Cremation & Ashes Jewellery

One teaspoon. A pendant or a ring holds far less than that, but a teaspoon gives us enough to work with. Everything we don't use is returned to you with the finished piece.

Put them in a ziplock bag or a small airtight container, write your order number on it, and post it to Serpent & the Swan, Studio 14, 43-53 Bridge Road, Stanmore NSW 2048. Use tracked post. We make the piece once the ashes arrive.

The ashes are set into the piece and sealed by hand in our studio. The piece doesn't open. There's nothing to unscrew and nothing to lose. You can leave the setting clear so the ashes show, or choose a colour of enamel to sit behind them.

Wear it every day, wash your hands in it, get caught in the rain. Take it off for the pool, the ocean and the shower. Chlorine, salt water and hot soapy water dull silver and gold and are hard on any sealed setting.

Most pieces are finished two to three weeks after your ashes reach the studio. The shooting-star pieces are quicker, about ten to fifteen days. Heart rings set with a stone take four to six weeks. Every piece is made to order, so we don't hold stock.

Yes. The same rings and pendants can hold a lock of hair, and we make rings and pendants around teeth. Those pieces are on our memorial keepsakes page. For a pet, see pet memorial jewellery.

Both are solid metal all the way through, never plated, so both can be polished and repaired for life. Silver tarnishes slowly with wear and polishes back. Gold does not tarnish. Gold comes in yellow, rose or white.

Yes. The metal is solid, so it can be cut and rejoined. Send the ring back to us rather than to a local jeweller, so the sealed setting is handled by the person who made it.

A memorial piece is made for one person and cannot be resold, so please decide before we start. If you want to change the piece, the metal or the size, email info@serpentandtheswan.com before you post the ashes and we'll sort it out.