Death means you need to say goodbye to your loved one. It is obviously that this is a painful process and most people are difficult to accept it. A way to appease pain is to make and keep a unique item that can help you recall the memory about your loved one. Thus, memorial plaque is a optimum choice.

The Origin of Memorial Plaque

In the 19th century, as the warning of death, mourning jewelry was a great hit among all walks of life. Although its original intention is to alert living person that everyone die in end through make the relics of the dead into beautiful jewelry and necklace. However, this practice also reminds people that all of us can be remembered forever. So was born the memorial plaque. After years of development, memorial plaque have dozens of styles. The shapes are irregular. But for who have a lovely pet, paw shape memorial plaque would be their faves.

The Materials of Memorial Plaque

Memorial plaque is usually made of wood, stone or bronze. Nevertheless, as the growth of technology, synthetic materials are also used to make plaque. Let’s walk through them.

Bronze

Bronze has been used as the material of plaque for a long time. Most bronze memorial plaque  are rectangle with the image of the dead and their introduction,like name, date of birth and the words that living soul want to express to them carved on the plaque. This kind of memorial plaque is full of retro flavor. Besides, it is unbreakable and light.

Wood

Wood is the oldest material for memorial plaque. At first, because of the limitation of condition, people can only use knife to carve several short sentences on it. As technology evolves, image like the photo of the dead, the wings of angel, plant, special symbols or other intricate patterns are added to extend the content. Also, you can add colour picture to wood plaque if you think the wood surface is boring. The traditional carving is embedded. Now, some buyers will also choose relief.

Stone

Stone is another material that common used in making memorial plaque. Among others, granite is most popular for its high solidity and abundant colors. Black granite memorial plaque is in vogue.By reason of the natural color and high luster, the picture engraved on granite will be more real than the one engraved on other materials. In addition, since there are a various processing method for stone, the visual effect you can see on them is manifold and the pattern carved on memorial plaque are richer. Flower, mountain, cloud, house, ocean, etc, all of the natural landscape can be shown on granite surface and painted colored.

Crystal

Crystal memorial plaque looks elegant and luxury, but since its shape is similar to trophy and the price of crystal is higher than any other materials, people seldom take it as their first choice.

Synthetic Material

To attract customers, some manufacturer use synthetic material to make memorial plaque. The main composition is polyethylene. This kind of memorial plaque have many shapes and sizes. Some of them look like crystal, others are antique. But their lifetime is shorter than natural material.

The Shape of Memorial Plaque

The most classic shape is rectangle for its exclusive advantage in layout. However, in recent years, a number of customers prefer heart shape memorial plaques. Although its area may be smaller, but the lovely appearance still attract many consumers. Other shapes like oval, square, book shape, butterfly shape are also pervasive on market. Cat or dog memorial plaque are generally made into paw shape. Only few customers will customize unique shape memorial plaque.

The Words for Memorial Plaque

Most words leaving on memorial plaque show the love and yearning of the living for the dead. In the past, some of them may be resounding poems or quotes,others may be God’s words coming from Bible or the view of the dead on life. However, now people prefer to leave their opinion to the dead like "She is the greatest mother  " or "You graced us with smile". If you really does not know what to write, just leave the name, date of birth and date of dearth about the dead.

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