Kathy & Jim Sawada Toronto, Canada

HANDCRAFTED MEMORIAL URN
Curly Maple With Roasted Birds Eye Maple Accents

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This urn is made from Curly Maple. The centre of the top is framed by bands of Curly Maple and Roasted Bird's Eye Maple, separated and defined by strips of black veneer.

Except for black veneer, no stains or dyes have been used. The rich colours that you see are the natural colours of the finished woods.

Interior and exterior are finished with an Osmo microporous wood oil. The resultant low-lustre finish is smooth, durable, and appealing.

Overall exterior dimensions are about 11.0" x 9.0" x 3.8" (28.0 x 22.9 x 9.5 cm).

Internal dimensions are about 9.5" x 7.5" x 3.0" (24.1 x 19.1 x 7.6 cm).

Internal capacity is 200 cubic inches (3.3 L).

Access is from bottom which is secured with 6 screws.

Woods Used:

Curly Maple, Roasted Bird's Eye Maple

Exterior:

The sides are made from a single board with waterfall mitre joints. That allows the natural pattern of the wood grain to flow all the way around the urn. Grain is matched on three corners.

Mitred corners reinforced with Roasted Maple keys.

Sides are solid 3/4" (19 mm) thick Curly Maple

Top is made from solid 1/8" (3 mm) thick Curly Maple with accent woods, laminated to 1/4" (6.4 mm) solid core plywood.