Remains to be Seen
The Art After Life
Unique Memorial Cremation Art
www.theartafterlife.com
www.theartafterlife.com
Losing a family member is never easy, and deciding what to do for a funeral or memorial service can be equally challenging. With cremation services becoming the popular alternative to traditional burial, you have some choices. You can do what’s always been done and keep their remains in a decorative container, or choose something more personal.
Introducing "Remains to be Seen: The Art After Life", a unique and original way to use cremation ashes (or other remains) to memorialize your family, friends or beloved pets! This concept is for those who want a lasting celebration of their loved ones’ memory.
Our team of talented artists respectfully mix a portion of the remains (or other remains—see our commission outline) into paint and then use it to create a unique, handcrafted memorial that will become a family heirloom for generations to come. Having ashes in an urn on a mantle or keeping other remains is a good way to constantly remind yourself that your loved one has died, but when you use them in artwork, it's an amazing and unique way to transform those remains and remember that they lived.
About the Process - How do we start?
1. After you contact us, we will complete an in person or phone consultation (contact us). During the consultation please tell us all about your loved one. Examples of what we want to know are; what were they like as a person, their personal style, where they loved to vacation, where they loved to spend their time, favorite colors, favorite shapes/patterns and what they loved most about life. Also if you are requesting a portrait you will need to e-mail us a digital image of your loved one. The digital image you provide must be full size and at least 100dpi. The better quality the more detail we will have to work with, which will help with the finished result. We do prefer the digital formats of JPEG, TIFF, PNG, or PSD file.
2. Next, you will need to choose a size and one of our special commission pieces and we will immediately start to build a concept and design and incorporate that information into your customized, hand-painted piece of art. (see pricing).
3. You will need to send us your loved ones remains. Your funeral home/cremation service can provide you the remains in more than one container, if you don't want to handle it yourself. We only require approximately 2-5 ounces of your cremation remains, unless otherwise agreed to for an oversize piece. If you are in the Baltimore Metro Area, we would be happy to pick up the remains for you. If further away than 30 minutes, you can ship them in a sealed plastic container (a clean pill or spice bottle will work). We will return any and all remains that are not used and we are VERY careful to handle them respectfully (with gloves) and we work carefully to ensure that only the amount needed for the art is kept and that none is wasted. When sending the remains, please include a pre-paid, return label for shipping so we can return any unused remains. Postal Regulations exist only for the transportation of cremated remains when mailing the entirety of the remains. There are no specific regulations regarding the transportation of the very small amount of cremated remains.
*If you are choosing our What Still Remains Painting or Spirit Sculpture Painting, please carefully pack all remains separately in bubble wrap and ship. We are not responsible for any damaged or lost items during shipment.
4. Once we receive your remains we will send your billing invoice from “Remains to be Seen LLC.” via e-mail. The e-mail will contain a link for you to make your payment with any major credit card through PayPal.com. Your order will be logged in the order it was received based on the day the invoice is paid (not the day the invoice is sent). *If paying by check, there will be an address in the e-mailed invoice to mail a check, although this does slow down the process, since we will have to wait for the mail.
5. Delivery / Shipping Info: Since we are on the East Coast we can deliver if you are not more than 1 hour from our studio in Gwynn Oak or Bel Air Maryland. If we do have to ship there is an additional shipping fee that will be applied to your bill. These typically range from $25 - $75 depending on what you order, where it's going, and the weight.
6. Finally we will contact you to answer any additional questions you may have for us regarding your commission. We will also let you know the date of completion and arrange delivery. Once completed we can provide a digital image proof and we will offer one free touch up, any other adjustments will have a small $25.00 fee attached.
CONTACT US TODAY TO PLACE YOUR ORDER
CALL: 1.410.299.4645
WEBSITE: www.theartafterlife.com
E-MAIL: theartafterlife@gmail.com
*All paintings are kept private and not used in showings or advertising unless the client has given their expressed consent.
*Please let us know if you have a special request, we are very open to suggestions or ideas.
*There is NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE for adding any type of remains (other than your shipping and return shipping of left over remains).
*We will ALWAYS use the utmost respect in handling your loved one’s remains and all remains will be boxed, cataloged and handled with gloved hands.
