--- title: "Tattoo With Ashes" id: "1927" type: "page" slug: "tattoo-with-ashes" published_at: "2021-01-15T22:05:57+00:00" modified_at: "2026-06-02T09:12:04+00:00" url: "https://testsite1.vip/tattoos-with-ashes/making-tattoos-with-cremation-ashes/tattoo-with-ashes/" markdown_url: "https://testsite1.vip/tattoos-with-ashes/making-tattoos-with-cremation-ashes/tattoo-with-ashes.md" excerpt: "Tattoo With Ashes Tattoo With Ashes: The Permanent Way To Carry A Loved One With You Getting a..." --- # Tattoo With Ashes ### Tattoo With Ashes: The Permanent Way To Carry A Loved One With You ## Getting a tattoo with your loved one’s ashes infused into the ink, an international service from Cremation Ink ® that lets your local artist do the rest. Wondering how to get a tattoo with ashes? You’ve come to the right place. This page covers what’s involved, what other things people do with cremation ashes, and why so many families now choose a tattoo as the option that stays with them for life. ![finding an artist to do tattoos with ashes](https://testsite1.vip/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/finding-an-artist-to-do-tattoos-with-ashes.jpg) ### Tattoos Infused With Your Loved One’s Ashes Getting a tattoo with ashes is especially loved by long-time tattoo fans, but nowadays even clients who’ve never had a tattoo before are ordering bottles of [Cremation Ink ®](https://cremationink.com/) to have a memorial tattoo done with their loved one’s ashes in it. For a lot of people, this becomes their very first tattoo, and the depth of meaning behind it is often more powerful than any first-tattoo decision people make. Our service is professional and we’re recognised as experts in the field of [tattoos with ashes](https://cremationink.com/tattoos-with-ashes/) . The reason it works is that we handle the technical side off-site in our UK lab, then send you a finished bottle of professional tattoo ink with your loved one’s ashes properly infused into the pigment. Your local tattoo artist then tattoos you with it the same way they’d use any other quality professional ink. No specialist artist needed, no risk to their licence, no worry about contaminants going into your skin. Just a beautiful memorial tattoo, done properly. The full step-by-step on how the ink is created is covered on our [making tattoos with cremation ashes](https://cremationink.com/tattoos-with-ashes/making-tattoos-with-cremation-ashes/) page, and the way ashes become ink is covered on our [turn ashes into tattoo ink](https://cremationink.com/tattoos-with-ashes/making-tattoos-with-cremation-ashes/turn-ashes-into-tattoo-ink/) page. ![tattoo with cremation ashes](https://testsite1.vip/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/tattoo-with-cremation-ashes.jpg) ### Other Things People Do With Cremation Ashes There are several other options families consider when the ashes come back from the [crematorium](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crematorium) , and many of our clients do more than one. They might keep a portion for the urn, scatter another part somewhere meaningful, and keep a small amount aside for a memorial tattoo. None of those choices are wrong. Let’s run through a couple of the popular alternatives so you can think about what feels right for you. ### Scattering Ashes At Sea Scattering your loved one’s ashes at sea is an old boating tradition. Commonly at the same time, wreaths and loose flowers are placed in the water to ease their travels. A few practical notes for anyone planning this. Try to choose a calm day. Family and friends getting seasick on the trip out is not going to make anyone happy. Seasickness tablets for everyone before you set off is always a smart idea. If the open seas aren’t for you, scattering in running water or at a lake is just as beautiful. The water carries your loved one onwards, slowly, in a quiet and natural way. Just check the wind and weather on the day, and stand with the wind behind you so the ashes carry away from you rather than back into your face. ![how to get a tattoo with ashes](https://testsite1.vip/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/how-to-get-a-tattoo-with-ashes.jpg) ### A Beautiful Story From One Of Our Clients One of our clients told us this, and we’ve never forgotten it. She had reserved a small amount of her late husband’s ashes for her cremation tattoo ink. The rest, she took to a steep waterfall he had loved to visit. It was a long, hard climb to the top, but when she finally got there, she found a small group of young people tightrope-walking from one side of the waterfall to the other. She got talking to one of them, told him why she was there. He said that if she wished, they would take the ashes to the dead centre of the waterfall and sprinkle them in for her. She was ecstatic. What she didn’t know was that two of the group had drones. While she watched from the edge, they all burst into quiet action. The drones lifted off. A short, gentle ceremony unfolded. Her husband’s ashes were walked across the line to the centre of the waterfall and poured in. A few weeks later she received a video in the post. The drones had been recording the whole thing. The footage had been edited together into a stunning short film of the scattering, the waterfall, her husband going home. Sometimes the right way to remember someone finds you, rather than the other way around. And