“Each piece is like a person,” said Maureen Lomasney, who runs the Sonoma County gallery Art Honors Life, specializing in funerary vessels. “It’s like you’re at a party.

Editors Note: There is a photo associated with this press release. Muses Design Urns, a new and innovative Montreal-based SME which redefines trends for commemoration, just launched its Website ...

Editors Note: There is a photo associated with this press release. Muses Design Urns, a new and innovative Montreal-based SME which redefines trends for commemoration, just launched its Website: ...

"People that are vivacious and celebrate life — this one is what they really like," she says, lifting the ornately woven lid from the urn. "I want it to be a piece of art that they look at and ...

And as cremations soar, more people are looking for urns that, well, don't look like urns. "At least one in five Americans have an urn in their house," says Robin Simonton, executive director of ...

APEX, N.C. - Of all the pieces Julie Moore crafts in her home studio, the most popular is a brightly colored fabric vessel she calls "the party jar." But in this case, the guest of honor is inside ...

FROM the moment they were dug out of their forgotten tombs early in the 19th century, ancient Greek vases moved art lovers to lyrical expressions of delight. One Grecian urn inspired John Keats to ...

A potter for over 40 years, it wasn't until a puzzling question from a customer a few years ago that Pat Grayston broke into the urn market.

It began in the Old World when ancient Roman urns were periodically unearthed around the time of the American Revolution. Most held ashes of the Romans whose empire once governed ...