recommendation he had was the one I have gone with after visiting a few others, and they are accommodating everything I am asking for, even though it clearly deviates from their outwardly very "traditional" business.
This is why we do what we do. I know it's not everyone's idea of the perfect job but for me there is nothing more special than creating something beautiful for what is undoubtedly one of the most important days of our life.
We love creating beautiful coffins for beautiful people.
For more information about our beautiful coffins please go to www.wealdencoffins.co.uk
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