Choice of stone

When making your decision to buy a memorial, you'll want to consider the type of stone to be used.

Both granite and marble are suitable for memorials as they're very durable and distinctive. However, each has its natural limitations and characteristics.

Marble is widely used and one of the best known materials chosen for sculpture and carving. However the ability to work this stone to such fine detail means it's not as strong as granite. Marble commonly comes in white. Other colours such as pink and grey are available but can be costly. Marble will weather at a greater rate when compared to granite, It will also need maintenance during its lifetime to maintain its colouration.

Granite is available in a wide range of colours, from black or grey to reds, blues and greens. As it's a natural product, some colour and contrast variation may occur in certain types depending on when and where it's sourced. Granite is extremely strong and virtually indestructible. Its texture lends itself to polishing to bring out it's true beauty. Due to its toughness, for ornamentation purposes designs tend to be etched rather than carved.

Personalising stones

We can produce the perfect memorial to suit your particular taste. We can inscribe designs, such as crosses, hearts, shamrocks or angels. If you provide us with your own design we can produce a stencil for it using our software.

Ceramic plaques for graves

If you have a photo memory that you want to include on your memorial, we can reproduce this onto a high quality, ceramic plaque.

We should be able to reproduce most family photos. The image provided should be the best contrast quality and sharpness possible. Usually wedding photos or professionally-shot portraits provide the best results.

If you're not sure whether a memorial photo is good enough to use, please contact us. We can accept images in print, or in high resolution via email.

More about our range of memorials

To find out more about our standard range of memorials, please see our online brochure. 

For advice about our bespoke service or to see samples, please contact us or pay us a visit.