Glass Urns
The glass urns come from the transformed sand, perhaps preserving the famous - ashes to ashes, dust to dust, tradition of the bible. Beside the glass has connection to the Earth because of the main ingredient, sand, glass urns are an excellent choice for nature lovers, perhaps other than marble urns, glass urns, have the distinction of being made from the oldest material. Natural glass is rare and expensive than man-made glass, but it can be found. Glass blowers spend countless hours perfecting their art of glass blowing. Art Glass Cremation Urns show patterned color and built to last, each of the hand blown glass cremation urns is a unique piece of art. Crystal glass is a very special type of glass; it is made from silver sand, red lead oxide, and potash. The crystal glass has a greater degree of brilliance as compared to the ordinary glass. Because of its special qualities, it is most suitable material for cutting and engraving.
Urn Glassblowing is a special process in which the raw materials are mixed in fireproof pots and heated to 1400 degrees Celsius. Now the professional glassblower dips his blow pipe made up of cast iron in the liquid crystal and draws out the required amount of liquid for the making of the urn. The drop that remains suspended from the pipe is blown into a bubble, which is blown into a desired shape. A blow pipe measures approximately one and a half yards in length and it is really very difficult to handle the pipe.
The red-hot crystal urn may be shaped by hand after covering it with wet paper for protection. In this ancient craft wood urn block molds and metal shears are used extensively. Some times a two-part metal mold is used, which presses the crystal poured into the desired profile. Many of the blowers prefer to use the wooden molds, the wood used to make the mould is pear wood. Pear wood has a very fine structure; it also has a special quality of retaining its shape while it is wet. During the blowing process, the molds are saturated with water to offer them protection. The red-hot crystal forces the water to boil, causing a layer of steam to develop between the crystal and the wood urn mold wall, which is why the same mold can be used more than once.
After molding the molded urns carry a temperature of not less than 600 degrees Celsius, which then have to be cooled down to room temperature. This is a very delicate process and it must be done very gradually, exercising great caution; else too much tension would be created within the crystal while cooling down, causing the urn to burst into pieces.
Now the urns are grinded using vertical and horizontal grinding wheels, to give the finishing touch to crystal urns. Some time, grinding motives are applied. The final process right from rough grinding to fine polishing takes four to five runs to roll out the finished crystal urn.
If crystal cremation urn is to be engraved then a special drill is used along with carborundum discs which are a special kind of abrasive material. The drill is forced across the crystal glass by hand. The motive is engraved dry, without using any liquid. Thus the final crystal urn rolls out from the production bench. Since each of the urn is made, shaped and carved individually hence the end result is an exclusive urn. Each of the Urns produced by this process is unique, exclusive and a style statement of a master craftsman. Moreover the crystal glass urns would last for centuries to come.