The dead are coming home. Long the realm of cemeteries and mausoleums, death is playing a more prominent role in American households because of the use and display of artisan-designed funerary urns.

Ceramic designer John Booth has created five contemporary stoneware cremation urns decorated with joyful ... and then clear glazed and high fired," Booth said. "I made a point of not changing ...

Some of the urns have gold fired into the glaze after the initial glaze firing ... and more recently was an invited ceramic artist in both Cone Pack’s “A Place at The Table” in 2018 and ...

The kiln is made from soil and ceramic bricks. It’s used to make urns, pots, basins, and glazed vessels. It's powered by fire, which lasts for three days once lit and can reach temperatures up ...

SATSUMA WARE: Regenstein's urns are Japanese Satsuma ware, a type of ceramic that is described as being between true porcelain and pottery. Known for its crackled glaze and intricately painted ...

Gainey Ceramics, the La Verne company known for its glazed planters, urns and decorative pottery ... “California used to have so many ceramic manufacturers during the 1950s,” Potted co ...