Methods to solidify cremation remains

A method to solidify cremation remains, the method comprising:

• milling the cremation remains to a reduced particle size;
• adding water to the cremation remains to produce a mixture;
• shaping the mixture into wet ware by dividing the mixture into a plurality of objects, wherein the wet ware comprises the plurality of objects;
• drying the wet ware into greenware that is sufficiently dry for firing;
• and
• firing the greenware in a kiln until solidified to a plurality of cremains solids;
• wherein the mixture is a claylike mass, and wherein the shaping is accomplished by rolling or extruding the claylike mass into an elongated form, positioning the elongated form across a shaping apparatus and forming portions of the claylike mass into the plurality of objects;
• and
• wherein the shaping apparatus is a ball-shaping apparatus having a pair of members with complementary groove pairs that pinch portions of the claylike mass into the groove pairs to form the plurality of objects within the groove pairs.