We are a small family farmstead based in Southeast Michigan crafting handmade caskets, burial trays, and urns that can serve as more sustainable and personalized alternatives to conventional burial vessels. These special baskets are woven from willow lovingly grown on our farmstead alongside plants collected in restoration efforts through ongoing volunteer stewardship efforts on public land.
Natural burial is a legal burial option throughout Michigan. Learn more about natural burial and the growing list of cemeteries statewide that support this more sustainable burial practice
Our burial baskets are reverently handcrafted with willow and local materials. Read more about our funerary vessels
Michael Marie also teaches introductory basketweaving workshops from her home studio and at other venues throughout Michigan. Take a look at upcoming classes and community weaving opportunities
Are you based in Michigan and interested in growing willow for basketry? Reach out! We have a growing selection of fun native willow varieties that can make excellent allies in basketmaking.
“Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it”
-Haruki Murakami
