Herrnholz Granite
105cm × 67cm × 20cm
Cemetery St. Petri Luisenstadt, Berlin
Concept and Execution: Laura Jatkowski
Contractor: DenkStein
This stone is inspired by the deceased’s Peruvian homeland home town in Cusco, where the impressive buildings of the Inca are located. The famous “stone of twelve corners,” with its remarkable precision of craft, serves as inspiration for the form and surface of the gravestone. The rough-textured surface and its slightly tilted surfaces, opposed to rectangular shapes, give the stone its unique character.
Jura Limestone
125cm × 65cm × 15cm
Cementery: Waldfriedhof Dahlem, Berlin
Concept and Execution: Laura Jatkowski
Contractor: Werkstatt der Erinnerung
Gravestone for a young man, created in close collaboration with his family. The relief of a saxophone carved out of the stone and its recessed shadow refer to Valentin's passion: playing and composing music.
Three other symbols are carved into the back of the stone: a pine cone, a ginkgo leaf and a scallop shell — each with a unique meaning for his family
Limestone: Belgian Granite
90cm × 45cm × 14cm
Georgen Parochial Cemetery II
Contractor and Concept: DenkStein
Execution: Laura Jatkowski
This relief is based on an enlarged drawing of the deceased. An art nouveau font accentuates the floral character of the ornament.
Dietenhaner Sandstone
40cm × 35cm × 18cm
Cemetery St. Philippus Apostel, Berlin (2024)
Concept and Execution: Laura Jatkowski
This gravestone is for the versatile artist and publisher Dietmar Kirves, who was active in the fields of film, photography, music, sculpture and painting. In his office, he had many binders, which he did not label traditionally, but with symbols of his own invention. One symbol that kept coming up was a figure holding up a piece of paper that looked like a plea. We chose to bring together this symbol and the computer font Arial in the middle of the stone.
Limestone
100cm × 47cm × 14cm
Concept and Execution: Laura Jatkowski
Contractor: Werkstatt der Erinnerung
Gravestone for a young man. The blue-coloured surface is inspired by a 15th century relief panel showing a Madonna and Child. The colouring of the stone and the recessed surface allow the flat puzzle pieces and the missing piece to stand out. The unfinished puzzle symbolises the gap left by his early death.
Jura Limestone
95cm × 50cm × 18cm
Cementery: Waldfriedhof Dahlem, Berlin
Execution: Laura Jatkowski
Contractor: Denkstein
The deceased was a collector of airbrush decoration. This is a special decoration technique that was particularly popular in the 1920s-1050s for decorating ceramics and porcelain. It is characterised by soft colour gradients and their geometric patterns, which were applied by using a special stencil technique.
The shape of the stone is based on such a geometric pattern. The inclined surfaces create shades of varying intensity, imitating the soft colour gradients and patterns of such objects.
Anröchter Lime Sandstone
1,25m × 0,6m × 0,13m
Cemetery Berlin Heerstraße
Contractor and Concept: DenkStein
Execution: Laura Jatkowski
This stone was inspired by the story of “Philemon und Baucis” from Greek mythology. In this legend, an old married couple transform into two trees upon their death. Philemon becomes an oak and his wife Baucis a linden tree. The branches of both trees, which touch in the wind, can be seen in the relief of the stone.
Diabas
62cm × 35cm × 26cm
Cemetery Schmargendorf, Berlin
Contractor and Concept: DenkStein
Execution: Laura Jatkowski
To create this headstone, we used a zebra fish and a Monstera leaf, both of which were very meaningful to the deceased. The zebra fish symbolizes his passion for this fish, while the Monstera leaf illustrates his favorite plant. Both elements have been worked into the natural surface of the diabas stone, blending harmoniously into its surface.
Anröchter Kalksandstein
60cm × 50cm × 14cm
Cemetery Sophien II, Berlin (2023)
Contractor and Concept: DenkStein
Execution: Laura Jatkowski
