BARN WOOD LIMITED EDITION

All of the barn wood in this limited edition version of the Meta Cremation Urn is white oak. In all cases, the tops of all these urns are made from white oak that is at least 300 years in the making, if not more.  Internal and bottom components of some of the series use the same ancient wood. Others do not. There is significant photo documentation within each product to help you choose.

Although all models have been sold, we have components to make more.  Simply get in touch.

The human affinity for the material wood is simply a given.

For those who work with it, it can become an obsession.  There is a race to use the collection before one’s demise.  Sometimes the collection shrinks by forced needs of space, but the acquisition phase ends only when the ability to collect becomes physically impossible.

All of the barn wood in this limited edition version of the Meta Cremation Urn is white oak.  In all cases, the tops of all these urns are made from white oak that is at least 300 years in the making, if not more.  The material is from the drop cuts from the creation of two large, custom mantles. 

Arts & Crafts and timber frame inspired custom mantle designed and built by Chris Harvan.

Internal and bottom components of some of the series use the same ancient wood.  Others do not.  There is significant photo documentation within each product above.

The saplings were likely alive when The United States was founded.  The growth rings are incredibly tight and estimated to be from trees that were at least 200 years old when harvested.  How long they were in the service of agriculture is tough to say, but timber-framed barns are generally not torn down for salvage until they have had lengthy service.

Bases are of the same quarter inch thick, powder-coated aluminum as all Meta Cremation Urns, but they have been distressed prior to powder coating to create an effect that is almost like leather.

There are twelve in total presently and will be released in groups every week until they are all available for sale.  There is still some of this material lurking about the Memento studio, but there is no guarantee that more will ever be produced.