2023, the year of the side hustle: Photographer by day, cremation ring artisan on the side

Underwater photographer Andrew Lim started a cremation ring side hustle after his father had a suspected heart attack. ST PHOTO: CHONG JUN LIANG
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SINGAPORE – A piece of grandma’s bedsheet. A pet toy. Part of a leather wallet.

Mr Andrew Lim, 31, has received all these sentimental objects from clients with one simple request – to immortalise a memory of their departed loved one in a cremation ring.

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