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Granite Memorials and Plaques

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Each material that we craft with at UK Memorials can make a memorial stand out in its own way, but we’ve always found there to be an outstanding finish to our granite memorials and plaques. Granite has been a long-lasting popular choice for memorials (traditionally and specifically headstones due to its toughness and durability). This is why we have chosen to continue the tradition of crafting memorials from granite – but we also choose to offer granite memorials with a modern twist.

 

Handcrafted Granite Memorials

Granite has a stand-out, high-quality appearance (particularly when polished by our thorough and expert team). Specialising in bespoke memorials is something that we are incredibly proud of. No two memorials need to look the same, allowing some to honour the traditional layout of a memorial, and others to personalise and modernise a memorial to celebrate the loved one that they’re honouring in a way that feels right for them.

By nature, granite has a natural appearance as a result of being quarried which gives some variation in each piece of stone. Additionally, granite is available in several different colours including shades of black, blue, grey and green – allowing space for our customers a choice when designing a memorial. Our granite memorials and plaques are also available in different thicknesses, shapes (including wedges) and sizes. While we stock some sizes as standard, our talented craftsmen can work with you to achieve the final appearance that you had in mind.

Granite Memorial Wedges and Plaques | The Sign Maker
Granite Wedges

Designing A Bespoke Granite Memorial

Layout and lettering are important features of memorial design. Using a blend of traditional and modern crafting techniques, we can craft granite memorials and plaques that can be cherished for a long time to come. In terms of lettering, we can use a wide range of fonts, and recently we have seen an increase in those choosing to include images in memorials (whether they are photographs or small graphics).

Depending on the level of detail you’d like and the finish you want to achieve, we may choose to sandblast or impact engrave the final design once you have approved a proof copy from us. Impact engraving is still a relatively new technique for us, but one that we have had great success with so far turning out some revolutionary results.

At Uk Memorials, we are proud to craft with quality precision, but we are also proud to be memorial specialists who are able to keep your wishes at the forefront of our craftsmanship and service. Being a family business means that we appreciate the challenges that come with designing a memorial, but we are here to support and advise you throughout the process.

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Heart Shaped Granite Wedge and Black Granite Pet Memorial

Why Granite?

Granite is a timeless classic of a material when it comes to memorials and plaques. Granite’s effortless ability to honour and celebrate the lives of loved ones has been evident since we first began crafting memorials. This material is long-lasting, versatile in terms of design, and a wonderful way to create a tangible record of a life and legacy.

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Crafting Bespoke Memorials with Impact Engraving

Posted on by Kate

At UK Memorials, we pride ourselves on crafting bespoke memorials that are reflective of the loved ones that our customers are honouring. As a result, we have crafted some truly unique pieces over the years – memorials that we are proud to have brought together using a blend of traditional and modern crafting methods by our top-performing craftsmen. Because of the expertise within our team, we enjoy trialling new techniques that enable our memorial tributes to meet and exceed expectations. 

Being client-led pushes us to be constantly looking to better the way we approach crafting our memorials. Most recently, we found that individuals were approaching us wanting clearer imagining and refined details to push the design of their memorials to the next level. Impact engraving has proved itself to be the best way to achieve the results that are greatly sought after. 

The Process Of Impact Engraving

You might be wondering what makes impact engraving different from other engraving techniques? How does impact engraving mark with great precision that standard engravers? Ultimately, it is thanks to the work of a high-speed needle that enables the impact engraver to work to such proficiency. The consistent finish of impact engraving is crafted by the needle repeatedly piercing the surface of the material. Though granite is the material that we trialled this new technique on – we hope to experiment with impact engraving across different stone types to see if it proves successful for other memorials too.

We have been using this new machine for a few months now, and we have received some great feedback about the designs crafted by impact engraving. Despite using this same technique across a number of pieces, each design has a unique appearance (check out our gallery here) as we are able to alter the needle movement’s strength and frequency. These alterations mean that our team can create character and depth with designs, particularly images, and we can craft memorials that are exquisitely detailed. 

Working With Uk Memorials

Crafting a unique memorial is about more than just the design, we also believe that the craftsmanship of these pieces can make a substantial difference. We want your memorial tribute to stand out for all the right reasons – something that we hope we achieved across all of the signage that we are privileged to work on.

If you’d like to know more about the way that we craft our memorials, then please do get in touch with us. If you’ve reached our site and you’re looking for a memorial piece – rest assured that we are a safe pair of hands for a high-quality memorial that has been cared for at every stage of production. We’d love to hear from you and work alongside you on a piece that we know means much more than being just a memorial.