Undeniably, the act of dropping soil onto graves during burial ceremonies carries profound symbolism across various cultures, ...

Coffin weaving workshops teach people how to make an alternative to traditional wooden caskets to suit their loved ones while ...

These endlessly useful wooden structures are ideal for building Halloween creations, and even better, pallets can often be ...

Another option is a cardboard coffin. "They're tested to exactly the same standard as a wooden coffin” says Gemma Johnson of the Association of Green Funeral Directors. “They can be personalised.

That’s why, for centuries, Jews have been buried in simple wooden caskets — most often, the proverbial plain pine box. The practice is rooted in Genesis, where God creates mankind from the ...

BEIRA: In a dilapidated building in Mozambique’s Indian Ocean city of Beira, a dozen young men work away at handcrafting humble coffins from wooden pallets discarded by cargo ships that dock at ...