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Pottery Cremation Urns Made in the USA: Meet the Artist

August 26, 2017 Kim Stacey

We’re back with the third post in the artisan urns series. (If you want to catch up, the first post was “Expertly Hand-Crafted Raku Urns Made in the USA” and the second, “It’s an August Time to Celebrate Artisan Urns”.)

pottery cremation urns

Today we’re introducing West Coast couple, Don and Pam, who specialize in making pottery and ceramic urns with historical designs.

Pam is a master potter and art historian. She’ll tell you her fascination is in exploring myths and ritual through time and across cultures. Nature is another source of inspiration for her. The style below features actual pine and berry branches pressed and baked into the clay.

pottery cremation urn for ashes

Don came to the work of making pottery cremation urns not out of fascination but out of necessity. Like many others, he lost his IT job when the economy crashed and was told his age (50+) he’d probably never work again. Disheartening news, for sure; but it served him well: today he and Pam have a shared interest and a growing business.

celtic dragon cremation urn for ashes

One hand-made cremation urn which illustrates her love of ancient themes is the Celtic Dragon Ceramic Urn for Ashes. The dragon is subtlety intertwined in the Celtic knot pattern, and the 10-12 inch high urn features a tea leaf green glaze.

chinese-dragon-funeral-urn for ashes

Another dragon adorns this Chinese Dragon Funeral Urn. Done in cobalt blue, the hand-drawn Chinese dragon has five claws (considered to represent good fortune). It is surrounded by Ming dynasty symbols of power, strength, and good luck.

In addition to kiln-fired pottery urns, the couple also create biodegradable styles, like the Sea Breeze Cremation Urn you see here, made from paper clay (in this case a mixture of Grolleg blended English china clay and natural plant fibers).  The fibers strengthen the unfired clay and cause the urn to dissolve rather quickly when submerged in water or buried in soil.

blue bio urn for ashes

Here at Urn Garden we’re proud of our collection of hand-made pottery cremation urns created by remarkable artisans like Pam, Don, Robert and Ruth. The fourth and final post in the artisan series will feature the work of Steve, a disabled American veteran who has committed his time and energy to making unique cremation urns made in the U.S.A. Stay tuned! You’ll want to see the collection of hand-made memorials produced by his small Missouri company.

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Urn Garden Ceramic Urns: Meet the Artist

August 22, 2017 Kim Stacey

If you’re looking for cremation urns made in the U.S.A., I’ve got to be honest and tell you there’s no better place to find ceramic urns for ashes which are hand-crafted by American artisans. This is the place.

American Made Urns & Jewelry

I’m especially pleased to introduce the work of Steve, the current owner of a small production company in the St. Louis area which was started over 30 years ago by his mother. (One of his ceramic urns was featured earlier in the year in “January’s Featured Cremation Urn: Grey Wolf Grace and Power”.)

I mentioned Steve was a disabled American veteran in the previous post in the artisan urns series, “Pottery Cremation Urns Made in the U.S.A.” There’s an interesting and rather ironic twist to his story: after military tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, Steve lost the use of his legs after returning home: a tree fell on him during an ice storm. He is confined to a wheelchair and needs assistance in retrieving the fired ceramic urns from the kiln.

Despite the adversity (or maybe because of it), Steve looks to meaningful and popular themes of strength for many of his beautiful creations, such as the Twin Wolf Urn for Ashes as another example of his work.

wolf cremation urn for ashes

Another widely-popular theme for his ceramic urns is roses. Our Carolina Rose Cremation Urn, featured in the June blog post “Rose Cremation Urns: Pretty in Pink” is elegant in its presentation with pretty pink flowers on a soft white background.

carolina-rose-cremation-urn-for ashes

So, here we are at the end of the artisan urns series. As I said before (and will say again!), I’m delighted to offer the work of these five American artisans, each of whom has a deep understanding of the importance of having exactly the ‘right’ cremation urn for either human or beloved pet.  If you’re interested in our artisan urns, give me a call or send me an email. I’d be honored to assist you.

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