What Defines a Modern Headstone?
Modern headstones can be crafted in a wide variety of colors and shapes. They are often made from multiple materials. Combinations with wood, glass, metal, and high-quality natural stone are common. Unlike traditional headstones, this mix of materials brings about very modern, new, and contemporary designs. Inscriptions, epitaphs, and ornaments are not just engraved into the stone. They can also be featured as a stone plaque or in the form of raised metal letters.
Clear, linear forms are just as conceivable as intricate ornaments. Two-part headstones, which can be made from solid, colored cast glass with bronze, provide special highlights.
Increasingly popular recently are highly individual and personalized unique headstones, featuring metal embellishments, glass elements, or even Swarovski crystals.
The latest trend in designing a distinctive, individual, and modern stone piece is the adornment of metal and glass elements with Swarovski crystals or the embedding of these sparkling stones into the surface of the stone plaque.
Another trend is leaning towards square grave pillars and slimmer grave steles.