Glass Cremation Urns

Glass cremation urns begins life in the arms of nature. Sand is melted down to make molten glass,
cullets (scrap glass) being added to the mix to create volume. The inclusion of various chemical
elements into the molten glass produces the colors that are so vivid in many of the glass urns available
for sale today. Cobalt breeds a vibrant blue glass urn, chromium the distinctive emerald green glass urns
and manganese gives life to warm purple glass urns. There are of course many other chemical
elements used besides these three, the comprehensive range of glass urns that run through the entire
color spectrum being evidence of this fact.
Buyers may notice characteristic swirls and random flowing lines incorporated within the bodies of the
more exquisite glass urns in a store's collection. This is a product of the large mixing arms that stretch
and spread the included colorants through the molten mix of glass. As can be seen in the resulting glass
urn, this technique achieves individual beauty that is unsurpassed.
The hand blowing process of glass urns is an art form in its own right. Hand blown glass urns attain their
shape through breath drawn from the lungs of skilled artisans. Molten glass is captured on the end of a
blowpipe through which the creator blows air. The glass expands under pressure from the growing air
pocket and so a glass urn is born, complete with random miniature air bubbles caught on the surface of
the glass cremation urn itself. Various techniques are then employed to enhance the lines and character
of each glass urn as the object cools.
As distinctive and singular in appearance as any handcrafted memorial urn could be, a glass urn truly
has a personality all of its own. For the bereaved, glass urns have an aura about them that perfectly
reflects the attributes of the deceased in life, rendering glass urns graceful objects befitting of their place
at the heart of any memorial display.

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