by Dave Blake
September 20, 2017
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by Dave Blake
September 01, 2017
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by Dave Blake
June 09, 2017
I was shopping in HEB and saw a really nice vase and wanted to share a bit of an art project. I took about 20' of brass wire and wire wrapped the bottom of the vase flange and then added on a small heart pendant. Below that I took a night swirl touchstone and a bit of museum putty. Making sure the surface of the vase was dry, I tacked on the touchstone under the heart to make this lovely vase into a memorial vase.
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by Dave Blake
June 04, 2017
The Ultimate Post-Life Hack: Turning Human Ashes Into Diamonds
In Western society, the notion of death is very difficult for many people to cope with. Arranging an appropriate farewell for someone who has recently passed away and who is still very much cared for can be distressing and difficult. This is especially so when those closest to the person who has died are confronting their grief head-on in its initial, painful stages.
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by Dave Blake
May 29, 2017
We're excited to offer a new glass heart with cremains by Aaron; our Standing Glass Heart. This 5" heart comes in two different colors and will sit comfortably on desks or wider window sills. We use under half a teaspoon of cremation ash to make this heart. Just one of our amazing hearts, click this link to see more.
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by Dave Blake
March 31, 2017
Glass with cremains mixed into the ash is a lovely way to remember a loved one but how does it actually happen? For hot glass, it's somewhat akin to making a candle (except with 1800 degree molten glowing glass!)
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by Dave Blake
March 31, 2017
I was asked the other day 'can we take cremains on a plane' and I figured this would make a good article :) So in short, the answer is yes, you can do so, however it's important to understand your individual airline's restrictions. Some airlines are quite lax on the subject where others don't allow urns to be a carry-on item.
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by Dave Blake
February 10, 2017
For a good part of 2016 we were looking for a contributing artist who could infuse ashes into the hummingbirds themselves. Big fail - until now!! Charles, who makes our lovely turtle pendants, also can make lovely hummingbirds with infused ash!!
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by Dave Blake
January 10, 2017
2016 ended up being a great year for Spirit Pieces. We launched over a dozen new products, got invited to showcase our goods at a number of local shows, and made a lot of Christmas Mornings a huge success. So we're super excited to start off 2017 with a bang with a number of new products. Today we finished launched Rachel's new paperweights.
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by Dave Blake
December 16, 2016
I had the pleasure to talk to local Austin company called Memorialize Me. Jaan Leemet, the founder, started MemorializeMe to help solve the problem of survivors identifying the various legal and social accounts held by the departed. By having a centralized document location, the family doesn't have to go through the painful experience of painstakingly searching through desks and drawers for statements (made even more difficult now that so many places do electronic notification.)
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by Dave Blake
November 08, 2016
One of my favorite places up in NY is Perkin's Memorial Tower on the top of Bear Mountain Park. To get there, you need to take a long steep winding road up to the top of the mountain up Perkin's Memorial Drive. While a bit on the scary side if you don't like steep roadside drops, the destination is well worth it.
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by Dave Blake
October 28, 2016
HOW DID YOU GET STARTED DOING CERAMIC PORTRAIT TILES?
I have always drawn from a very early age. According to my sister, I didn't do any color pictures until I fell off my horse when I was 20 and was knocked unconscious. And that sounds about right! I started doing pastel portraits of people and then migrated to animals. I also experimented with watercolor, acrylic and oil. I prefer the permanence of acrylic and oil over pastel after my 2 year old niece destroyed one of my paintings in a matter of 2 seconds.
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