About Our Timber Urns
Our urns give the pet owner the opportunity to inter their beloved pet in a variety of timbers. These timbers are mainly Australian natives but some overseas species are also available.
Our Urn Maker has been supplying the funeral industry for many years. His "people" urns are sold in major crematoriums in Victoria and interstate as well as special orders for overseas clients. His work is not mass-produced and each urn is a piece of quality made craftsmanship.
Our Urn Maker will not only try and source a timber of a client's choice that is not in his collection but will make an urn using a pet owner's own supplied timber. This may include the urn being made from the timber recycled from the pet's kennel etc. His dedication in providing you with the best made tribute to your pet is second to none.
Our urns also offer the pet owner the opportunity to have an actual photo of their pet embedded under glass within the urn. The photo is not simply placed on top of the urn in a frame, it is not a sliding arrangement where the photo is simply inserted, as in the case of some mass produced items. The photo is built into the urn at the manufacture stage and is part of the urn forever, it cannot be removed.
Our urns are solid timbers. If we say it is Rosewood, it is not "stained pine" and it is not Jarrah, it is solid Rosewood from Queensland. This is the case with all our urns, they are solid real timbers.
Our urns come in four sizes. You may have noted that others offer three sizes only. We recognize that pets are more individual than this and so offer the four sizes.
Our urns are available for general purchase even if you are not engaging our full services.
Urn Styles
Please see our Services page for pricing on urns, including and excluding Cremation services.
Standard Urn in Rose Alder
Tower Urn in Blackwood
(with Photo Insert)
Mantle Urn in Blue Spruce
(with Photo Insert)
The Kennel
(with Photo Insert)
"Pearl" Glazed Pottery Urn
Ceramic Urn
Plain Urn
Australian Timbers
Standard Urn in Banksia
A very deep orange coloured timber that grows mainly on the coast of southern Australia.
It shows all manner of grain patterns.
Standard Urn in Blackheart Sassafras
This timber comes from Tasmania.
The black that runs through the timber is simply amazing and can form all matter of shapes and patterns.
Standard Urn in Blackwood
Very much a favourite timber of any one who loves wood.
There are so many variations and this can depend on where the timber came from.
Standard Urn in Rose Alder
This timber comes from Queensland.
It is a shade of red but lends itself to be a ginger colour. It can have some interesting small features in the grain.
Standard Urn in Rose Mahogany (Rosewood)
This Rosewood comes from Queensland. It is a beautiful timber and finishes well.
Some will sell Jarrah products as Rosewood but the fact is, it isn't.
Standard Urn in Silky Oak
Although not strictly an oak it does show the same flecking in the grain as seen in English Oak. It is usually always a white colour unless it is the Pink Silky Oak variety.
Non-Native Timbers
Standard Urn in Blue Spruce Cedar
A light coloured timber with spectacular knots. The tree is often used as ornate Christmas trees. The Washington State Christmas tree is Blue Spruce. It is the State tree of Colorado.
Standard Urn in English Oak
A beautiful, hard, traditional timber. This tree came from Melbourne and was some one-hundred years old.
Photo Inserts for Timber Urns
Our timber urns can have your pet's photo built into it. To do this your pet's photo needs to be emailed or posted to us. If an original photo is supplied it will be returned to you. We scan and size the photo to fit the urn it is going into and print it on photographic paper. The photos are placed under glass in a circular shape. Depending on the size of the urn this can be up to 80mm across. One or two photos can be set into an urn. The photos can only be inserted at the manufacture stage, the photo becomes part of the urn and cannot be removed.
Brass Plaques for Timber Urns
The engraved plaques used by Pearly Mates are not simply made in the local shopping centre. Our engraver specialises in engraving for the funeral industry. He knows what is required for such tributes and his work is second to none. The wording of the plaque is emailed to our engraver, the plaque is placed in position by our urn maker.
