Practing Prototypes: Painting Our New Butterfly YURN

Practicing painting our new Butterfly YURN model. www.awesomeurns.com #funeral #art #cremation #urn #sculpture #butterfly #yurns #rememberance #memorial #patina #handmade #love

A photo posted by www.AwesomeUrns.com (@yurns.by.morzart) on Feb 1, 2017 at 7:55pm PST

Practicing Prototypes: Flying Heart

This Flying Heart YURN is a prototype model that we will be releasing soon. In order to practice our techniques, we created this one for a Facebook friend. She is experiencing the great loss of losing her fiancee just prior to their marriage. Our thoughts are with her in the coming days ahead.

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I am overwhelmed with comfort and love. There are some who look down on virtual-only friendships. Tonight, though, I've proof to show how wrong they are. Friends I have never met IRL have given me an incredible gift. Jamaica and Rob of MorzArt sent an unexpected package. This gorgeous piece is a deep urn (or as they call it, a Yurn). It will hang on a wall as an urn, a memory box, or simply a beautiful reminder of Keith Johnson's life. I hope that none of you need funerary art for a very long time. But when you do, please look up these fantastic, compassionate artists. 
Posted by Jessica Edlinger on Monday, December 12, 2016

New Model in the Works: Large Butterfly

That moment you open the kiln lid and find beautiful new YURN models... www.awesomeurns.com #cremation #urn #art #memorial #ashes #beautiful #memories #big #butterfly #angel #heart #wallart #sculpture #funeral #bereavement #remember #yurns

A photo posted by AwesomeUrns.com (@yurns.by.morzart) on Oct 29, 2016 at 10:31am PDT

Practicing Prototypes: Angel with Heart

We have been working on prototypes for our new Angel with Heart YURN. The first few casts of a new models is where we work our processes and color finishes. With this model, the angel's dress is the main vessel for cremains placement.

This prototype was made with Jamaica's grandmother, Doris, in mind. We personalized this model by engraving her initial "D", along with "Mom" and her grandma name, "Doie".  It won't be used as an cremation urn, but will hang on the tree that she rests under at the cemetery.

Soon we will be perfecting this model, taking pictures, naming it, writing copy and rolling her out into our production line!

New Model in the Works: Angel (Wings)

We've been working to perfect our new Angel YURN model. We molded our third pair of Angel Wings...the first two sets just weren't right, and we knew we could do better. Here we are slip casting the latest set... #thirdtimesacharm #keeper #angel #wings #cremationurn #heavenly #memorial #art #yurns #handmadewithlove #sculpture

A photo posted by AwesomeUrns.com (@yurns.by.morzart) on Jun 12, 2016 at 12:44am PDT

It's Some Serious Work Indeed

Making model sculptures is fun....making plaster molds is stressful....pouring slip-casts is heavy work...and waiting for clay greenware to dry feels excruciatingly slow. 
It is definitely a process figuring out these prototypes, and we are anxious to have successful kiln fires.  Now, we look forward to working out our presentation of the finished products!