Dennis Liggett » Burial Urns

Restocking…

Dennis — Sun, 19 Jun 2016 21:09:20 +0000

Dennis is making a new round of urns to restock the inventory. In addition to the urn on the lathe, there are other groups of roughed-out vessels all over the shop–on the floor, in baskets, and upside down on the drying rack.

The photo shows the arm brace and the 1″ diameter boring bar that is needed to hollow a vessel as large as a burial urn. This one is still very wet wood.

After the initial hollowing, and several months of drying out, Dennis will remount the vessel and turn the walls to the final, even wall thickness of about 1/4″. He adds threaded inserts and turns a lid from the same wood.

The final stage is sanding and finishing the urn, often with the multi-step patination.

Of course, for the best selection, it is wise to buy a burial urn in advance of the need for it.

Burial Urns now available for online orders

Dennis — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 19:58:35 +0000

The Mars Urn is an adult-sized burial urn with a threaded lid.

The broad pattern of the patination reminds us of Martian fantasies. The urn is turned from Colorado pine, which you can still smell inside the urn.

$375 includes shipping. Buy it through Square:

New finish available for burial urns

Kay — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 00:48:38 +0000

Earlier this summer, Dennis met with Richard Pankratz, a bronze sculptor, to develop a convincing patina on urns made of wood. The happy result is this finish in aged bronze.

The advantage of the faux bronze urn is that the urn itself is lighter in weight, and the use of pine keeps the urns in a very reasonable price range. Many customers contact Dennis to find a bio-degradable urn that is still beautiful enough to display at a memorial service.

Dennis will probably use this finish on more turnings done in plain woods. It does not, however, qualify as a food-safe finish for bowls.

Keepsake Urns

Dennis — Mon, 18 May 2015 14:44:00 +0000

In the Spring of 2014, Dennis purchased wet blocks of Ambrosia Maple while visiting woodturning friends near Atlanta. He has carefully dried and hollowed a series of burial urns from this extraordinary wood. The tops are threaded, so they stay on securely. Most of these urns will be sold privately to folks who love wood or need a lightweight urn. It is a nice alternative to storing ashes in plastic boxes in the back of the closet. Dennis sizes the urns for a mid to large-sized person by measuring the internal volume of each one.

Prices and more photos are available by request: 719-481-8754