2 Week Class Taught Online Via Zoom
Saturdays September 5 - 12, 2026
7:00 - 8:00pm ET (NYC Time)
$60 Paid Patreon Members / $100 General Admission
PLEASE NOTE: Classes will be recorded and archived for students who cannot make that time
Losing a beloved pet or person is deeply difficult; we feel their absence in daily life. Veneration helps keep them close—telling their stories, listening to their favorite music, cooking their favorite meals, or creating art in their honor. One form this can take is a memorial diorama: a small shrine that honors their life and presence.
In this online workshop, we will create miniature shrines to hold the love and memories we carry for those who have passed. These pieces can live in our homes—on altars, bedside tables, or shelves—wherever we wish to feel close to them.
Guided by death doula Lauren Seeley, the workshop offers a supportive, creative space for memorialization through art and storytelling. We will build our dioramas step by step using personal objects, photographs, colors, and symbols that evoke our beloveds.
As we work, we will reflect on practices of veneration and explore the history of memorial altars and shrines across cultures, considering how creativity sustains connection after loss.
Open to anyone grieving a beloved pet, family member, partner, or friend. No artistic experience is needed. Conversation is encouraged, with optional sharing at the end for those who wish. Participants will leave with a personal, enduring diorama—a small memorial that keeps love present and remembered.
Participants are encouraged to use materials that feel meaningful. Suggested supplies include:
A photo of the person or pet you are honoring
A wooden box or small container (diorama base)
Acrylic paint
Glue or Mod Podge
Scissors
Glitter glue pens
Letter beads
Pom-poms
Decorative beads (such as skulls or roses)
Buttons, charms, miniatures, or small personal objects
Spiritual or religious items (such as charms, devotional images, prayer cards, crystals, ribbons, or fabrics)
Lauren Seeley is a death and grief doula for pets & humans. She is a death educator and facilitator of the Silent Book Club Of Death NYC, as well as the Ahhsweetdeath Book Club that hosts monthly author talks. She is a curator for funerals, altars, memorial spaces, designer, illustrator, reiki practitioner, and creative grief artist. She hosts regular grief & death discussions with musicians , artist’s, photographers, film directors, and authors. Lauren has partnered with institutions such as Historic Green-Wood Cemetery, The Met Cloisters, Morbid Anatomy, and more. She resides in Brooklyn, NY and works with a funeral practice in Brooklyn as well.
Images: Custom Memorial Dioramas by Lauren Seeley.
2 Week Class Taught Online Via Zoom
Saturdays September 5 - 12, 2026
7:00 - 8:00pm ET (NYC Time)
$60 Paid Patreon Members / $100 General Admission
PLEASE NOTE: Classes will be recorded and archived for students who cannot make that time
Losing a beloved pet or person is deeply difficult; we feel their absence in daily life. Veneration helps keep them close—telling their stories, listening to their favorite music, cooking their favorite meals, or creating art in their honor. One form this can take is a memorial diorama: a small shrine that honors their life and presence.
In this online workshop, we will create miniature shrines to hold the love and memories we carry for those who have passed. These pieces can live in our homes—on altars, bedside tables, or shelves—wherever we wish to feel close to them.
Guided by death doula Lauren Seeley, the workshop offers a supportive, creative space for memorialization through art and storytelling. We will build our dioramas step by step using personal objects, photographs, colors, and symbols that evoke our beloveds.
As we work, we will reflect on practices of veneration and explore the history of memorial altars and shrines across cultures, considering how creativity sustains connection after loss.
Open to anyone grieving a beloved pet, family member, partner, or friend. No artistic experience is needed. Conversation is encouraged, with optional sharing at the end for those who wish. Participants will leave with a personal, enduring diorama—a small memorial that keeps love present and remembered.
Participants are encouraged to use materials that feel meaningful. Suggested supplies include:
A photo of the person or pet you are honoring
A wooden box or small container (diorama base)
Acrylic paint
Glue or Mod Podge
Scissors
Glitter glue pens
Letter beads
Pom-poms
Decorative beads (such as skulls or roses)
Buttons, charms, miniatures, or small personal objects
Spiritual or religious items (such as charms, devotional images, prayer cards, crystals, ribbons, or fabrics)
Lauren Seeley is a death and grief doula for pets & humans. She is a death educator and facilitator of the Silent Book Club Of Death NYC, as well as the Ahhsweetdeath Book Club that hosts monthly author talks. She is a curator for funerals, altars, memorial spaces, designer, illustrator, reiki practitioner, and creative grief artist. She hosts regular grief & death discussions with musicians , artist’s, photographers, film directors, and authors. Lauren has partnered with institutions such as Historic Green-Wood Cemetery, The Met Cloisters, Morbid Anatomy, and more. She resides in Brooklyn, NY and works with a funeral practice in Brooklyn as well.
Images: Custom Memorial Dioramas by Lauren Seeley.
