We, humans, are mortal beings. Once our loved ones passé away, we strive to keep their memories intact in our mind and show our gratitude towards their deeds and recall the great moments we have spent with them. We have many ways to commemorate them, but memorial plaques are undoubtedly a unique way to express & pay our tributes. 

Usage of Memorial Plaques:

  • Memorial plaques used to mark an internment site, which is flush with the ground, which also terms as headstones because mostly it fixed on the head-side.
  • Gravestones are large slabs of natural stones and covered the entire grave to preserve internment location of the deceased body in the grave. Gravestones like plaques have carving or engraving on the top surface containing quotes and info.
  • Memorial plaques serve as keepsakes for the family, relatives, and fans of loved one to commemorate to gather.
  • You can place memorial plaques in the memorial garden or similar places according to your traditions and practices and pay tributes there apart from the graveyard if it is at far distance like accidental death in another state/country.

Materials Used in Memorial Plaques:

In the ancient era, mostly stones and woods were the choice of material to create memorial plaques. However, with the advent of technologies, today, we have a variety of synthetic materials to create superb memorial plaques with high quality and long-lasting materials. Let’s explore both categories of materials concerning products available at Olympia in Sydney, Australia.

Natural & Traditional Material

In the old days, stones and wooden material were handy to craft memorial plaques for the majority of people. Some elite people were enjoying metallic, and particularly precious metals were used for engraving their plaques like kings and top leader of the world. If we are going to list those traditional and natural material used in the creation of memorial plaques, the following are chief components.

Wood for Memorial Plaques:

Large Wooden Piano Finish Plaque, Acrylic Front

Natural Wooden Memorials:

Natural wood plaques always are looking beautiful and elegant. Being a green material. today it is the most preferred material, and Olympia offers large wooden plaques made from different kinds of wood and sealed with chemicals to save from weathering effects in outdoor applications.

Customisation is possible in shape, size, design, background and font colours & styles as well as embedding of pictures. You can fix the plaque on a headstone or use wooden sturdy tree stake.

 

Oval, Round & Heart Shaped Memorial Wood Plaques:

Oak and Iroko are the best material to craft beautiful wooden plaques. We mostly see round, oval, and heart-shaped memorial wood plaques in practice. Olympia can customise your order by giving background colour, texture, fonts, and border to appear it cloying when you mourn in the memory of your loved ones.

 

Woodland Burials:

Most of the woodland burial sites allow only wood to use in all purposes including memorial plaques. Olympia provides bespoken services to create wood lawn memorial, which is the best solution ever.

 

Brass for Memorial Plaques:

Outdoor Custom Plaque - Brushed Brass

Engraved Brass Memorial Plaque:

Brass is a traditionally used material for memorial plaque creation for centuries. Today brushed brass plate with custom engraving used highly in practice. Olympia can fill letters with different colours and engrave in different font styles.

 

Bronze for Memorial Plaques:

2" Holder, Bronze Desk Plaque

Cast Bronze Memorial Plaques:

Bronze is a traditional metal to show craftsmanship on a memorial plaque. The modern technologies at Olympia bring the best of both of the worlds. 

 

Aluminium for Memorial Plaques:

Outdoor Custom Plaque - SNA Aluminium

Aluminium Memorial Plaques:

Aluminium is a nice metal to offer weatherproof memorial plaques with desired designs and shape. Olympia offers complete customisation offering unique texture, colours, and font styles to make it memorable.  

 

Stainless Steel for Memorial Plaques:

Outdoor Custom Plaque - Stainless Steel

Stainless Steel Memorial Plaques:

Stainless steel is an unbeatable metal when you think of outdoor applications. Steel has added the advantage of being cost-effective yet flexible material to customise the order. Olympia used to provide various options to meet your needs.

 

Silver for Memorial Plaques:

Silver Laser-ply Plate on Piano Finish Black Plaque

Silver Memorial Plaques:

Silver is a costly metal but uses for memorial plaques mostly by the affluent class of people. It is true that plaques are not made entirely from the silver, but a big portion is of silver including surfaces.

