A sailboat or a Lego casket? Coffin-maker thinking outside the box

RNZ 17 November 2024

When we die, most of us will end up in a brown box, but the more eccentric among us may want something a little more personal.

That is why 15 years ago Ross Hall launched a business called Dying Art, designing custom caskets that reflect the personality of the people who would eventually be laid to rest in them.

Some he has created include a Lego casket, a giant block of Dairy Milk chocolate, and a sailboat complete with mast.

The idea came to him when he was writing out his will, he told RNZ's Afternoons. Listen here...