9 Weird Options for Your Ashes

For some, the traditional casket funeral is a stiff, depressing way to mark the passing of a loved one. Wilder souls may take comfort in the options provided by a growing list of companies who will transform your remains into a wide range of objects. Salon checked it out and came up with nine unusual options. Ashes can be:

1. Made into an abstract painting
2. Exploded in fireworks

3. Pressed into a vinyl record (with optional sleeve portrait, with ashes mixed into the paint)
4. Mixed into a glass globe fitted to the top of a walking stick
5. Made into a diamond

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