How to Use Cremation Remains
Help planning memorial services is one of the cremation services offered in Camillus, NY, but there are many decisions that we should think about while we’re still on this side of death and cremation.
One decision that we can consider is how we wish to dispose of our cremated remains. Since cremation has soared in popularity, the number of ways to use cremation remains has soared as well. Many of these ideas are original, tasteful, artistic, and incredibly creative, and they go well beyond the traditional urn.
One of the most popular ways to utilize cremated remains is in a work of art. Artists can mix the ashes with various paints and create a work of art that pays lasting and meaningful tribute to the deceased, while bringing solace and comfort to the bereaved. Many people commission the artwork according to what the deceased wanted or preferred, sometimes adding additional aspects that the family may desire. After the artwork is finished, the family can display the painting above a fireplace or mantle, or hang it on any wall in the home, and it will be a beautiful and priceless memory of their loved one.
Another popular way to use remains is to have a fireworks display in which your cremated remains are an actual part. There are now several well-established, reputable fireworks companies that will create special fireworks that include a small portion of ashes. This method is being increasingly used in what are often termed “special memorial services,” and the idea continues to grow in popularity.
You might also consider having your ashes placed in a specially created, glass-blown hourglass, which can then be used as both a remembrance as well as a symbolic reminder of time’s passage. However, an hourglass is only one example of the countless number of shapes the urn can take, and professional glassblowers, woodworkers, and mixed-media artists are now regularly creating custom urns that can be cherished for generations.
A particularly planet-conscious use of cremated remains, and one that stresses functionality as well as tribute, is having one’s ashes mixed with concrete and then submerged to shore up coral reefs, which are among the earth’s most beautiful, critical, and threatened ecosystems. Or perhaps you are a hunter, in which case you can arrange to have your ashes fired from a gun. You can even have your cremated remains used to create exquisite, one-of-a-kind pieces of jewelry, whether it’s through using the carbon content in ashes to create a diamond or through incorporating the ashes in a uniquely designed ring, bracelet, or pendant.
There are countless other creative and spectacular ways to utilize cremated remains, so you are limited only by your imagination and your ability to fund it. In this respect, there truly are no limits, as proven by Celeste’s 1997 inaugural flight, which carried the ashes of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and 23 others into space. So whether you desire that your cremated remains be used in a beautiful work of art or shot off in an unforgettable fireworks display, there are innumerable artists, craftsmen, and companies that can now make it happen.
If you’d like to know more about cremation services in Camillus, NY, our compassionate and experienced team at Bagozzi Twins Funeral Home, Inc. is here to help. You can visit us at our funeral home at 2601 Milton Ave., Solvay, NY 13209, or you can call us today at (315) 468-2431.
