by Kate Semple | 13 Feb, 2023 | News
As a sculptor working in stone, I spend a lot of time looking at carvings in churches and Cathedrals and try to continually expand my understanding of sculpture both old and new. It is from this research, mixed with my own experience and…
by Kate Semple | 13 Oct, 2022 | News
We were contacted by Kim as she was looking for an urn to hold the ashes of her beloved Dalmatian. She really liked our candle urns, but wanted a different lid and a specific size to hold the correct amount of ashes. First of all we did a few quick sketches to show...
by Kate Semple | 5 Jan, 2022 | News
Creativity can make the most meaningful Memorials I love the positivity of a new year and the feeling of a fresh start. The weight of the past months disappears and I have a burst of enthusiasm and an urge to try new things. It’s a great time of year for me to...
by Kate Semple | 21 Aug, 2021 | News
What a Pleasure to Design a Sculpture for Karen in Memory of her Dad We are lucky enough to meet some wonderful people through Elysium Memorials. Kate has often felt deeply moved and humbled by their stories and honesty and kindness. This was certainly true when...
by Kate Semple | 10 Mar, 2021 | News
Designing and Making a Garden Urn When families or friends lose a loved one and receive the ashes from the funeral director or crematorium, it can take a long time to decide what to do with them, it is a big decision to make! Do they scatter them or keep them?...
by Kate Semple | 21 Feb, 2021 | News
Do You have any Heirlooms? A couple of weeks ago I started a Facebook group THE MUSEUM OF US inviting people to join and post on their treasured heirloom objects and the stories behind them. I’ve been amazed with how it has taken off and the wonderful...
by Kate Semple | 12 Feb, 2021 | News
Getting to Know You How can a meaningful memorial be made without having a sense of the person it is supposed to represent? This is our mantra at Elysium. When a client contacts us, we treat every enquiry as a fresh project and as an individual. Some prefer to...
by Kate Semple | 26 Oct, 2020 | News
We often get asked to help clients choose a line of poetry for their memorials. Finding something that perfectly illustrates their thoughts about a loved one is a tricky job, but when you find the right thing, poetry has the ability to somehow express intense emotion...
by Kate Semple | 26 Oct, 2020 | News
I think it has been since my early childhood, looking through the windows of Playschool on tv that I have been obsessed with how things are made. The sweet factory through the round window, or milk bottles being blown through the square, I loved watching them. Elysium...
by Kate Semple | 18 Jun, 2020 | News
As well as running Elysium, founder Kate Semple is a sculptor and also teaches stone carving at her studio. She has just launched a new website for her courses, so we thought it would be a good opportunity to show what else we get up to. Stone carving can be a great...
by Kate Semple | 4 Nov, 2019 | News
I have been enjoying helping to design a war memorial for a small village in Somerset, this has got me looking at how different towns mark the lives of soldiers lost locally. When visiting relatives in Burbage, Leicestershire, I noticed they had plaques on the houses...
by Kate Semple | 28 Aug, 2019 | News
When I visit my elderly parents the thing we all have to gather round the telly for as their favourite must watch is The Repair Shop. People bring their battered heirlooms, most of them of very little monetary value, but with enormous sentimental value, to be lovingly...
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