Meet your Maker

Ann Bates – Individual Urn Ceramicist

Ann makes individually hand built ceramic funerary urns using stoneware clay. Inspiration for decoration and often the shape of an urn comes from the natural world – seed heads, leaves and shells being a favourite choice. An interest in ancient standing stones with their carved decoration and symbols can also be evidenced in her work.…

Bespoke Wooden Urns Maker - Simon Hopwood

Bespoke Wooden Urns – Meet Your Maker – Simon Hopwood

Bespoke Wooden Urns Bespoke Wooden Urns that are Local – Sustainable – Handmade – Bespoke – Unique – brimming with Craftsmanship. We have a passion for all the above and Simon our carpenter who makes our Dartmoor range of Wooden Urns covers all these bases and more. Simon has been a woodworker for 25 years,…

Handmade Keepsake Urns – Meet Your Maker – Clare Mahoney

Handmade Keepsake Urns by Clare Mahoney Handmade Keepsake Urns. Clare Mahoney is a ceramic artist with a fascination for the natural world. A member of the renowned Devon Guild of Master Craftsmen. She works exclusively in clay using a variety of techniques. A graduate of The Glasgow School of Art, completing an MA at Howard…

Bespoke Jewellery Made in Devon

Bespoke Jewellery Made in Devon. We’ve found an amazing jeweller right here in Devon. Fee has been making fantastic jewellery for years and has now produced an exclusive range for us here at Scattering Ashes. Not only does she make beautiful jewellery but she also teaches jewellery making too so she really knows her stuff!…

Ashes put into a Vinyl Record

After a truly unique way to remember some you loved? We work with a british company that can put the cremation ashes of your loved one into 12 inch vinyl record. Whether you want to hear a recording of their voice or a desert island discs type compilation we can help. A small amount of…

Ashes within Memorial Glass

We will turn your loved one’s ashes to glass making an eternal memory that you can keep with you always. We work with a brilliant team of specialised artists who will create a fabulous memorial glass item for you. How does it work? If you choose to place ashes to glass we will send you an…

Bespoke Stone Memorials garden sculpture

Meet your Maker – Kate Semple – Bespoke Stone Memorials

Meet your Maker – Kate Semple – Bespoke Stone Memorials It is truly humbling to do what we do, not only do we get to speak to some of the most amazing customers every day but we also get to work with some of the most talented and genuine artists in the UK. The people…

Meet Your Maker – Annie Leigh – Bespoke Urns

Annie Leigh Biodegradable water urns handmade, handpainted and completely bespoke. Our talented artist Annie Leigh hand makes these amazing urns using a papier-mâché technique gradually building up the shape and then hand painting it with exquisite designs. You can choose from a range of different ideas: for the classic English lady or gent what about…

Bespoke Memorial Glass - a lasting tribute when you don't have the ashes

Bespoke Memorial Glass – Meet your Maker

Bespoke Memorial Glass by Jenny Ayrton Bespoke Memorial Glass. We are extremely proud to be working with Jenny as she is a local rising star who is helping us to provide lasting tributes for those who have no ashes to scatter. We often gets calls from people who want to do something with their loved one’s ashes…

Handmade Dartmoor Urns

Dartmoor Urn: Handmade in Devon Natural Burial Urns The lovely Beth hand makes all her vessels in the beautiful coastal town of Dartmouth in Devon. Walking with her dog she collects natural materials and earth pigments which she incorporates onto the surfaces of the urns. The landscapes of her walks inspire both textures and images on…

Handmade Wooden Urns

Handmade Wooden Urns Handmade in Devon Completely handmade here in Dartmoor, Devon, by our talented craftsman Simon, our wooden urns have been especially designed to look natural and rustic in your home. Simon crafts them in solid oak from wood that shows off it’s natural character and beauty. They are all hand finished either with Danish oil,…

Meet your Maker series: introduction

Meet Your Maker At Scattering Ashes we like individuality, your loved one was an individual and you will want the them to be memorialised in an individual way. That is why like working with artisans and crafts people, to make something for you that is unique and special. We believe that a person’s life should…