Memorial options
Memorial options made from ashes
Every category of memorial that can be created from ashes — diamonds, glass art, jewellery, urns, living memorials, space memorials and pet memorials — explained without pressure.
Glass Art
Hand-made glass with a small amount of ashes suspended inside — paperweights, pendants, vases and sculpture, most pieces between £60 and £300.
Living Memorials
Trees and gardens grown with ashes — biodegradable urns, natural burial grounds, and what it takes for a planted memorial to actually thrive.
Memorial Diamonds
Real diamonds grown from the carbon in cremated remains — how they are made, what they cost in the UK, and how long you will wait.
Memorial Jewelry
Pendants, rings, beads and charms that hold or contain a small amount of ashes — usually the most affordable way to keep someone close.
Memorial Stones
Solid stones made with cremated remains — smooth keepsakes to hold, shaped memorials such as hearts and pet silhouettes, and options that use most or all of the ashes.
Pet Memorials
Almost every memorial made from human ashes can be made for a pet — from stones shaped like the animal itself to jewellery, glass and trees. Start with the right kind of cremation.
Space Memorials
A symbolic portion of the ashes flown into space — returned to Earth, left in orbit, sent to the Moon or beyond. What each option means and what it costs.
Unusual Memorials
Fireworks, vinyl records, stratospheric flights and other ways of marking a life that fit no other category.
Urns
Containers for the full remains or a portion of them — how to choose the right size, what urns cost in the UK, and when a scatter tube or biodegradable urn is the better choice.