They're a strange lot in Shotton - it's all that steel dust in the air... ;-)
-----Original Message----- From: klf-bounces+chris=k23productions.com@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:klf-bounces+chris=k23productions.com@mailman.xmission. com] On Behalf Of John Sent: 29 November 2004 23:18 To: All bound for Mu-Mu Land. Subject: [KLF] Ashes to Diamonds
Perhaps some link between the burnt million and MyDeath could be formed?
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Alexandra builds success from ashes Nov 28 2004 Laura Kemp, Wales on Sunday
A WEBSITE company offering a unique after-death service has been flooded with requests - for ashes to be turned into diamonds!
The newly-formed company, Life Without You, allows people to post their goodbye messages to loved ones before they die.
And as well as providing the opportunity to write your own eulogy and arrange the guest list for your funeral, you can choose to have your ashes made into a diamond!
North Wales managing director Alexandra Gavin said she has had a lot of interest!
She said: "The diamond option has been very popular. People like to have something to remember their loved ones by.
"We can also have the ashes blown up in a firework - which is what I plan to do. I'm going to go up over Abersoch, in North Wales, where I grew up.
"I just want people to celebrate at my funeral. I don't want it to be morbid. Some people want to go out with a bang."
But the cost of living on as a precious gem isn't cheap.
One diamond, of between 0.25 and one carat, will set you back between £2,250 and £11,950.
The service is run through Lifegem UK, which sends the ashes to America where they are blasted in extremely high temperatures under special conditions.
The carbon from the ashes is mixed with carbon used in the diamond formation process.
The resulting diamond has a yellow tint, which is caused by the nitrogen contained in human ashes which cannot be removed.
Alexandra, who lives in Shotton, near Mold, had the idea for the website when one of her close friends died suddenly.
The 27-year-old communication studies and law graduate said: "A friend of mine died in February 2003 in a car crash. He was only 27, and it was the first time one of my friend's had died.
"It was a real shock.
"He had a very good funeral, but I just thought how sad it was that he didn't have chance to say goodbye. It got me thinking how I could help people say goodbye before they die."
The website, which only went online two weeks ago, offers a range of services, including writing your own guest list for your funeral.
As for the future, Alexandra says: "We hope to speak to the company who are planning to operate the first commercial flights into space - then you could have your ashes scattered in space!"
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