At UK Memorials, Corian is one of our most popular materials—and with good reason. In this blog, we’ll explore what makes Corian such a smart and meaningful choice for memorial plaques.
Exceptional Durability with Minimal Maintenance
In today’s busy world, we often need memorials that are both beautiful and low-maintenance. While wooden plaques can be stunning, they do require regular care to preserve their appearance. Corian offers an ideal alternative: it’s a man-made material composed of stone dust and resin, giving it a natural stone-like appearance with added resilience.
Highly durable and weather-resistant, Corian can endure harsh outdoor conditions without deteriorating. Best of all, it requires very little upkeep—just the occasional wipe-down to keep it looking its best.
Limitless Personalisation Options
A memorial should be as unique as the person it commemorates. Corian offers outstanding flexibility in design, making it easy to create a plaque that reflects your loved one’s personality. Choose from a wide array of colours, from classic stone tones like slate and sandstone to more modern shades such as Designer White or Laguna Blue.
Unlike traditional stone, which can limit the size and detail of engraved elements, Corian supports laser engraving. This allows for highly detailed imagery and fine text to be deeply etched and colour-filled with precision.
Corian is also incredibly versatile in shape. Whether you want a standard rectangular plaque or something more distinctive like a heart or cross, the material can be easily cut to suit your design. You can also recess smaller plaques into larger ones for a layered, custom effect.
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Our Corian plaques can be mounted on a variety of tree stakes, many of which are handcrafted by our skilled blacksmiths and galvanised for long-lasting use.
If you’re considering a Corian memorial plaque and have any questions, don’t hesitate to get in touch. We’re here to help.
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A memorial cross is a meaningful way to remember a loved one and here at UK Memorials we make a range of different memorial crosses. One of our less traditional cross options is our Corian crosses.
Since Corian is one of the lesser-known materials that we use, we thought we’d explain a bit more about what Corian is and why it could make an ideal choice for a memorial cross.
What is Corian?
Corian is a manufactured material composed of 66% natural minerals derived from a type of sedimentary rock called bauxite ore and 33% acrylic polymer (resin). Put more simply, it is a mix of natural stone dust and synthetic resin. Despite being manufactured, Corian actually looks and feels very similar to natural stone. It is cold to the touch and available in many colours and patterns to make it appear like its natural stone counterparts, such as slate, granite, and marble.
Other features of Corian include the fact that it is non-toxic, non-allergenic, and has received certifications for its environmental performance, such as the SCS (Scientific Certification Systems) certification for recycled materials. These are important features for us here at UK Memorials as our ethos is to protect the environment so when thinking about how to create our memorial crosses we strive to source environmentally-friendly materials. Our Corian crosses won’t pollute the ground or nearby water sources, vegetation, and wildlife.
Why choose Corian?
The main benefit of Corian is it’s durability. It is longer-lasting than more traditional choices for memorial crosses, such as wood, and it wont stain easily or lose its visual appearance for decades. Corian also has low moisture absorption and is resistant to humidity, freeze-thaw conditions, and environmental pollutants, meaning our crosses are suitable for all elements.
Another benefit of our Corian crosses is the fact that they are virtually maintenance-free. Unlike some other materials, Corian doesn’t need to be treated regularly and its smooth surface can be easily wiped clean if it comes into contact with dirt or soil.
Visually, our Corian crosses are completely smooth with no flaws, where other materials, such as natural stones will have natural grains and markings. Whilst some people find these imperfections interesting, for those that want a clean, flawless memorial, Corian crosses are definitely the better choice.
Our Selection of Corian Crosses
We make our Corian crosses on-site in two different styles: ‘The Standard Memorial Cross’ and ‘The Celtic Cross’. Our standard cross style is a simple and traditional cross shape, while our Celtic cross is more elaborate and decorative. Both styles can be made in a variety of colours and sizes ranging from small to large.
Our designers have access to a large range of fonts and images and will work with you to create the perfect design for your cross. Once your layout is agreed on by yourself, we laser engrave your design onto the cross and fill it with paint. For lighter coloured Corian crosses, we recommend black, brown, dark green, and blue paint, whereas white, light grey, gold, and silver letter colours are recommended for slate grey Corian.
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Versatile and cost-effective, Corian memorials are the modern choice for lasting tributes.
It might not be the favourite topic of conversation but planning ahead for the future is something we all must consider. This isn’t just for family income or funeral arrangement purposes. It’s about having the choice in advance for your wishes to be documented and respected so when the time comes to carry out your chosen lifetime tributes, they are followed sensitively and compassionately, honouring your choices as closely as possible.
Depending on your wishes, the costs can sometimes mount quite quickly with funeral preparations generating unforeseen expenses which could create an unexpected burden for loved ones in addition to their loss. This is one of the reasons why we offer a choice of cost-sensitive materials to help create long-lasting signs, plaques and memorials for remembering family, friends and pets.
A wider choice of materials.
Time has moved on from traditional granite or slate tombstones being the only hard-wearing, long-lasting material available. There is a much wider choice of materials today than ever before. When visiting church graveyards and crematorium gardens, you’ll find the grounds are populated with gravestones and memorial plaques made from a variety of modern materials.
From wooden crosses to engraved plaques made from brass, stainless steel or aluminium, there is a large selection of hard-wearing natural and man-made materials to help create a special place for loved ones to visit and somewhere permanent to reminisce, remember special moments and leave flowers and gifts.
One of the most popular materials in recent years for creating contemporary memorials is Corian, a versatile and durable man-made material developed in the 1960s. Corian is used in a variety of industries and its key qualities are found within its ability to withstand exposure to the elements all year round.
Despite its original purpose to provide a heat-resistant, mould-resistant, scratch-resistant worktop surface in kitchens and bathrooms, Corian has firmly established itself as an extremely functional and affordable alternative to granite. In appearance, Corian is very similar to granite and stone dust is actually used in the manufacturing process.
The unique surface of Corian resists fading, scratches and stains. It can be sculpted into many forms and engraved with words or pictures. It is suitable for indoor or outdoor use and is weatherproof against damage caused by the sun, the wind and the rain.
Another reason why Corian is particularly popular is the way this man-made material is created from sustainable and renewable sources. Corian is made from a mixture of acrylic resin, natural minerals and pigments. It has the cold-to-touch feel of real stone as well as the matt finish and substantial weight. Corian is an environmentally friendly material designed to last for many decades, without impacting on its surroundings.
With funeral, burial and crematory costs rising, Corian is a preferred choice for engraved signs, nameplates and tree markers. The finished memorial has the appearance of a traditional stone memorial but without the variation in composition, flaws or cracks.
The surface is renewable and suitable for making additions or alterations. You may wish to have favourite quotes, memorable sayings or pictures taken from illustrations or photographs, inscribed in the Corian surface.
Memorials for pets and people.
A Corian memorial is as suitable for pets as well as humans and there has been a recent increase in the number of requests for Corian plaques for woodland and garden use as well as in church graveyards and cemeteries.
Corian memorials and Corian plaques are cost-effective, durable and versatile. They are a popular choice for indoor and outdoor tributes to loved ones. You can browse examples of our work online and we would be happy to discuss designs with you to help create a thoughtful, long-lasting tribute that will withstand the weather and offer a special place to relive cherished memories.
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