urns on the mantel
The woman that cleans my house, and a wood lover, had a great dane she was going to have to euthanitize in a few months and asked if I could make her an urn. I don't do hollow forms and this was several years ago before I was as educated thru this forum, more books, and more videos. I chose a white wood, and made 2 (it may have even been cottonwood) to hold what I thought may be the quantity of ashes, and 2 from my sassafras, which has beautiful bark (which I left on a 4th of the outside.) and color. She chose the white and I had the others left. My mother soon passed away. My Florida sister and I got some of her ashes and I hot glued the tops shut. She sits on my/ and my sister's mantel. My other sister In Mass. thought it was "gross". Not that I am weird or anything-the wood is beautiful and my mother was a wood lover. I get to say "hi" to her alot. Gretch