A calm place to work out what is possible.

Most people arrive here having just been handed a container of ashes and a decision nobody prepared them for. The information that exists tends to be either a sales page or a forum thread from 2011. From Ashes is an attempt at the thing in between: researched, specific, and not in a hurry.

What we cover

What can genuinely be made from cremated remains — memorial diamonds, hand-blown glass, jewellery and keepsake stones, urns, living memorials, and the more unusual options — along with the practical questions underneath them. How much ash a process needs. What happens to the rest. What things actually cost in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada. How long you will wait.

How we make money, stated plainly

Spogad is our partner brand. We may earn from orders placed through us. When we point you towards one of their keepsakes, it is marked as a partner option, every time, on the page where it appears.

That relationship does not buy editorial coverage. We write about processes Spogad does not offer, we name providers we have no relationship with, and where a different provider suits what you have described, we say so. If you would like to check our reasoning, our editorial standards and sourcing policy set out how we work.

What we will not do

• Invent a price, a timescale or a statistic we have not verified.
• Use urgency or scarcity. Ashes keep indefinitely; there is no deadline.
• Publish a review or testimonial that did not come from a real customer.
• Add you to a mailing list because you asked us a question.