Archive for the ‘art’ Category

Made In America Cremation Memorial

Monday, March 15th, 2010

Our Made in the USA collection includes our solid walnut American Patriot Military urn. Made in the great Northwest.

American Patriot Military Urn

American Patriot Military Urn

From a talented artist in the Midwest- our sculpted horse keepsake urn:

East Coast creates some of our garden stones and statuary:

Garden Gnome Raindrop Catcher

Garden Gnome Raindrop Catcher

And from right here in the Ozarks, one of my favorite artists’ creation- The Crow Feather Raku funeral urn.

White Crackle Crow Feather Raku Urn

White Crackle Crow Feather Raku Urn

The Bird’s Cry is a Beautiful Song

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Phoenix Reborn by Iron-Phoenix

A Phoenix is a mythical bird that is a fire spirit with a colorful plumage and a tail of gold and scarlet (or purple, blue, and green according to some legends). It has a 500 to 1,000 year life-cycle, near the end of which it builds itself a nest of twigs that then ignites; both nest and bird burn fiercely and are reduced to ashes, from which a new, young phoenix or phoenix egg arises, reborn anew to live again.

Inspired by the image of the Phoenix, the Urn Garden artists have created a keepsake urn in the style of body art.

Phoenix tat, Tattoo Symbol dot com

Phoenix tat, Tattoo Symbol dot com

The Rising Phoenix Keepsake Urn is hand painted, industrial molded resin.  Magnetic lift off lid. Can be permanently sealed.

Rising Phoenix Keepsake Urn

Rising Phoenix Keepsake Urn

All this talk about wood….

Friday, March 5th, 2010
Jefferson St. Tree Sculpture

Jefferson St. Tree Sculpture

This sculpture is from the 2007 ice storm that wrecked this area.

Unusual Survival Kit Staples: Buy a lot of beer.

Beautiful Wood Cremation Urns

Monday, March 1st, 2010

We have a new line of wood cremation urns at Urn Garden. The natural beauty and warmth of wood is an excellent choice for families that plan to keep the ashes in the home or secure at a columbarium or niche at the cemetery.

Old Soul Vintage Style Wood Urn

Old Soul Vintage Style Wood Urn

I like the simplicity of this urn style, vintage look, hand painted details, secure lift off lid.

If your tastes run a little richer and want more flair, this gorgeous black and gold trimmed urn may be more your style.

Laurel Black and Gold Hand-Painted Wood Urn

Laurel Black and Gold Hand-Painted Wood Urn

Our attractive full-size adult urn is solid birch wood, hand-painted by our talented artists in striking black and gold accents. Antiqued brass feet.  Urn loads from the top by lifting the lid.

Celtic Knot Keepsake Urns

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

For less than $200 one of our customers was able to create an Irish themed keepsake collection for their loved one.

Celtic Starburst keepsake cremation urn

Celtic Starburst keepsake cremation urn

Our metal Celtic keepsake urns are sculpted and cast using the ancient lost wax method, then hand painted and trimmed in Celtic knots and brilliant Austrian crystals, which some believe have a power of their own.

Irish Spirit Celtic Cross Keepsake Urn

Irish Spirit Celtic Cross Keepsake Urn

In addition to the keepsake urns, they selected one of our new styles of cremation keepsake rings.

Celtic Knot Cremation Ash Ring

Celtic Knot Cremation Ash Ring

The Celtic Knot memorial ring jewelry has a secure threaded enclosure to store ashes, lock of hair, or sand from a favorite  beach.

Silver Stars and Golden Clover Memorial Jewelry

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

We recently had a family that purchased several pieces of urn jewelry as a memorial to honor the memory of their loved one. Nature themes were prominent, like the clover urn pendant

Gold Four Leaf Clover Urn Necklace

Gold Four Leaf Clover Urn Necklace

and  silver star urn necklace.

Star Pendant Urn Necklace

Star Pendant Urn Necklace

RIP, Ronald Howes Sr., Inventor of the Easy Bake Oven

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Millions of young girls – and at least some boys – baked their first cookies, cupcakes and brownies because of Ronald Howes Sr.

Howes was a lifelong inventor whose creations ranged from high-tech defense weaponry devices to electrostatic printers, Mr. Howes built an impressive resume that will always be best known for the enormously popular toy that he fathered nearly a half century ago: the Easy-Bake Oven.

At Kenner, one of Mr. Howes’ first jobs was to reformulate Play-Doh to remove some potentially dangerous chemicals in the colorful modeling compound. Mr. Howes also had a hand in creating a modern version of the Victorian era Spirograph.

Sign the family’s guest book.

Join the FCA

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

While trolling around the webs, I stumbled onto the FCA (F*ck Cancer Army) and the bold  “F*ck Cancer” fashion statement.

The Lion in the Closet. Brave Heart Lion Urn

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

Brave Heart Lion Keepsake Urn

This sculpture by one of the Urn Garden artists keeps coming around, and there’s always a wild story to go with it.  The latest is a client who was involved with a Las Vegas animal rescue operation back in the ’80’s. She handled exotics.

Big cats and monkeys.

Funny thing, this story had a familiar ring to it.

Turns out, she had the ashes of a lioness that had been in the closet all these years. She stumbled on to our Brave Heart lion keepsake urn while shopping for a different style cremation urn for another sad occasion.

One look and she knew she had to deal with the lion in the closet. She’s only has half the ashes.  This urn is designed for keepsake size portions and won’t accommodate all of her ashes.  But she has a plan.

Urban Memorial Art New York City

Friday, February 19th, 2010

Miss Heather,  of NYC gave us a garden tour of some of the memorials spotted lately in her Greenpoint neighborhood.

But first, a brief history moment.

Early Colonization of Greenpoint:

Greenpoint was originally inhabited by Keskachauge Indians, a sub-tribe of the Lenape. Contemporary accounts describe it as remarkably verdant and beautiful, with Jack pine and oak forest, meadows, fresh water creeks and briny marshes. Water fowl and fish were abundant.

Flash forward to our first projects: Airbrush memorials for Luis* and Malo:

Smaller and more subtle examples include this memorial to Alexander McQueen on the B62 bus stop.

*update: Tribute to Luis located in Bushwick. Not Greenpoint.