 

Gold for Memorial Plaques:

Gold Traffolite, Olympia Gold Plaque

Gold Memorial Plaques:

Like silver, the gold also is a precious metal and mostly used on the graves of Kings and their families. However, gold plated plaques are affordable and have applied by many affluent people. 

 

Stone for Memorial Plaques:

Large Excellence Black Plaque, Marble Blue Plate

Stones for Memorial Plaques:

Headstones are in practice as memorial plaques for centuries. A variety of natural stones are in applications like quartzite, granite, travertine, and marbles are mostly found as gravestones and headstones in most of the graveyards across the globe. Olympia uses marble for the same purpose. 

 

Modern & Artificial Material -

We have seen traditional and natural material used in the construction of memorial plaques for centuries. However, the advent of technologies has brought superior materials for the creation of long-lasting yet affordable memorial plaques in custom design. Olympia is offering a variety of plaques in the following materials.

Porcelain Memorial Plaques:

Porcelain is sturdy, weather-resistant, and durable material with flexibility to create a custom order and Olympia is freely used for memorial plaques.

Acrylic Memorial Plaques:

Acrylic is a modern glass-like translucent material to offer decent looks for a durable plate.

Crystal Memorial Plaques:

Crystal is a high quality option when we engrave it with unique fonts and photos of loved ones in the memorial plaques. Laser engraving has made it possible with high-end results.

Resin Memorial Plaques:

It is unbeatable material to mould your memorial plaque concept into reality, and you can see it in the example here.

 

Types of Shapes of Memorial Plaques:

There are different types of shapes of memorial plaques available in the market. The following are most used in traditional and modern shapes.

Traditional Shapes:

Traditionally, we use the following kinds of memorial plaques in most graveyards.

Plinth/Headstone Type Memorial Plaques:

Headstones are the most common way used in practice to offer memorial plaques to your loved ones. It provides flexibility in shape, size, and engraving to make it right commemorate thing.
 

1” Holder, Gold Wedge

Wedge Type Memorial Plaques:

Desk tablets or flat tablets are popular shapes in memorial plaque ideas. Olympia offers stone, wood, and metals like material to create wedge type memorial plaques.
 

Kerbed Memorial Plaques:

It covers the whole grave with rectangular edge covering. It has different types of headstones attached at the top of the grave provide engraving space to pay tributes to your loved ones.
 

Cross-Type Memorial Plaques:

Printing, painting, or engraving in the cross-shaped headstone or plaque is not a new concept. It is old and traditional practice, but tech advancement has made it more alluring.
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Casket & URN Type Memorial Plaques:

When the deceased body is cremated by burning it up to ash, the remaining are filled in a box called casket or in a pot shape utensil called urn and placed on a dedicated site to pay honour and recall memories of loved ones.
 

Modern Shapes:

Plates of different shapes like oval, rounded, heart-shaped, rectangular, and square or custom shapes

Oval or Rounded Memorial Plaques:

In the modern days, oval or rounded shaped memorial plaques are common, and Olympia has mastery over its formation using various material and the latest engraving technologies.
 

Square or Rectangular Memorial Plaques:

Square or rectangular shapes are common, but now it has a charming look thanks to modern technologies and materials.
 

Obelisk Memorial Plaques:

These are traditional shape used in graveyards the most. It is a tall column pointing toward the sky and mounted on pedestal stone. It is an excellent way to pay mass tributes to a number of people mostly scarifying in war or natural disasters. It also used for individuals in smaller shapes.
 

Custom Heart Shaped Memorial Plaques:

Heart shape plaques are a popular choice nowadays. Many customise it based on material. Stones and woods are the best choice of material to create heart-shaped or custom shaped memorial plaques.
 

Conclusion:

We have seen that the world of memorial plaque is vast, and you have plenty of choices to make the right one for your loved one. Olympia is a serious destination to order a memorial plaque based on your custom concept or idea and unique requirements for material, shapes, sizes, engraving, and styling. Are you ready to share your idea with us?