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What We Do Creating a lasting legacy for your loved ones is a beautiful way to honor their memory. We understand how difficult it can be to choose a cremation or burial piece, and that's why we offer a unique and meaningful way to participate in the selection as a creative and collaborative process that is both personal and significant. Let us help you honor your memories and create a lasting legacy that you will cherish forever! Additionally, thinking about end-of-life is often easier with the right tools. Our Legacy Vision Planning service can help create an end-of-life plan that details the desire to experience completion, happiness, and fulfillment in your final months and weeks of life. We would love to assist you in this important process. Creating a Small Urn One-on-one guided small urn-making sessions for miscarriage, pregnancy loss, or keepsake altarpiece. Vision Planning Best-Three-Months vision planning for what matters most before, during, and after death. Pet Urn Building Cherish the memory of your precious friend with a self-made cremation urn or sculpture. Create a Custom Urn Guided private and group sessions creating a self-made ceramic cremation urn.

What We Do Creating a lasting legacy for your loved ones is a beautiful way to honor their memory. We understand how difficult it can be to choose a cremation or burial piece, and that's why we offer a unique and meaningful way to participate in the selection as a creative and collaborative process that is both personal and significant. Let us help you honor your memories and create a lasting legacy that you will cherish forever! Additionally, thinking about end-of-life is often easier with the right tools. Our Legacy Vision Planning service can help create an end-of-life plan that details the desire to experience completion, happiness, and fulfillment in your final months and weeks of life. We would love to assist you in this important process. Creating a Small Urn One-on-one guided small urn-making sessions for miscarriage, pregnancy loss, or keepsake altarpiece. Vision Planning Best-Three-Months vision planning for what matters most before, during, and after death. Pet Urn Building Cherish the memory of your precious friend with a self-made cremation urn or sculpture. Create a Custom Urn Guided private and group sessions creating a self-made ceramic cremation urn.

What We Do Creating a lasting legacy for your loved ones is a beautiful way to honor their memory. We understand how difficult it can be to choose a cremation or burial piece, and that's why we offer a unique and meaningful way to participate in the selection as a creative and collaborative process that is both personal and significant. Let us help you honor your memories and create a lasting legacy that you will cherish forever! Additionally, thinking about end-of-life is often easier with the right tools. Our Legacy Vision Planning service can help create an end-of-life plan that details the desire to experience completion, happiness, and fulfillment in your final months and weeks of life. We would love to assist you in this important process. Creating a Small Urn One-on-one guided small urn-making sessions for miscarriage, pregnancy loss, or keepsake altarpiece. Vision Planning Best-Three-Months vision planning for what matters most before, during, and after death. Pet Urn Building Cherish the memory of your precious friend with a self-made cremation urn or sculpture. Create a Custom Urn Guided private and group sessions creating a self-made ceramic cremation urn.

Marie David Artist, teacher, mother, life-doula Learn More Contact Abilene, TX, USA mariedavidart@gmail.com 719-351-1137 Name Email Phone Address Subject Message Submit Thanks for submitting!

Reviews In their words - What our clients say is extremely important to us. That’s why Altars and Ashes is so invested in making sure that our customers are happy with our services and designs, as well as our ability to adhere to tight deadlines. See what they said about working with us below. Carole Morrison Marie’s ability to remain calm and compassionate in such very hard situations is truly a gift! Marie was not only there for my mother but for me as well. She helped make the passing so much easier. Marie is a blessing! I would highly recommend her!! Learn More Add a Review Share Your Experience Would you recommend us to your friends? Yes No Submit Thanks for submitting!

Marie David Artist, teacher, mother, end-of-life-doula Let's Talk! The Vision I am grateful to share my artistic skills and studio space, whether you need support, lessons, or a treasured gift. My vision is to offer guidance and unique ways to honor and navigate life's sacred thresholds, including death and loss. About Marie I have held many roles as guardian, nurturer, end-of-life doula, sole-provider and mother to my now grown children. As an artist, I have found solace in clay, while my humble studio patiently hosted the sacred space for the dreams and visions of my soul to emerge. I became degreed in fine art decades ago. Being an artist, however, is more of a description of how I’ve done life more than what I’ve done. As messy as this medium is to work in, clay has been for me, like delving into a forgotten language, something indulgent, eternal yet ethereal. It is a soulful way of grounding, a way of discovery, with each piece a personal journey providing a path and connection to life and to others. I want to beg you, as much as I can, dear sir, to be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves like locked rooms and like books that are written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer. ~ a favorite passage from Letters to a Young Poet (public library ) by Rainer Maria Rilke Experience My path as an artist has included many other hats. I've included below some of the more pivotal work experiences, but want to also mention that there were always side gigs in the arts. From teaching to faux painting, I can add that I taught undergraduate design at North Texas State University, clay sculpting at Cottonwood Center for the Arts, painting instructor with Grumbacher at Michael's as well as a restoration artist in Deep Ellum Texas. August 1988 Bachelor of Fine Arts Hardin-Simmons University Sep 2009 - Dec 2011 Office Manager/Marketing Co-Chair Cottonwood Center for the Arts As a nonprofit artist complex office manager, I confidently oversaw daily operations, including marketing, gallery management, studio leasing, and art education programs. I worked with other artists to promote exhibitions, educational programs, and community events showcasing local and guest artists. It was a wonderful opportunity to engage with the community and share our passion for the arts. December 2017 Sacred Passage End-of-Life Doula Conscious Dying Institute After experiencing a series of loss, I pursued End-of-Life Doula certificate training which has equipped me with the necessary knowledge and skills to provide non-medical healing care to individuals and families during critical illness and the dying process. January 2018 - 2021 Executive Director of Marketing Conscious Dying Institute Upon completing my training, I assumed a leadership role responsible for managing a geographically dispersed team spanning the United States and Canada. This position entailed overseeing sales, marketing, and program management for end-of-life doula education and training. I provided executive support and cultivated professional relationships to promote death-positive education. Working alongside the founder, Tarron Estes, was a privilege and a fulfilling endeavor. August 2021 - May 2023 Aftercare Support & Preneed Agent North's Funeral Home As a preneed agent, I provided resources for after-care support, sold preneed insurance, engaged in networking activities, executed targeted marketing campaigns to care homes and social media platforms, and promoted pre-funeral planning through branded presentations and educational materials. It was rewarding to assist families in planning ahead and easing the financial burden of funeral expenses. Let’s Work Together Tel: 719-351-1137 E-Mail: mariedavidart@gmail.com First Name Last Name Email Message Thanks for submitting! Send

