Welcome to Crystal Valley Urns, located in the beautiful Finger Lakes region of Western New York State. The City of Corning enjoys a rich history as one of the premiere centers for glass making and innovation. Glass making began here in the late 1860's when the Houghton family relocated the Brooklyn Flint Glassworks to Corning and renamed it the Corning Flint Glassworks. Tom Hawkes began the second generation of cut glass manufacturers by establishing the Hawkes Glassworks in 1882. By the end of the century Corning had the reputation as the Crystal City.
After almost a century and a half, Corning Inc. still remains a world leader in innovative glass products. Today the Corning area has a number of flourishing glass making studios where glass makers from around the world come to practice their art and share their craft with others. The internationally recognized Corning Museum of Glass is the worlds largest glass museum. Featuring 35 centuries of glass artistry and live glass blowing demonstrations. The museum is one of the top 4 visitor attractions to the state of New York.
One of the most renowned studios here in Corning is the Vitrix Hot Glass Studio, owned by Tom Kelley. Tom has been intricately involved in the production of works that can be seen in exhibits and found in fine stores and galleries across the United States, Canada, Europe and Japan.
in 2004 Dave Carpenter, a local funeral director, approached Tom about creating a few art glass pieces in the form of cremation urns that they could offer their families that they served. Carpenter wanted to provide a more meaningful, distinctively different urn than the funeral industry had historically provided. The staff felt Tom's art glass creations would make a perfect memorial to a life well lived. Well, the response was rewarding and as a result in 2005 the Crystal Valley Urn company was founded on the belief that a beautiful hand blown, hand crafted, fine quality art glass urn would make a meaningful memorial and befitting tribute to your loved one's life.
Today, Tom personally creates or oversees the creation of each of our hand blown art glass urns. His glass working skills and aesthetic sensitivity are especially appropriate for the creation of these fine quality pieces. Tom and his staff of craftsmen are committed to uncompromising quality, craftsmanship and the satisfaction of each of our clients. Every urn is individually hand crafted upon receipt of order. We do not stock urns. You can select any of our designs and have them hand blown and crafted in any one of our patterns and colors as shown on our website. And be sure to visit our website at www.crystalvalleyurns.com. Our designs and options today are extensive.
In addition to urns we offer several different memorial pieces such as keepsakes, small globes or paperweights, and heart pendants. With these the client sends us a very small portion of the cremated remains, which are embedded by the glass worker into the molten glass. People often ask about sizes. Because each item is individually hand crafted to order we can craft our designs to properly accommodate the amount of ashes for any size individual, or even pets. Yes, we do create pet urns and even keepsakes and they are wonderful memorials. Unless otherwise specified, a standard adult urn is designed to hold approximately 225cc's of cremated remains. All but three designs will easily fit into a standard 12x12x12 urn niche. Before leaving the studio, ever piece is carefully inspected before being inscribed with the date, a serial number and the artist's signature. A certificate of authenticity is our assurance to you that you are receiving the very finest hand blown, hand crafted art glass urn available.
Thank you again for taking the time to find out about these truly exquisite pieces of art. We hope you will visit our gallery and see some of these amazing art glass pieces.
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