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Originally Posted by ChuckF
We are currently looking in to Parting Stone, which solidifies cremated remains into a ceramic-like stone using a clay binder. It’s a little gimmicky but I think it’s pretty neat because it is something tactile that you can actually handle easily, unlike cremated remains. It’s also a simple way to share out cremated remains among people, or spread them in a few places, like if you want to just leave a rock on the beach instead of getting a boat to scatter ashes, etc. There is something satisfying about the solidity of it. We’ll see. A dog that died about a decade ago has been on the shelf since then, so he is going to test it out for us. He should be coming home in a few weeks. If they do a good job, they may get more business from us. |
He's home! We sent away a little urn with a few cups of cremated remains, and today got back a little pine box containing 19 smooth, white stones. The largest fits in the palm of a hand.
They are generally smooth and uniform; a few have minor flaws. They seem pretty tough. It is basically fired clay, and about that hardness but smoother, with an outside texture somewhere between a ceramic coffee mug and unglazed pottery. We are going to put some out in the garden, and the smallest one gets to come on vacation with us. Maybe we'll put some others in a vase or something so he can hang out with us in the living room.
Overall, I am quite pleased. A big chunk of the cost is shipping - cremated remains can only be sent by USPS Priority Mail Express (with big
CREMATED REMAINS stickers on all sides of the box) there and back. If we repeat for other sets of remains, we may try for a bulk shipment with multiple orders.