What We Do Creating a lasting legacy for your loved ones is a beautiful way to honor their memory. We understand how difficult it can be to choose a cremation or burial piece, and that's why we offer a unique and meaningful way to participate in the selection as a creative and collaborative process that is both personal and significant. Let us help you honor your memories and create a lasting legacy that you will cherish forever! Additionally, thinking about end-of-life is often easier with the right tools. Our Legacy Vision Planning service can help create an end-of-life plan that details the desire to experience completion, happiness, and fulfillment in your final months and weeks of life. We would love to assist you in this important process. Creating a Small Urn One-on-one guided small urn-making sessions for miscarriage, pregnancy loss, or keepsake altarpiece. Vision Planning Best-Three-Months vision planning for what matters most before, during, and after death. Pet Urn Building Cherish the memory of your precious friend with a self-made cremation urn or sculpture. Create a Custom Urn Guided private and group sessions creating a self-made ceramic cremation urn.

End-of-Life Services Need a hand? "In the end we’re all just walking each other home." ~ Ram Dass Our end-of-life doula service provides compassionate care and resources for families and loved ones to support before, during and after death. Our Legacy Vision Planning tool helps you plan the last months of your life and our studio guidance service allows you to create a personalized ceramic or biodegradable urn or memorial. ​ If you'd like more information on how we can work together, or need immediate assistance, please don't hesitate to reach out. Call Now Vision Planning Best-Three-Months vision planning for what matters most before, during... Read More 1 hr 30 min 210 US dollars $210 Book Now Explore Plans Let's Work Together Create a Custom Urn Guided private and group sessions creating a self-made ceramic cremati... Read More 2 hr 300 US dollars $300 Book Now Explore Plans Creating a Small Urn One-on-one guided small urn-making sessions for miscarriage, pregnancy... Read More 2 hr 180 US dollars $180 Book Now Explore Plans Pet Urn Building Cherish the memory of your precious friend with a self-made cremation ... Read More 2 hr 180 US dollars $180 Book Now Explore Plans Or shop now. Ceramic Tiny Dish, Prep Bowl, Spice Bowl, Sauce Dish, Trinket Dish Price $16.00 Add to Cart Ceramic Tiny Dish, Prep Bowl, Spice Bowl, Sauce Dish, Trinket Dish Price $16.00 Add to Cart Ceramic Tiny Dish, Prep Bowl, Spice Bowl, Sauce Dish, Trinket Dish Price $16.00 Add to Cart Small Red Ceramic Jar | Urn with Carved Lid Price $145.00 Add to Cart Large Sculpted Chicken Ceramic Jar | Urn Regular Price $225.00 Sale Price $168.75 Add to Cart Sculpted Chicken Ceramic Jar | Urn Regular Price $175.00 Sale Price $131.25 Add to Cart Violet Handmade Floral Ceramic Jar | Urn Price $175.00 Add to Cart Small Ceramic Jar | Urn with Carved Lid Price $125.00 Add to Cart Green and Blue Ceramic Jar | Urn Price $125.00 Add to Cart Wood Fired Pottery! Large Hand Crafted Shino Wood Fired Ceramic Lidded Jar | Urn Price $200.00 Add to Cart Wood Fired Pottery! Hand Thrown Celadon Wood Fired Ceramic Jar | Urn Price $150.00 Add to Cart Wood Fired Pottery! Weeping Angel Wood Fired Ceramic Jar | Urn Price $300.00 Add to Cart Hand Crafted Green Floral Ceramic Jar | Urn Price $175.00 Add to Cart Wood Fired Pottery! Hand Crafted Celadon Green Floral Wood Fired Ceramic Jar | Urn Price $200.00 Add to Cart Wood Fired Pottery! Small Lidded Jars Price $65.00 Add to Cart

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