""Everybody's seen a wicker basket in their grandmother's house," Fraser says, referring to the look of the completed caskets. The woven sides and lids of her caskets are affixed to pine boards."
"Fraser has already lined up the five pine rods, and the group will spend the next two days working on the object that will be used to lower their friend into the ground."
MaddyChristine Hope Brokopp, diagnosed with terminal cancer, decided to make her own casket. She traveled to Massachusetts with friends to work with artisan Mary Lauren Fraser, a casket weaver. The group spent two days in Fraser's workshop, creating a burial tray for Brokopp. Friends from different stages of her life joined her, including Cynthia Siegers, who celebrated her birthday during the experience. Fraser's workshop features books on basketry and death, and she specializes in woven caskets and burial trays.
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