sometimes the loveliest thing about reserving a small amount of ashes for a tattoo is that it leaves you free to do something extraordinary with the rest. ![getting a tattoo with ashes](https://testsite1.vip/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/getting-a-tattoo-with-ashes.jpg) ### Biodegradable Urns If the idea of going back to nature resonates, a biodegradable urn may be the right option. You place the ashes in the urn and intern it in a meaningful spot. As nature takes its course, the urn and the ashes slowly biodegrade and soak gently back into the ground. A beautiful idea for anyone who’s lost a nature-lover, or someone who always had an affinity for their footprint on the earth. The Bio Urn version takes this further, with a seed at the top, so a tree slowly grows from the spot. Over years, the roots draw nutrients from the ashes and the tree itself becomes a living memorial. ### Why The Tattoo Stays The Most Personal Choice The reason we hear from so many clients is that, of all the options, the tattoo is the one that stays with them. Scattering is beautiful, but it’s a one-time act. An urn is gentle, but it sits on a shelf. A biodegradable urn is moving, but it’s somewhere else, growing slowly without you watching. A tattoo with ashes goes with you everywhere. Every day. For the rest of your life. For a lot of people, that’s the bit that finally tips them. The wanting-them-close doesn’t go away. A tattoo, with a small amount of your loved one infused into the ink by Cremation Ink ®, answers that wanting quietly, in a way nothing else really does. If you’d like to explore more around the safety and process side, the [safe cremation ash tattoo](https://cremationink.com/tattoos-with-ashes/safe-cremation-ash-tattoo/) page covers it in depth, and the [cremation ashes tattoos near me](https://cremationink.com/tattoos-with-ashes/cremation-ashes-tattoos-near-me-2/) page covers how to find the right artist. Our [process](https://cremationink.com/the-process-of-ashes-into-tattoo-ink/) page walks through how we make the ink at our end, step by step. When you feel ready, you can [order your inks here](https://cremationink.com/shop/) . We’ll send out a kit, walk you through it, and look after the rest. Or [contact us](https://cremationink.com/contact-us/) first if you’d like to talk it through. ![Tattoo With Ashes FAQs](https://testsite1.vip/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ashes-tattoo-facts.jpg)Tattoo With Ashes FAQs #### How do I get a tattoo with ashes? Order from Cremation Ink ® and we’ll send you a kit. You post us about a tablespoon of your loved one’s ashes, and our lab takes them through full preparation: contaminant removal, sterilisation, and infusion into our high quality professional pigment. The finished bottle is then sent to you, ready for your local tattoo artist to use the same as any other ink. #### Can my local tattoo studio just mix the ashes themselves? We strongly recommend against it, and most reputable studios will refuse. Cremation ashes still contain heavy metals, medicinal residue and other contaminants that have to be extracted before anything goes under the skin. A studio autoclave isn’t enough on its own. The proper approach is to use Cremation Ink ® to handle the lab work, then take the finished bottle to your local studio. #### How much of my loved one’s ashes do you need? About a tablespoon per bottle of ink. You keep the rest, and any ashes Cremation Ink ® doesn’t use in the process are returned to you alongside the finished bottle. #### Can I use just a portion of my loved one’s ashes for the tattoo, and do something else with the rest? Yes, and lots of clients do exactly that. Many families keep some in an urn, scatter some at a meaningful spot, and reserve a small portion for the memorial tattoo. There’s no rule that says you have to choose only one tribute. The tablespoon we need for the tattoo leaves the rest entirely to you. #### Is a tattoo with ashes safe? Yes, when Cremation Ink ® has prepared the ink. The ashes go through full contaminant removal and sterilisation before they’re infused into our pigment, so the bottle that reaches your tattoo artist is safe to use under the skin. From there, the tattoo heals exactly like any other quality tattoo. #### Will my local artist be able to use the ink? Yes. The Cremation Ink ® bottle behaves like any other quality professional tattoo ink, so any good local artist can use it without any special training. They simply pour it into their ink pot and tattoo you with it. #### Do I need to be a tattoo fan to do this? No. Plenty of our clients have their tattoo with ashes as their very first tattoo. The reasoning behind it is often more powerful than any first-tattoo decision people make. #### Can I have a tattoo with ashes for a pet? Yes. The process is exactly the same. Many of our clients have ink made for a dog, cat, horse or another companion they’ve lost. #### Will the tattoo fade or look different? No more than any other quality professional tattoo. The pigment Cremation Ink ® uses is high grade and built for the long term, with good resistance to UV, so the tattoo stays bright and clear after healing. #### How long does the whole process take? Once your loved one’s ashes arrive at Cremation Ink ®, the finished ink is usually ready within five to nine days. 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