Five ceramic trees glazed with human ashes are to go on show in an art exhibition.
Student Emma Fenelon advertised on the internet for people to donate their loved ones' remains for the project.
The 50-year-old from West Norwood, south London, was prompted to experiment with various types of ash after a history lesson on ceramics.
Her artwork will be displayed in Camberwell College of Arts, south London as part of a degree show.
Ms Fenelon received a number of offers and finally accepted donations from two people who arrived with their parents' remains in urns.
Bus driver Michael Wilkinson, 58, turned up with the ashes of his mother Lily May Violet and father John who died in 1993 and 1996.
"He said he thought his mum would have been thrilled about it and his dad would have come around," Ms Fenelon said.
Felicity Collins, 62, also offered her art-loving mother Kathleen's ashes because she had run out of ideas where to sprinkle them.
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