I create beautiful custom biodegradable urns. I am happy to work with you using my knowledge of pottery form and function, along with your ideas for colors, photos, poems, etc.. This is about you and how you want to remember your loved one. I will happily work with you, but just know the work I make reflects my style as an artist/potter. In other words please do not ask me to do something totally out of my realm, like making a guitar, fire truck, or other sculptural pieces. Please take a look at the sold out urns on the page here to get a good idea of past urns that I have made. The variants listed in the custom urn dropdown menu will give you an idea of price, size, and more ideas of past work.

If you choose to work with me, the process will take up to 3-4 months. Custom work can take up to three times as long to create, Each new piece that I make usually has a couple of prototypes before the final product is made. Design fees are included in the price. The prices quoted here are for common sizes. Custom urns are not returnable.

Biodegradable Clay Urns are made from recycled clay blended thoroughly with recycled paper pulp. This combination of clay and paper pulp make for an extremely strong bond which acts like woven material when the clay is wet. As the fiber and clay dry it becomes extremely hard and durable. The urn is not fired in a kiln, therefore can degrade naturally when it is put into a body of water. This also allows me to decorate the urn quite differently then if the urn were fired in a kiln and glazed.

These urns are 100% biodegradable. Each urn takes many hours to create. They are made by my hands, with love and care. The patterns and colors are cut out from paper which I hand-paint using soy based biodegradable paints. I choose materials that are from the earth and will naturally return to the earth. Some of the urns include yarns, or threads which are also biodegradable. Some of the urns have found materials that are gathered from the woods, fields, and garden. I use pine needles, leaves, seeds, wildflowers, and grasses… all leaving their mark on the urn.

The urn can be placed in a body of water and will degrade within a few hours, or it can be buried and will eventually degrade naturally. If you choose to keep the urn until family decisions are made they are durable enough to stay on a shelf for years to come. They can actually last a lifetime if they do not get wet, or stored in a basement.

Each urn is truly one of a kind, therefore quite individual.

“Green Burial” goes hand in hand with a life well lived on this earth. The good earth has given us so much; why not give ourselves back to the earth “naturally”.

** One cubic inch = One pound of live weight.

Custom urns take 3-4 months.

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413 522-8370