FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Remains to be Seen, LLC. - The Art After Life

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  

September 17, 2014

Remains to be Seen LLC.  - The Art After Life

Unique & Affordable Cremation Memorial Solutions

Losing a family member is never easy, and deciding what to do for a lasting memorial can be equally challenging. With cremation services becoming the popular alternative to traditional burial, you now have some choices. You can do what’s always been done and keep your loved ones cremains in a decorative container, or choose something more personal.

Introducing; Remains to be Seen, an affordable and unique way to use cremation ashes (or other remains) to memorialize your family, friends or beloved pets! We have developed a process whereby a small amount of cremation ash (or other remains) is gently mixed with pigments to become part of a commissioned memorial painting. Each stroke of each color is layered one after another to become a soulful tribute that will have a special place in your home and become a family heirloom for generations to come. 

Our Story

The idea came to me when I saw an old bumper sticker that read, “This bumper sticker was printed with ink that was mixed with the ashes of Mount St. Helens.” Pondering the bumper sticker and knowing my wish was to be cremated when I die, I thought, I could have my cremation ashes mixed with paint and have a memorial painting commissioned. I could then leave this painting for the loved ones that I left behind, and it might eventually become a family heirloom.

When I told my friends and family, some thought it was a bit odd, but they also realized what an incredibly unique idea it was for a proper and beautiful memorial. Well the idea was just that, an idea, and it stayed locked in the back of my head for years. However, recently I was laid off and I decided I did not want to go back to another corporate cubicle for another decade, so I presented the idea to a beloved artist friend and Remains to be Seen LLC. was born.

We believe that having cremation ashes in an urn or keeping other remains is a good way to remind yourself that your loved one has left this realm, but when you choose to use them in artwork, it's a vibrant and unique way to transform those remains and remember that they lived.

A Sample of our Commission Selections & Pricing

Cremation Ash Painting

A Painting with a portion of human or animal cremation ashes. Your funeral home/cremation service can provide you with the remains in more than one container, if you don’t want to handle it yourself.  We typically need around 2-5oz of remains. You can ship them in a sealed plastic container.

We will return any and all remains that are not used and we are careful to handle them respectfully and carefully to ensure that only the amount needed for the art is kept and that none is wasted.

What Still Remains Painting  

A Painting with one or several different types of human or animal remains. We will entertain all reasonable and sanitary requests. Examples: hair (from a hairbrush or cutting), bleached bone, eyelashes, tears, dirt from gravesite, etc…

We will return any and all remains that are not used and we are careful to handle them respectfully and carefully to ensure that only the amount needed for the art is kept and that none is wasted.

                                      Subjects in painting

Size                        1              2             3             4

8” x 10”                $399       $450       $475       $500

12” x 12”              $430       $460       $500       $530

12” x 16”              $500       $600       $650       $675

16” x 20”              $675       $700       $750       $800

20” x 24”              $800       $850       $875       $900

24” x 36”              $999       $1050     $1075     $1100

Family Collage    $800.00   (4 paintings each picture is  6” x 6”)                                                                        
*a unique collage gives a memory of your loved one for                                                             each family member to hang in their room/space.

When someone you love becomes a memory, we will use that memory and what remains to create a one of a kind memorial for your home and for generations to come.

Remains to be Seen LLC. - The Art After Life

CALL: 1.410.299.4645

WEBSITE: www.theartafterlife.com

E-MAIL: theartafterlife@gmail.com

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10 Unique Ways to Handle Cremated Remains

Today, the sky's the limit (literally) when it comes to cremated-remains options

1.  “Cremated Creation”  - Commission a Piece of Memorial Artwork

If the idea of keeping an urn filled with cremated human remains on a fireplace mantle feels cliché, then consider hanging a beautiful, original painting above that space instead.

