Remembering loved ones is a highly personal experience, and placing ashes into an urn can be too traditional for some. The first of our Weird of the Week series focused on\u00a0Holy Smokes<\/a>, a service that puts ashes into bullets. Now the UK\u2019s\u00a0And Vinyly<\/a>\u00a0is enabling the recently departed to have their ashes pressed as a vinyl record.<\/p>\n Founded by Jason Leach, who also runs a number of record labels such as Subhead, Daftwerk and Death to Vinyl, the service allows anyone to have a loved one\u2019s ashes pressed as a working record, where it can be accompanied by music, the sound of their voice or simply left blank \u2014 allowing the pops and clicks to provide an audio representation of the ashes. The ashes are placed onto the raw piece of vinyl before it gets pressed, enabling the ashes to be compressed into the material. Each record comes with personalized artwork \u2014 either a simple name and date of birth and death, or a portrait by artist James Hague, who creates his images using ashes mixed into the paint. The GBP 2,000 package gets customers 30 discs with the sounds of their choice, or they can also have a Daftwerk artist record a song about the deceased.<\/p>\n While some may feel uncomfortable handling the ashes of their loved ones, others may cherish the opportunity to connect with them after they die through a very personal artifact. What other unusual ways are there to commemorate the dead?<\/p>\n Website:\u00a0www.andvinyly.com<\/a><\/p>\n Spotted by<\/a>\u00a0Denise Kuperman, written by Springwise<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Say no more… http:\/\/www.springwise.com\/service-presses-loved-ones-ashes-playable-vinyl-record\/ Service presses loved ones\u2019 ashes as a playable vinyl record The UK\u2019s And Vinyly is enabling the recently departed to have their ashes pressed as a vinyl record. \u00a06th December 2013 in\u00a0Weird of the Week. This is part of a new series of articles that looks at some of the most … Continue reading Service presses loved ones\u2019 ashes as a playable vinyl record<\/span>
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<\/a>\u00a06th December 2013<\/strong> in\u00a0Weird of the Week<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\nThis is part of a new series of articles that looks at some of the most bizarre and niche business ideas we see here at Springwise.<\/em><\/p>\n
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<\/a>\u00a06th December 2013<\/strong> in\u00a0Weird of the Week<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n