Ashes & Memorial Jewelry

Custom Cremation Jewelry Made With Ashes

Custom cremation jewelry made with a loved one's ashes. Every piece here can be built to your design, in the metal and width you choose, with the ashes set into the piece and sealed under a clear protective coating. Start from a design you like, or from nothing at all, and we will work it out together. There is no customization fee.

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Horse Memorial Pendant Necklace with Ashes
Horse Memorial Necklace with Ashes
$1,207.00 --15% $1,044.00
$1,207.00
Memorial Ring Set
Memorial Rings Inlaid with Ashes and Topaz
$2,070.00 --30% $1,584.00
$2,070.00
Green Ring with Ashes | Memorial Jewelry
Green Memorial Ring with Ashes and Enamel
From $438.00 --33% $327.00
From $438.00
Orange Enamel Memorial Ring in Titanium
Titanium Memorial Ring with Orange Enamel
From $438.00 --33% $327.00
From $438.00
Purple Enamel Memorial Ring
Custom Memorial Ring with Purple Enamel and Ashes in Titanium
From $438.00 --33% $327.00
From $438.00
Red Memorial Ring with Ashes and Enamel
Red Memorial Ring with Ashes and Enamel
From $438.00 --33% $327.00
From $438.00
Yellow Enamel Memorial RIng
Custom Memorial Ring with Yellow Enamel and Ashes
From $438.00 --33% $327.00
From $438.00

Turning ashes into jewelry, designed with you

Everything in this collection holds cremated ashes. What makes it different from browsing a catalogue is that any of it can change. The metal, the width, what sits alongside the ashes, whether there is engraving inside the band. Most people arrive with a rough idea rather than a finished design, and that is a perfectly normal place to start.

How turning ashes into jewelry works

We machine a channel into the piece, set the ashes into it, and seal the inlay under Ring Armor. The ashes stay visible. We need about two tablespoons, roughly 30 grams, for any piece, and whatever is left over comes back to you in your own container, in the same box as the finished jewelry.

If you do not have two tablespoons, send what you have and tell us. Ashes divided among family members, or a small amount kept back years ago, come up constantly. We can lay colored enamel behind a thin inlay so no bare metal shows.

The full process is here, covering how much we need, how to ship ashes legally, and what happens while they are with us.

Jewelry for human ashes

These pieces are made for a person. Ashes from two people can go into one piece, whether that is two parents or a grandparent and a grandchild. They can sit in separate channels, be divided by a metal pinstripe, or be blended into a single inlay. There is no maximum.

Making something for a pet instead? That is pet memorial jewelry, where fur, whiskers, hoof and collar are options alongside ashes.

What can go alongside the ashes

Crushed birthstone. A stone in a color they were known for. Meteorite, dinosaur bone, antler or wood. Sand from a place they loved. A string from their guitar. Colored enamel to lift the ashes and give the inlay depth. Any metal works, including titanium, tungsten, black ceramic, black zirconium, Damascus, gold, platinum and sterling silver.

Starting a custom piece

There are three ways in. Find something close in this collection and use the "Customize or Ask a Question" button on it, which opens a conversation about that specific design. Send us your idea directly. Or book a free design consultation and talk it through with someone who builds these.

Whichever way you start, you will get an accurate price quote to approve or adjust before any work begins. There is no customization fee, so a custom design costs the same as the same piece off the shelf.

Get all your questions about jewelry made with cremation ashes answered in our education center:
Custom Cremation Jewelry for a Person →
Custom Cremation Jewelry for a Pet →

Custom Cremation Jewelry Made With Ashes FAQs

What is the best company to turn ashes into jewelry?

Someone with many years of experience with setting ashes into jewelry. Someone who makes the item by hand, without shipping anything offshore. Jewelry by Johan pioneered ash-inlay cremation jewelry when our founder thought beyond capsules for keeping a loved one around. We have been doing ash inlays since 2009 for more than 200,000 customers, everything is made by hand in Minnesota, and every piece carries a lifetime craftsmanship warranty.

How much does it cost to have ashes turned into jewelry?

Between roughly $200 and several thousand depending on metal and design, with most custom pieces landing between $300 and $900. There is no customization fee. You will always get a firm quote to approve before we start, along with a mockup photo or rendering on request.

How do cremation rings work?

A channel is cut into the band. The ashes go into that channel and are sealed under a clear, hard coating called Ring Armor. Nothing screws open. The ashes become structural rather than stored, which is why the ring can be worn every day. We'll even repair the coating for free at any time if it does somehow get damaged, it's a part of our lifetime service guarantee.

Is it safe to handle ashes?

They are sterile and safe to touch. Cremation reaches roughly 1,400 to 1,800°F, which destroys nearly all organic material and leaves inert bone mineral behind. This question comes up often from people worried about handling ashes.

Can I send something of theirs as well as ashes?

Yes. Wood, sand, a guitar string, dried flowers, hair, we can work with nearly anything. Put each item in its own labeled container inside the same box and tell us how you would like them arranged. If ashes are in the box, the whole package travels under special ash shipping instructions that we give you after you order.

Can you make a piece that is not a ring?

Yes, including pendants, necklaces, bracelets, cufflinks, earrings, tie clips, and more. The ash requirement stays the same: two tablespoons regardless of the piece. We'll send back whatever we don't use.

Johan Rust at Jewelry by Johan

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