Wooden Urns as Cremation Urns
Made of materials like oak, cherry, mahogany, maple, elm and walnut, the true beauty of natural wood is apparent in these selections.
Wooden urns are preferred by more families as cremation urns. Wooden urns used as cremation urns have a warm feel as opposed to bronze urns. Because they are warm, wooden urns used as cremation urns make a good funeral urn, or cremation urns used primarily for a memorial service. Wooden urns unlike bronze urns are a naturally renewable resource. For many people wooden urns are a good reflection of the reason they chose to use cremation urns in the first place. Wooden urns are always different from other wooden urns. The grain of wooden urns and the color of wooden urns is different for all wooden urns. Wooden urns can have several types of finishes. Wooden urns are stained natural. Wooden urns are stained darker. Wooden urns react differently to each stain. Wooden urns used as cremation urns have various polishes. Wooden urns can have a soft luster or wooden urns can have a deep sheen. Wooden urns are easy to work, so artists develop many different shapes and designs of wooden urns. So, wooden urns used as cremation urns make good decorative cremation urns. Laser etching allows families to make wooden urns into custom cremation urns. Wooden urns are angel cremation urns. By using wooden urns for the cremation urns, with a laser etching on the wooden urns, families can have a favorite design that matches cremation keepsake designs. Wooden urns used as cremation urns and bronze urns used as cremation urns offer lots of choices, but people often need cremation keepsakes as well.
Wood urns or wooden urns are the most popular type of cremation urns. People prefer wood urns or wooden urns to use as wood cremation urns for many reasons. Wood cremation urns are all unique because the patterns of wood urns or wooden urns vary. The color of wood urns and wooden urns vary as well. We are comfortable with wood cremation urns. Our homes are filled with wood work. So, wood urns and wooden urns used as wood cremation urns have a warmer feel. Wooden urns or wood cremation urns are more likely to match our décor. Wood urns as wood cremation urns are a renewable natural resource. For many people, environmental reasons are why they chose wood cremation urns or wooden urns. Yet, handcrafted hardwood cremation urns can endure for centuries. So wood urns or wooden urns make excellent funeral urns or burial urns. Wooden urns or wood urns used as wood cremation urns are always unique. All wood urns or wooden urns have a different grain. Wood cremation urns have a different color with each different type of hardwood. Wood urns vary depending upon finish so wooden urns with a semi gloss finish are different from wood cremation urns with a satin finish. Wood urns have many different stains, so wooden urns with dark stains are different from wood cremation urns with light or natural stains. Wood urns are easy to work with so wood cremation urns come in many different styles. Wood urns or wooden urns can be round or wood urns and wooden urns can be square. Wood cremation urns are never like other wood cremation urns. Wood urns or hardwood urns made of different types of wood have the greatest differences.
Oak wood urns or wooden urns have strong grain patterns. Wood cremation urns of oak will have an uneven effect when a dark stain is applied. Oak wood urns or wooden urns with dark grains make not accept a laser image well. So, oak wood cremation urns or oak wood urns and oak wooden urns are not best for laser images. But oak urns are good for people who enjoy wood cremation urns with a strong grain pattern.
Cherry wood urns or wooden urns are very popular. Cherry wood cremation urns are naturally a light color. Over time cherry wood urns or wooden urns will take on a darker red color. The grain of cherry wood urns or wooden urns varies but the light shade of cherry wood cremation urns allows cherry wood urns or wooden urns to have good character but still take a laser engraining well. So your cherry wood urns or wooden urns are a good surface for a portrait of your loved one. Cherry urns take stains very well so they are good wood cremation urns.
Walnut wood urns or wooden urns are dark wood cremation urns with a smooth even grain. Walnut wooden urns are an American classic. Due to the dark color of walnut wood urns or wooden urns, walnut wood cremation urns will not take engraving well, without special fills for the lettering. Still walnut urns are a favorite.
Discount cremation urns which are wood cremation urns are usually poplar wood urns or alder wood urns. These wooden urns are fine wood cremation urns. Both of th4ese types' wood urns will take laser engraved images. They will also take stains very well. These make excellent wood cremation urns.
Wood cremation urns give a warm feel. For this reason wood cremation urns are a good choice for funeral urns. Wood urns and wooden urns can be found in the same type of wood as the things in your home. You can have cherry wood urns or walnut wooden urns if you have those types of hardwood in your home. Wood cremation urns remind us of nature. Wood urns and wooden urns are natural. The natural feel of wood urns or wooden urns makes wooden cremation urns comforting to many people. Wood urns and wooden urns reassure us of our respect for the environment. Wood cremation urns are beautiful both for the way wood urns and wooden urns look and for what wood cremation urns represent. All wood cremation urns are different from other wood cremation urns but for many reasons wood cremation urns are our favorite. The many aspects of wood urns and wooden urns make wood urns and wooden urns a good choice.
Wood Selection for FW Wood Urns
Oak Characteristics
- There are over 250 different subdivisions in the red oak family. Oak trees grow about 60-80 ft but can grow up to 125 ft. Red oak is most popular for furniture followed by Cherry and Walnut, respectively.
Type: hardwood
Color: tan with a tint of red
Grain: straight and open with prominent rays
Texture: generally coarse
Properties/Workability: all of the wood, sold as red oak, is hard, tough, very stiff, very strong and durable.
Finish: takes a good finish but opens pores
Stability: moderate movement in surface
Sources: throughout North America & much of Europe
Cherry Characteristics
- When your cherry wood urn arrives it will have a light golden tone. Over
the next year the color will darken to a rich red-brown (please note our sample to the left). Darkening occurs gradually as the urn is exposed to light. I do start the finish with Danish Oil that will help "pop" the color out. Cherry wood is a premium American hardwood, prized for its natural luster attractive grain and rich warm glow. Cherry trees do not grow very large and are in short supply; therefore, just getting the wood can be a job. Building up the planks takes twice as much labor than any other wood because of the way I have to construct it.
Walnut Characteristics
- The black walnut's specific name is J'nigra, sometimes called Eastern or American black walnut. There are about 20 species, six found in the USA, reaching 80-100 feet with 3 ft diameter trunks. The sapwood is creamy white and may be three inches wide. Heartwood is rich chocolate or purplish brown in color, with a dull sheen. Black walnut is normally straight grained and is noted for its beautiful grain character, producing more figure variation than any other wood. Over the years, the wood develops a lustrous patina. It is the only dark brown domestic species, so it has a large following of devoted woodworkers that enjoy its rich color.
Alder Wood Characteristics
· Alder is very similar to Birch by grain and hardness, but with a reddish-brown color. Alder usually does not exceed thirty-feet in height and either grows with willows or isolated on the banks of streams in our mid-land or northern countries. It grows all over the world, in Scotland it grows at an altitude of 1,600 ft; no other tree is so well adapted for holding together the banks of rivers. It is a great wood for engraving; I haven't seen any other wood that it worked so well with. Alder wood also absorbs stain very evenly, which makes it an excellent choice for cherry stain or clear.
Finishing
Our finishing creates a warmth luster and feels of traditional hand rubbed oil, because it is. Highly durable and requires very little maintenance. Just dust and polish as you do all your fine furniture.
Strength
We tested these urns up to 2,500 lbs of pressure on their tops, which would be far beyond anything they would naturally encounter. We have also dropped them form 8 ft with no damage occurring.
The reason for these test are to show people who may think of marble or bronze for their durability to consider hardwoods instead, not to mention the warmth and lower price of wood.
