L. P. Skeen on fri 27 may 05
I think this is a great subject to talk about here, and yes, I know it's
been discussed some here before, but I have just made my second funerary
urn, and waiting for the thing to dry. This is the first thing I've dried
slowly in YEARS, because I altered the form and don't want to have to do it
again. I'm intending to fire the cremains in situ, so the lid is glazed
shut and that's that. Anybody else done this?
When I got the box o' cremains from the widow, I was shocked at how heavy it
was. Even after removing the box (made of inch-thick masonite), the ashes
themselves are quite weighty. I have no idea how big the man was (never met
him), but what's left of him is about as big, in terms of size, as a 6lb.
Crisco can, or a bag of sugar, and weighs at least 5lbs. This is fhe first
time I've ever seen cremains, so I didn't know what to expect.
L
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian O'Neill"
> I've been working on a line of funereal urns for some time. >
> http://www.fireflyurns.com
>
dannon rhudy on fri 27 may 05
Well, I would suggest that before you fire the cremains in
situ, you take a small vessel of some kind and put some
ashes (any will do) and fire in place. It may make a very
thick glaze puddle inside, which might cause some problems
like cracking. I've not tried firing a large mass of ash inside
a vessel. But I can imagine difficulties, and you might want
to test first.
regards
Dannon Rhudy
I know it's
> been discussed some here before, but I have just made my second funerary
> urn, and waiting for the thing to dry. This is the first thing I've dried
> slowly in YEARS, because I altered the form and don't want to have to do
it
> again. I'm intending to fire the cremains in situ,
Diane Palmquist on sat 28 may 05
I am not sure about the weight of the ashes but I know that to figure
out the size of an urn you are supposed to figure one cubic inch per pound
of body weight of the deceased. I was asked by my Mom to make her an urn, so
I had to do some reasearch. It was a very difficult project indeed but I
made two and they both came out beautiful. Her urn will be buried with my
Dad so the shape is important. The cement box that their cemetery uses is
14" x !4" x !6". This is what the remains are put into. The urn obviously
must fit inside.
Hope this was helpful.
Diane
----- Original Message -----
From: "L. P. Skeen"
To:
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 11:31 AM
Subject: Funerary urns (was: my first website)
>I think this is a great subject to talk about here, and yes, I know it's
> been discussed some here before, but I have just made my second funerary
> urn, and waiting for the thing to dry. This is the first thing I've dried
> slowly in YEARS, because I altered the form and don't want to have to do
> it
> again. I'm intending to fire the cremains in situ, so the lid is glazed
> shut and that's that. Anybody else done this?
>
> When I got the box o' cremains from the widow, I was shocked at how heavy
> it
> was. Even after removing the box (made of inch-thick masonite), the ashes
> themselves are quite weighty. I have no idea how big the man was (never
> met
> him), but what's left of him is about as big, in terms of size, as a 6lb.
> Crisco can, or a bag of sugar, and weighs at least 5lbs. This is fhe
> first
> time I've ever seen cremains, so I didn't know what to expect.
>
> L
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian O'Neill"
>
>> I've been working on a line of funereal urns for some time. >
>> http://www.fireflyurns.com
>>
>
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Kenneth D. Westfall on sat 28 may 05
>I first reaction is that your taking a big risk with a loveones
>ashes. Why not just fire the urn with out the ashs and then epoxy or
>silicon the lid on and not take the a chance that something will go wrong.
Kenneth D. Westfall
Pine Hill Pottery
R.D. #2 Box 6AA
Harrisville, WV 26362
kenneth@pinehillpottery.com
http://www.pinehillpottery.com
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