An adhesive commemorative plaque to stick on a headstone.

Engraving an epitaph on a plaque to stick in a memorial park, it exists.

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In some cemeteries, there is not a lot of space for the tomb. In fact when we look at an American cemetery, there is only the headstone. Laying a memorial plaque is quiet complicated, because there is no tomb.

The question is, how can I pay homage without a memorial plaque ? 

The answer Renaud Gravure has found is an adhesive granite plaque. Apparently, there is an adhesive at the back, and as soon as you receive the plaque, you can put the plaque on the headstone. 

If you want just to engrave the epitaph, it is possible. We have seen on their website that you can engrave the message you want, it means an epitaph too. 

A memorial plaque with an epitaph. 

In other situations, an adhesive granite memorial plaque can be useful. If the deceased wanted to be incinerated, thus there is no tomb. So you may have to stick a plaque on a kind of wall. Then this type of commemorative plaque is an advantage. 

There is a lot of choice on their website, here is their link : https://www.plaque-funeraire.fr/en/adhesive-memorial-plaques/

An unveiling ceremony plaque.

A plaque for an unveiling ceremony made in France !!

On this website it is possible to create a unveiling plaque. They engrave it, according to your instructions.

There are several types of stone.

You can select a slate plaque, for a house for instance. Or marble, granite or even glass. On the website there are all the informations you need. In France, it's actually pretty common to see slate for a house number or an unveiling ceremony plaque. Moreover, this is the company who designed the Cartier's plaque in the world. 

It is a French website, but still easy to conceive. French work, especially in art as is the art workshop Renaud Gravure provides excellent product. Whatever the stone you will choose, it will be engraved. Renaud Gravure is an art workshop of engravers. 

An artistic commemorative plaque.

Creating your personal plaque, a unique masterpiece, an artistic commemorative plaque ! 

Here is an excellent website, where you can create a personalised grave plaque. As it is your own creation, it is different from the common plaques. Above all, it is unique. Isn't it what we want, offering a unique commemorative glass plaque for a unique person ?

According to them, you are able to customise a plaque already available and drawn or you can make your own. There is a lot of patterns, and their software is easy to use, very simple. Actually, it is true. 

As you might consider, the result is impressive. 

Opinions :

When you are ordering on-line, you sometimes doubt about the result, the quality. So you search for any opinions and Google Reviews shows good results. When customers express themselves about this kind of product, we can trust in them.

Engraving of personal photo on memorial.

Personal photo engraved on memorial plaques. 

We often find commercial websites that do not let us download our photo on the memorial plaque. There is one that suggests you the possibility to add your own photo on the plaque. 

Actually, in the Renaud Gravure's online software you can download a drawing, a photo, a portrait, everything that is not available on the catalogue. 

Plus, the engraver will draw himself the photo, and will send you a preview you have to agree before he launches the engraving process. 

 As we can notice, the background has disappeared and the result remains great. This is thanks to the engraver's work on the photo. Moreover, it can be a photo of a couple, it doesn't matter, the price is the same. 

 Finally, portraits can be engraved on a real glass plaques or on granite plaques, according to what you prefer. 

Please find some models here : https://www.plaque-funeraire.fr/en/memorial-plaque-photo/

How to know a plaque is of high quality ?

How can I know the memorial plaque I am about to order is really top-of-the-range ?

Renaud Gravure has been an art workshop led by a professionnal engraver, Jocelyn Renaud, since 1997.

Other companies use laser, painting, serigraphy to create their funeral plaques. This will not last. However, engraving makes the pattern deeper in the stone, that is to say it will last. An authentic engraving is guaranteed more than 50 years.

Laser sounds also a good option. Yes, it will be precise and thin, as can be an engraving, but the laser burns the surface too superficially to be able to last as an engraving.

To know the difference, you can touch. A real engraving has relieves, a proof of sustainability, high quality and hand made.

Plus, if you take a look at the suggested products of the company you are looking at, there is not a lot of possibility, or badly done. While if you order at Renaud Gravure's, you can observe all the ordered plaques, the great result. Moreover, if you want to add your own photo, the engraver will work on it as you wish to make the best result possible.

Finally, we only use high quality prime material. In other word we use deep black granite from India, the best granite for it's darkness and sustainability. We also use real glass, not an acrylic glass. Real glass can resist to outdoors agressions. 

More informations to compare the high quality of memorial plaques. 

Commemorative plaque with gilt.

Gilt with 24 carat gold leaf on a memorial plaque for grave. 

Gilding is technique used in art, that consists in applying gold leaf directly on the product. The engraver artist Jocelyn Renaud uses this technique to his gilt. 

In order to create a colour contrast on plaques, the gilt may be a solution. On a deep black granite plaque, a touch of gold makes it shiny and colourful. At Renaud Gravure's, we suggest you some golden patterns, or text that are stainless. 

