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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 […]

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 […]

Making a Memorial Glass Paperweight: Video

The utmost care is used in the creation of our memorial glass items, all the the craftspeople have years of experience n making beautiful pieces Here is video of what happens in the making of Memorial Ashes Paperweight. Ashes within Glass

Up-cycled Jewellery – Meet Your Maker Series

Up-cycled Jewellery Up-cycled Jewellery. We are really lucky to live in a place where there are so many talented makers. From jewellers to carpenters, to wood-turners to glass makers…and they’re all really lovely people too. People who really care about what they do and how they do it. Lots of people say they care, but I’ve […]

Devon Life

Devon Life piece We’d love you all to rush out now & buy a copy of this month’s (July) Devon Life, not only does it have loads of really great ideas about things to do in Devon but it has a rather lovely article all about us in it!!! We’ve been featured in the Made in […]

Handmade Wood Urns

Handmade Wood Urns The sun has gone to our heads and we’re offering a 10% discount off all our Dartmoor wooden urn range whilst the sunshine lasts! Simply type in SUNSHINE16 into the coupon code to get 10% off a fabulous wooden urn. Handmade in Dartmoor in Devon Our natural wood urn range are all handmade in solid […]

Cast glass memorial bookends with playground scene

No ashes? Memorial Glass Stories

No Ashes? We often speak to people who don’t have the ashes of their loved one. Perhaps they felt rushed into scattering all the ashes straight away, perhaps family tensions meant that they were unable to get any of the ashes, perhaps they’ve done something with the ashes and yet still feel that what they […]

Cremation Bead Bracelet

Cremation Bead Bracelet We’d just thought we would share this with you, our extremely talented glassmakers have worked with our talented jeweller and have created this wonderful memorial piece. Our customer saw the pandora style charm beads and asked if we could create a bracelet with her loved one’s ashes. Once the beads had been […]

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 […]

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 […]