We were trusted to create a very special & sentimental globe, designed to also be an Urn.
Made to honour Everett Morton aka The Legendary Ska Drummer (05.04.1950 – 08.10.2021).
Originally from the Saint Kitts, Morton was known for his distinctive reggae drumming for The Beat and being a part of chart hits such as ‘Tears of A Clown’, & ‘Mirror in The Bathroom’ –
This 22cm diameter globe includes hand drawn & hand painting illustrations, including a portrait, as well as flight routes tracing important dates & journeys between St.Kitts and the U.K..
It was a pleasure working with the Morton family and being a part of the process to create something so unique and meaningful. We loved this idea as the globe can be touched and interacted with, and makes one feel closer to their loved one compared to a standard Urn. Details & imagery shared with permission. Continue past photos for Saint Kitts facts.
Saint Kitts, officially the Saint Christopher Island, is an island in the West Indies. The west side of the island borders the Caribbean Sea, and the eastern coast faces the Atlantic Ocean. Saint Kitts and the neighbouring island of Nevis constitute one country: the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. Saint Kitts and Nevis are separated by a shallow 3-kilometre (2 mi) channel known as “The Narrows”.
Saint Kitts became home to the first Caribbean British and French colonies in the mid-1620s. Along with the island of Nevis, Saint Kitts was a member of the British West Indies until gaining independence on 19 September 1983.
The primary language is English, with a literacy rate of approximately 98%. Residents call themselves Kittitians.
When Christopher Columbus explored the islands in 1493, they were inhabited by the Carib people. Today, most of the inhabitants are the descendants of African slaves.
Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is the largest fortress ever built in the Western Caribbean. The island of Saint Kitts is home to the Warner Park Cricket Stadium, which was used to host 2007 Cricket World Cup matches. This made Saint Kitts and Nevis the smallest nation to ever host a World Cup event.
St. Kitts and Nevis was once known as the Gibraltar of the West Indies.
Both islands were formed by volcanoes, all of which are now dormant.
Because of this they have very dramatic central mountains and have had rather unpredictable geologic history with lush tropical vegetation. They have white beaches and black volcanic beaches depending on what side of the island you are on.
The islands are known for ‘goat water,’ a stew usually made from the neck bones and meat of goats.
It’s said that St. Kitts is so fertile that even the monkeys are green, and you’ll see colonies of them scampering freely beside the roads and beaches. Their ancestors were the pets of 17th-century French settlers, brought over from West Africa.
Saint Kitts was named “Liamuiga“, which roughly translates as “fertile land“, by the Kalinago (Carib) Indians who originally inhabited the island. The name is preserved via St. Kitts’s western peak, Mount Liamuiga. Nevis’s pre-Columbian name was “Oualie”, meaning “land of beautiful waters”.
When it comes to a global scale its ranked 8th smallest country in the world behind the Marshall Islands, Liechtenstein and Monaco to name a few.
Once a year you can swim across the narrows (waterway between St Kitts and Nevis) in an event called the Cross Channel Swim.
#GlobeFacts via Wikipedia & FactFile & JustFunFacts –
Globe is a 22cm diameter Mini Desk Globe on a Walnut Wood Colosseum Base.
The globe has been designed to be an Urn – but there is also an option to make the base an Urn. The family came to handle the ashes in a private meeting at the studio, our staff are fully prepared for helping with a sensitive situation like this should we ever get the honour of being asked to do a similar commission again.
The globe has added hand drawn and hand painted illustrations, travel routes, and bespoke cartography.
