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How do you spell “griffin”? As always, when we spot this ancient image, we try to capture it.
This was on a pillar at a local theater downtown.
The griffin has a narrow appeal. People with that last name, perhaps. Or, medieval architecture enthusiasts. Which rules out Billy Bob Thornton.
This urn style has been around for awhile, but for the family that does want the ancient symbol of protection we’ve added this bronze urn. Some call it the Sarcophagus. We call it stunning.
This is the only style I’ve ever seen in Urn World with the image of the griffin on it. Price wise, the gryphon urn is not for the family that searching for “cheap urns”. Bronze urns will cost more than $100.00
Our bronze urns use both the lost wax and casting styles. Bronze urns will usually be some of the heaviest, weighing in the range of 25-45 pounds and command the highest price due to the artistry and casting process involved.
May you find gold and sapphires in your nest! If you need further assistance sourcing the perfect memorial please contact us.
Just Prop Me Up in a Corner
In Puerto Rico, a funeral home used a special embalming treatment to keep the corpse of 24-year-old Angel Pantoja Medina standing upright for his three-day wake. His wish was to remain standing, even in death. | AP/WTOP |
George Carlin: Dust in the Wind
Earlier in July, Carlin’s daughter Kelly and his brother, Patrick, spent a weekend scattering his ashes at his favorite haunts around the country. They stopped in front of the nightclubs he played in New York City, and sprinkled his ashes over the water at a summer camp in New Hampshire where, as a child, Carlin received a necklace for winning the drama competition. He was wearing it the day he died.
Accompanied by old friends from the neighborhood, they also stopped at a park on the edge of Harlem where Carlin grew up.
“The wind blew him around a little bit when Kelly threw his ashes,” Patrick Carlin recalled.
“It was beautiful and touching. I really felt like my dad was smiling very large at the moment,” she said. “I knew I was doing him right.”
Read more on ceremonies and helpful tips for scattering ashes.
Ashes in the Sand
BEIJING (Reuters) – Misty May-Treanor had one worry when she came through customs on her way to the Beijing Olympics: what if they confiscated her mother’s ashes?
American May-Treanor sprinkled some of her mother Barbara’s ashes on the beach volleyball court in Athens when she and Kerri Walsh won the semi-final and the final and she was determined to do the same in Beijing.
After winning the semi on Tuesday, and finals last night, May-Treanor pulled out a camera film canister and sprinkled some more of the ashes on to the sand in the Chaoyang Park stadium.
“My Dad packed it for me and I was like ‘What if they take it in customs as I go in?’ but it was all fine,” May-Treanor said after the match. “We can’t leave her home alone.”