24 carat gold leaves : 

Gilded plaque for a French order 

("To our beloved father, his children")

It is the purest gold that exists, there is not copper, brass or metals. It means that it is not oxidizable, and the colour will remain the same forever. 

First we fix a resine especially chosen to resist outdoors, then we set down the leaves. The French company knows how important it is to have a sustainable product, this is why it only uses 24 carat gold leaf. 

Gilt on glass memorial plaques and granite grave plaques: 

The pattern, or the text, which has to be gilded, is engraved in the mass, as are all Renaud Gravure's products. Glass and granite plaques can be gilded. Some patterns are available in the catalogue in the software on-line. 

On both materials the result is sustainable, and possible. It creates a touch of colour, of contrast. It will differenciate your gilded memorial plaque from the others. 

https://www.plaque-funeraire.fr/en/memorial-plaques/gilding/

Original memorials.

A block of glass, what an original memorial plaque. 

This is one of the originality given by Renaud Gravure's funeral plaque. This is an engraved block of glass on an engraved granite plaque. 

You might choose this model if you want to put your memorial on the tomb in the memorial park. It has to be lay down on a flat surface. 

On the picture you can notice there is a portrait and a text. We engrave both. On the on-line software, you can send your own picture, decide its size. Then our engraver will work this image, suggest you a view close to the result, and after your agreement, engrave it. The granite plaque is also engravable, with the text you want. 

This is an example of a photo of a dog, available in the software's catalogue, on the block of glass. As you can observe, there is a short text written down the granite base. You can customize this original memorial plaque by clicking on this link. 

An angel to pay homage

An angel on a commemmorative plaque to pay homage. 

For a late relative, a child or a person we used to call "my angel", we want this connection to appear on a memorial. 

In Renaud Gravure's website, we let you create a plaque with an engraved angel. 

If you decide to customize this plaque, feel free ! You can put the name you want, remove or add text. 

Or you can make your own. In the software, there is a catalogue of patterns to add, and there is a section with different angels. You can choose one of them, change the angle, the size, the place. 

This software, easy to use, make you able to design the plaque you want. If there is a special angel, you can also add it. 

Remember, at Renaud Gravure, everything is engraved, the text and the motive. Thus, your plaque will last with high quality.

Small memorial plaque

Small engraved memorial plaque with stars. 

Sometimes paying our late relative homage is complicated, and hard. Renaud Gravure has decided to suggest you an adhesive memorial plaque for the tomb.

It is a deep black granite plaque for grave. We engrave the pattern of stars in the sky, the text and the name too. Everything is engraved. In fact, engraving a plaque is the solution to make a memorial plaque last. 

If you go on the following link, you can take a look at the characteristics, and even customize this plaque. Renaud Gravure suggests this model, but you can personalize it, by customizing the name, changing the size of the text, or the size of the stars. You are also able to add your own motive. 

This kind of plaque has to be put on a smooth, clean and dry support, such as granite, marble or glass. 

Please visit our website : Memorial plaques

Photo porcelain for memorial plaque.

An original porcelain photo for a tomb or a tombstone.

When we visit someone's grave, the one of a friend or a relative, it's a terrible moment in a memorial park where everything is sad. 

Here is an alternative, a photo porcelain. You can put the late person's portrait on the tombstone, to make the tombstone original, but at least still beautiful. 

You can change the background, choose the shape, and the colour. 

The photoporcelain is made to last, actually it is made according to traditionnal manufacture, with ceramic pigment and a firing at 900°, in order to last. 

This manufacture will last by the heat and the cold, in order to resist all the year long. 

Examples of photoporcelains ordered on Renaud Gravure's french page. 

You can buy a porcelain photo alone or with a memorial grave, as you wish. It will make your gravestone more original. Plus, on the website, you will be able to personalize the one you want.

Square photo porcelain with white border, grey background on a engraved granite plaque.

You can personalize your photo porcelain, with the deceased's portrait. Be sure, it will last thanks to a manufacture done to resist to any weather. 

A great photo porcelain, beautiful and original to remember and pay homage to our late friend.

Blog about engraved memorial plaque

Our activity, artistic memorial plaque. 

Renaud Gravure is a familial company located in France. It sells memorial plaque, even though it sounds sad, the products are very artistic thanks to the engraver's skills. 

Jocelyn Renaud is a professionnal engraver, thus he only proposes beautiful memorial plaques, especially of high quality to satisfy his clients. 

Please read our webpage, https://www.plaque-funeraire.fr/en/ , where you might find a lot of details and informations about what we do and how we do. 

We have chosen to engrave our products, so they can last in time as they are of high quality. What is a plaque of high quality ? It is a plaque made of granite from India, especially chosen for its deep black colour, or in burglarproof cristal, so it can last in time. Moreover, it is properly engraved in the material, thus the texts or drawings will never change.