Or, occasionally, Purple Heart. Used for decorative touches on a few of our cremation urns, Purpleheart wood is hard, heavy and finely textured, with a grain that is usually straight, often with a fine, curly figure. Takes a glossy, lustrous finish.
Here we use Purpleheart wood to give an attractive top to some of our pet urns:
Oak is a hard wood, heavy, tought, and strong, with open grain. One of the most durable woods, it is a standard in furniture making and thus a standard wood type in the cremation urn industry. An oak tree’s durability comes from its long, slow growth process, which results in hardwood of extraordinary density and strength. When stained, as most of our oak urns are, a striking grain pattern is revealed making it an ideal wood for a memorial.
Also known as Bolivian Rosewood, Morado hardwood is a very heavy and dense wood. With its chocolate tones swaying between brown and a dark-brown-violet, Morado is a South American staple in fine furniture products and decorative veneers. While the grain varies between straight and irregular, it is always lustrous with the occasional walnut fragrance. A gorgeous exotic hardwood.
Here’s a gift that is perfect for the funeral director or undertaker:
This old-fashioned hanging wall wood plaque includes a customized nameboard and a 3-dimensional hand cast and hand painted relief of an antique hearse. Gorgeous custom office or home wall decor for a personalized gift.
Sign reads:
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Offering understanding and integrity
Pre-arrangement services available
Professional guidance through difficult times.
Available here from Northwest Gifts.
Maple has been a standard wood used for making furniture in America for generations, even since the colonial days. Most of our maple urns are made with white maple, which is generally straight-grained with the occasional (and highly decorative) burl or “birds-eye” grain texture. Maple is a heavy wood, noted for its strength, durability, and resistance to abrasion. A stunning wood choice for our series of Dimensional Art Cremation Urns.
The white maple also provides the perfect contrast for engraving a photograph onto the wood, most notably seen in our best-selling Photo Engraved Cremation Urn.
Most of our mahogany urns are made with the Khaya, or African, variety of mahogany wood. A medium-weight hardwood that has become a classic of fine furniture makers, mahogany has deep reddish-brown tones with interlocking and variable grain. Our series of Mahogany Cremation Urns cannot be beaten for simple and beautiful designs with quality wood at an affordable price.
The rich reddish-brown tones of cherry wood, which darken with time and exposure to light, have made cherry a popular and beautiful wood choice for finely crafted furniture products for centuries. The enduring popularity of cherry wood comes from the vibrant red coloring and simple, straight, and elegant lines of the wood grain. A moderate hardwood with great strength while still remaining very lightweight, the lush beauty of cherry wood makes our Designer Cherry Urn a perennial favorite.
Our newest cremation urns in our ever-expanding selection are these gorgeous funeral urns made from deeply-hued cultured marble. And of course we’ve put them on sale (for a limited time) at 20% off.
The lines of the urns are simple and elegant, showcasing the natural cloudy hues of the cultured marble. In your choice of Black, Charcoal Gray, Navy Blue, Timberline Green, a deep Merlot, Orchid, Sand-Tone, and White, t hese urns are the finest quality cultured marble urn in the market today. A noble and lasting memorial to your loved one.
Bottom opening accessed by threaded stopper, as shown here:
Adult Urn – A container which holds the cremated remains of one adult, typically sized at the industry standard of 200 cubic inches or larger. Also known as a standard sized urn.
Child Urn - A container which holds the cremated remains of a child or infant. Usually synonymous with infant urn. Sizes vary, but are normally smaller than 100 cubic inches.
Companion Urn – A container which holds the cremated remains of two adults, typically sized at the industry standard of 400 cubic inches or larger.
Infant Urn – A container which holds the cremated remains of an infant. Often synonymous with child urn. Sizes vary, but are normally smaller than 100 cubic inches.
Keepsake Urn – A container meant to hold a small amount of cremains, ranging from as little as 1 cubic inch on up. Keepsake urns are used in a variety of ways: as a way to divide the remains among family members; as a keepsake memorial for when the ashes are scattered, buried, or deposited in a niche; to keep at one’s bedside when the standard-sized urn is kept on the fireplace mantle.
Pet Urn – A container which holds the cremated remains of an animal. Sizes vary depending on the animal for which the urn is intended.
Scattering Urn - A container that is either biodegradable for water disposition or with an easy-opening top or bottom for casting the remains out into nature.
Standard Urn - An adult urn (see above).
Temporary Urn – The container which holds the cremated remains when returned to the relatives of deceased by the crematorium. Usually a cheap but sturdy plastic or cardboard material, the cremains are held in a durable plastic bag within the temporary urn until buried or transferred to a permanent urn. At Urns Northwest, we offer a selection of wood urns that will hold (or can be special ordered to hold) a temporary urn.
