Val Grinshpan is the creator of our popular bronze angel dog and kitty pet urns .

Val came to the USA from Russia in 1989 during the collapse of the Soviet Union. His training in Russia was with wood, ivory, stone carvings, folk art and small gifts and custom jewelry settings. In 2002, he started Carvax Inc. and began sculpting his own designs in wax for custom orders, and later started building prototypes for furniture hardware and kitchen and bath pulls, which has become the core of the business.

The urn line was pure accident, Val had received a custom order from a client who wanted a pet urn sculpted. Happy with the results, he then created one for his own beloved German Shepard, Timber.

The beauty of Val’s work and the quality is evident. Timberland Urns are made in the USA. He feels that he can maintain quality control better and casts only 35 pieces of art from a silicon mold in order to maintain the great detail.

We’ve just added two of Val’s new creations: a marble urn topped with a golf sculpture and the marble vault style urn, Creation of Man . Val has also introduced a line of beautifully sculpted horse urns for the equestrian lovers.