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Ceramic Memorial Urns for Ashes

Ephraim Pottery would be honored to help you find the right urn to honor your loved one. Generation upon generation will cherish our ceramic memorial urns as unique pieces of art.

How Do We Create Our Urns?

Ephraim artists create each urn one-at-a-time, by hand. Our potters begin the process with a piece of clay thrown on a potter’s wheel. Next, our sculptors design the decoration. These sculpted elements are then applied to the thrown form. The forms and sculptural decorations are hand-created without the use of molds. Next, we add a glaze to the memorial urn. These crystalline matte glazes are designed in-house. Finally, the glazed pieces are fired in our kilns.

Can the Urns Be Personalized?

Many of our ceramic memorial urns can be personalized with a hand-incised inscription on their lid — a name, dates, or a short meaningful phrase carved directly into the clay by one of our artists. It’s a simple, beautiful way to make each urn a truly personal tribute.

What Type of Lids Are Included with the Memorial Urns?

Our urns have “flanged lids” that hang over the edge of the base, or “gallery lids” that sit inside the rim of the base. Many of our urn designs offer a personalizable lid option for adding an inscription. All of our ceramic urn lids can be sealed with a silicone glue or epoxy, so your loved one’s remains will be safe and secure.

Above all, our ceramic memorial urns are special because each piece is highly unique. Ephraim artists apply an exceptional amount of care and artistry to the urns we create, making them a distinctive way to honor those that you love.

Above all, our ceramic memorial urns are special because each piece is highly unique. Ephraim artists apply an exceptional amount of care and artistry to the urns we create, making them a distinctive way to honor those that you love.