When someone who is very close to you passes away, you will likely go through a range of emotions. Certainly, you will experience some overwhelming grief as you realise that they will no longer be directly in your life, but you will also experience some happiness as well, as you remember the good times you had together and the contributions that they made. You will certainly want to memorialise them as much as possible and provide a fitting funeral and burial process. An important part of this process is to create and install a headstone for the grave, and you may well be interested in the latest technology here. How can you make a truly fitting gravestone using modern methods?
The Old-Fashioned Way
For generations, the words on a gravestone would have been painstakingly etched into the granite by hand by experienced artisans. This approach could take a considerable amount of time. While the work of the artisan would always be first class, it would nevertheless be very similar in style to all the other headstones that would surround it in the graveyard.
Laser Etching
Today, you have additional choices that have been introduced as a result of new technologies. Now, it is possible to get not just words but also images etched into granite using specially designed laser machines. These use a complicated set up of lenses and mirrors that focus a very powerful beam as a high energy heat source. This goes to work on the surface of the granite to blast away the top layer and reveal the lighter shade underneath. When this is done, the resulting image is displayed in high resolution.
Images and Eulogies
It is possible to recreate an image of the departed, a different type of image that represents a favourite memory or something that they would have been particularly proud of during their lifetime. With granite etching, it's also possible to create several paragraphs of text quite easily in a very short space of time, which, in the past, would have taken the artisan many a long hour of painstaking work.
Long-Lasting
Laser engraving is not just beautiful, it's meant to last and it is estimated that it will retain its visual appearance for many centuries into the future without degradation.
Have a word with your funeral director to see how you can eulogise your friend or relative by using laser etching options.
Share