Hi Rick,
Some of the glass bead makers are using cremated remains in the
making of lamp worked beads.
The results have been rather nice.
K.
Hi Rick,
I had a client a few years ago with this same request. You might get
some ideas from the website for Ashes to Ashes, if needed. Hope that
helps.
All the best,
Donna Williams
Send her to a potter to make a glaze out of the ashes. Have him/her
make a small medallion with the glaze on it and then set it in a
pendant.
There is always the old Poison Ring with the hinged top. You’d need
to seal the ashes inside under a good strong sapphire watch crystal.
Check out religious reliquaries too. Lots of different ways to
present remains. Some very cool.
Have fun and make lots of jewelry.
Jo Haemer
timothywgreen.com
Hi there, I have used a company for many years–Rembrandt Charm Ltd.
They have a glass capsule that opens and can be filled. It’snumber
# and you can check it out on line at:
http://www.ganoksin.com/gnkurl/ep80ft
They carry them in sterling silver, gold plate,10kt and 14kt.
Hope that this helps…
Assuming by “remains” you mean ashes, several things come to mind.
If you are looking for more details, kindly visit Xiuyuan.
If you grind them really fine you can use them as pigment to paint a
grisaille portrait of her husband. That would be nice as a brooch or
locket.
You could mix them with transparent resin and cast a bunch of cabs
or beads for a necklace or bracelet, or even a full parure.
You could make a necklace of closed containers–cubes, spheres,
cylinders, ovoids, etc.–each of which contains a portion of the
remains.
You could make a tubular bangle bracelet filled with a portion of
the ashes.
There are often bits of charred bone among the ashes. Sieved out
these can be sealed in spheres to make maracas.
You could replace the pebbles inside a rain stick with the ashes.
Should make a kind of gentle shooshing sound.
If we’re not talking about cremains, in Tibet they make a lot of
interesting things out of human bones.
Elliot Nesterman
You might try a borgia style poison ring or locket, but with the
ashes sealed in a permanently closed compartment… and if the
ashes were not stripped of precious metals (fillings) you could
incorporate some dental gold. I know it sounds a bit gothic, but why
not? Obviously your client is not squeemish.
I have titanium hips and a bunch of reconstructive hardware that
were the bionic leftovers from my mother. Someday I intend to use
them in some pieces.
I do suggest that you ask the client to list design inspirations
(faves) and three design/style things they hate. You learn more from
what a person dislikes and avoid wasted time in design.
Eileen at FLORON
In Sarasota, Florida area there is a company mixing cremains with
limestone, shell & plaster. They use molds of indigenous coral, and
place the resulting ‘sculpture’ in an artificial reef thats being
built just offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. They even have
opportunities for dedicating a section for your other family members.
I have also heard of cremains being used in glass sculptures. Dale
Chihuly Museum is in the same general area (St. Petersburg), and they
are associated with a local glass work studio & many area artists.
Perhaps you could contact them for some names to get an idea of
pricing & design options.
Best Wishes,
Sharon in Sanford
Metal Clay works well for this. Remember that upon firing, the clay
shrinks, but the ashes don’t, so design accordingly or there will be
a bump where the ashes are. I made an urn shaped like a locket and
did not anticipate this happening. Thankfully, the bump is on the
back of the piece and my customer likes it. She can reach up and rub
the spot where she knows the ashes are anytime she feels the need.
Janice Lea
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