Holding the space for Ceremonial Spoons
Ceremonial spoons personally designed for casting the ashes of your loved-ones.
Based in Bendigo in central Victoria Australia, Ben Wrigley of Design Amoeba has been carving 'Ceremonial and Love Spoons' since the 1980s. It is a long intuitive tradition of the Wrigley family, originating in England.
Our Creative Offerings
Ceremonial and Love Spoons
Handcrafted heirloom spoons for use in the rituals of casting our love-ones ashes. Family member each casts some ashes in reverence and grace in their own solemnity. The spoon can be handed down through the family for generations to come, with traces of each ritual imbued in the spoon, increasingly gaining spiritual value.
Love Spoons
Spoon Carving Workshops
Under construction
Watch this space for future workshop announcements.
The Wands – A Pilgramage
Ben Wrigley is a sculptor whose practice is largely centred around sacred ritual Kongosho (sacred objects). The Wands project emerged from a residency at The Emporium Creative Hub (La Trobe University, Bendigo campus).
The wands — a large scale sculptural body of work — are metaphoric conduits, wands or divination beacons that represent five stations of life ('Amoeba', 'Matter-becoming', 'The bowl of plenty', 'Transcendence' and 'The river of tears') for contemplation of the soul's journey.
The Wands were initially exhibited together at the iconic Beehive building in Bendigo's CBD and then disbursed at disparate locations that one could view as a pilgrimage. They were located as follows
Amoeba – La Trobe University
Matter-becoming – St John of God hospital
The bowl of plenty – The Old Church on the Hill
Transcendence – Sacred Heart Cathedral
The river of tears – The Quarry Hill Cemetery
