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Memorials

I primarily undertake private commissions to create hand-carved memorials. The creation of a personal gravestone is a process that moves from the initial design through the application stage to the final fixing and installation of the stone. A conversation with you forms the basis for a personal gravestone.

 

There are many options for your gravestone, ranging from simple and elegant designs to more elaborate carvings. Words, imagery, and materials are all elements that can tell a story and add a personal touch to your headstone. Together, we will explore how your stone can look.

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.

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1. Nuehrenberg EN

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.

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2. Simonowska EN

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.

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3. Waclawcyk EN

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.

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5. Kern EN

Anröchter Kalksandstein
60cm × 50cm × 14cm

Cemetery Sophien II, Berlin (2023)

Contractor and Concept: DenkStein

Execution: Laura Jatkowski

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4. Püschel EN

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. 

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6. Kirves EN

I primarily undertake private commissions to create hand-carved memorials. The creation of a personal gravestone is a process that moves from the initial design through the application stage to the final fixing and installation of the stone. A conversation with you forms the basis for a personal gravestone.

 

There are many options for your gravestone, ranging from simple and elegant designs to more elaborate carvings. Words, imagery, and materials are all elements that can tell a story and add a personal touch to your headstone. Together, we will explore how your stone can look.

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.

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.

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.

Monstera-Zebrawels-Diabas

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

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.