Introducing; Remains to be Seen LLC., an affordable and unique way to use a small portion of cremation ashes (or other remains ) to memorialize your family, friends or beloved pets! They respectfully mix a very small portion of your loved ones remains into paint to create a unique, handcrafted memorial painting that will have a special place in your home and will become a family heirloom for generations to come.  Contact them today at www.theartafterlife.com or call 410.299.4645

2.  Planted as a Tree

Whatever your motivation the Memorial Tree Urn is a beautiful idea. Knowing that the remains of your loved one are being used to nourish the young sapling as it grows into a majestic oak, willow, cherry or one of the other 32 trees they have available.

3. The Rockets' Red Glare
Two companies have given new meaning to the phrase, "Going out with a bang." As part of a special memorial service, Angel's Flight and Heavens Above Fireworks will set off a brilliant fireworks display worthy of an Independence Day celebration. Unlike the rockets fired on July 4, however, these specially made fireworks include a small portion of cremated human remains. Heavens Above Fireworks offers this service for a beloved cremated pet, as well.

4.  Get Inked
Countless people have asked a tattoo artist to mix cremated human remains with the ink before applying a special memorial tattoo somewhere on their bodies. If you're interested in this form of "living memorial," however, you'll need to do your own legwork. Because of fears concerning how an individual's skin might react with cremated remains, among other things, you won't find providers listed openly in the Yellow Pages.

5. The Sands of Time
Cremation containers have progressed a great deal since the days of the basic urn-form. Today, it's possible to purchase a cremation container in the shape of almost anything -- even the likeness of President Barack Obama. Perhaps one of the most "useful" urns, however, is theLifetime Hourglass Cremation Urn, sold by In the Light Urns. As the company's website notes, an hourglass is the "ultimate symbol of the passage of time," and with the actual cremated remains of a loved one serving as the sand in these functional hour glasses, you will probably agree!

6.  You're All Wet
Coral reefs provide a crucial habitat for marine species, but like many types of environments on the planet, the health of these ecosystems faces numerous challenges, many of them man-made. Fortunately, it is now possible to mix cremated human remains with concrete, form the mixture into "reef balls" and other formations, and then submerge those structures under water for the benefit of all life. Many companies provide these services, including Eternal Reefs, Great Burial Reef, and Ashes on the Sea.

7.  Heart of Glass
Creating unique, beautiful shapes from hand-blown glass takes tremendous skill and practice, but numerous such artists have taken their talents a step further by incorporating a small portion of cremated human remains into their works. The resultant glass orbs, pendants, globes, marbles, spheres, hearts and even oil candles are lovely to behold and will become cherished works of art and memorialization. If this idea appeals to you, you should have little difficulty locating providers, such as Solstice Glass, Memory Glass, Remembrance Art Glass Memorials and others.

8.  A Girl's Best Friend
You might remember from your high school chemistry class that diamonds form when carbon is subjected to high temperatures and tremendous pressure. And if the lessons you learned in biology class still remain with you, you'll recall that the human body consists of roughly 18% carbon. Thus, companies like Life Gem, Remembrance Diamonds and others can create genuine diamonds from the cremated remains of your loved one. Once created, these diamonds can be set into rings, necklaces, earrings and other types of jewelry.

9. This Urn is "For the Birds"
As noted above, cremation containers no longer conform to the usual "urn form" and can also serve practical uses. Cremation Solutions and Mainely Urns and Memorials, among others, offer great examples of this with their wood and ceramic birdhouse-urn collections. Perfectly suited to housing cremated human remains, once scattered, these empty birdhouse urns can provide shelter for our feathered friends, whose ability to soar skyward often evokes contemplation of our earthly bonds and the division between life and death.

10. "We're Made of Star-Stuff"
Human beings have probably felt the urge to travel into space for nearly as long as primitive peoples have gazed at the stars and the night sky. Ever since Celestis launched the cremated remains of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and 23 others into space in April 1997 on its inaugural flight, the concept has captivated people worldwide. With services that carry "a symbolic portion of cremated remains to space" starting at $995, it is easy to understand the appeal. Who wouldn't want his or her earthly remains to venture into the final frontier!

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