Memorial Headstone 2009 Winner U.S. AICA Design Award - Karl Erik Bennett Memorial

Karl Erik Bennett Memorial Karl was autistic/savant and was a master at assembling all kinds of puzzles. All the pieces in the design were drawn to fit together and they represent Karl’s uniqueness. On each piece are the things Karl loved: weight lifting, prime numbers (1009 & 967), building things, playing the guitar and becoming an eagle scout. The mountains on his memorial are the view from his front door and he was especially interested in the ferries that he saw in front of his house. He played in a church band and the cross design is representative of the one he wore around his neck. He wrote a song “The heavenly band just got a whole lot louder” and the first two bars are at the bottom of his memorial. A hand etched portrait completes the memorial.