Cremation Glass Designs
This page lists all of the available designs for cremation objects that have three pricing levels: Basic, Complicated, and Impossible. Choosing one is OPTIONAL. Pick a specific design by writing it's name in the blank as you order from the Shop page. Make sure to purchase the right pricing level! For custom orders, email Vaughn at vonbeads@gmail.com
Basic designs
These simple but beautiful designs are all great options for a keepsake. Designs available at this level are the Hill, Ash Bubbles, Dot Compression, and Air Trap.
Air Trap
This is my most popular 'basic' design for large disc paperweights. The molten glass is pushed into a bed of nails, then filled with colored glass to trap the air.
Complicated designs
These more 'complicated' designs cost twice as much as the 'basic' designs. Options include the Implosion, Star, Ribbon, Living Rock, Spinning Compression, Chaos, Channeled, Stamp, or any silver and gold fumed standard design.
Dot Implosion
The dot implosion is a wonderful design for a pendant. It's similar to the dot compression but more defined.
Channeled
This is similar to the hill design, but with clear channels carved into the sides, for a fun 3-dimensional look.
Star
This design has a star shaped pattern of indentations, and is one of my most popular pendant designs.
Stamp
This design is created by pushing into a brass mold with a raised pattern. Available at the 'complicated' price level, but best with fume added, at the 'impossible' price level.
Impossible designs
These expert marble designs take much longer, and cost three times as much as 'basic' designs. Options include the Reticello, Vortex, Mushroom, Eater, Coral, Wigwag, or any silver and gold fumed 'Complicated' design.
Mushroom
This design is a 3-dimensional glass mushroom suspended inside a round shape, fully detailed.
Other options
Fume
Fume can be added to any design. Fuming is the process of heating fine silver and gold to a mist, and spraying it on the glass with a torch. Purchase a 'complicated' object to order a 'basic' design with added fume. Order an 'impossible' object to receive a 'complicated' design with added fume. If you would like a fumed 'impossible' design, order whatever object you would like at the 'impossible' price, and order the same object at the 'basic' price to upgrade it. Example: Write "Stamp with Fume" in the blank. Stamp is a 'basic' design, so you would pay for a 'complicated' design to upgrade it with fume.
Opals
A synthetic opal can be added to any design. Be warned, these cause stress in the glass, and can cause glass to crack, long after the glass is annealed, unlike the rest of my glass. These are Gilson Lab synthetic opals, made specifically for use in borosilicate glass. To add an opal to any piece of glass, order two of whatever you'd like. Order three for two opals, etc.