Testimonials

January, 2012

Dear Luke,

I buried my father's cremains today. I wanted to express my great gratitude for the work you've done! The urn turned out so beautifully! Everybody was asking where did I get it! It looked amazing! Simple, sophisticated and elegant. I couldn't be more pleased.

Again, thank you very much for handling my special order in a timely manner and with such understanding, support and professionalism.

I will highly recommend you to anyone who is looking for custom made wood art.

Sincerely,

Egle Atencio

September, 2011

"A couple of months ago, we suddenly lost our beloved black labrador retriever who was part of our family for 11 years. Once the decision was made to cremate him, we went online to look for a nice urn to hold his cremains. After coming across Custom Wood Urns online, the urns shown on the website were very lovely and prompted us to make a call to the artist. Living near us, we stopped by and met with Luke Thornton. Luke and his wife, Kate, gave us comfort in a very difficult time, and we easily made our urn choice.

Luke kept us apprised of all stages from beginning to the final product by sending us video updates via e-mail. Not very often can we find that kind of attention keeping us informed on an item we have ordered. It was also a great way of keeping us involved.

Luke took the time to perfect his work - the urn we ordered through Custom Wood Urns is just beautiful, and we have displayed it in our great room on a table that holds family photos, including photos of our beloved black lab. Luke is very confident of his talent as an artist, and our urn as a piece of artistic work proves this.

We highly recommend Custom Wood Urns as one of the best choices when purchasing an urn for a lost loved one - whether it be for a person or pet. Thank you Luke and Kate for your compassion during a very difficult time of our lives."

Ed & Linda Thomas

Gold Beach, OR

      "I want to thank you for the excellent work you did on my father's urn. It arrived today in great condition. Thank you again. I think my dad would have loved it."

Marieke von Rotz

San Francisco, CA

          "After losing my Greatest Love, with no prior expectation of, a close friend told me of Luke Thornton's excellent craftsmanship and customizing options for the final resting place, post cremation, of the one I loved the most in my entire life.  Mr. Thornton's demeanor was one of soothing, caring, and kindness as he gently guided me through the many options I could choose from that were very far less costly than what the limited choices the mortuaries had to offer.  I am so heartfelt grateful to Mr. Thornton that through him I have my Greatest Love's ashes, in what reminds me the most of my wonderful husband who I loved with all my heart, mind, and soul.  

          Thank you so much Mr. Thornton." 

Roxane Brown

Eureka, CA

         "I was about to buy two cloisonne urns for my parents from what looked to be a big company based on the size of its website and the number of its offerings and found that the same urns were used in a couple of other niches in the mausoleum. I wanted my parents' urns to be unique, so I searched around some more and stumbled onto Luke's site and was relieved to have finally found something original, custom built, understated, timeless and very reasonably priced.

The only problem was that our niche was a tad small so Luke took the urns we wanted and scaled them down a little  so that they didn't looked too cramped inside the niche. Luke also let us pick out the wood and explained the whole building process. The construction went very smoothly and expeditiously and Luke provided in progress photos. We received the urns in a couple of weeks in a well protected package. My mother and I highly recommend going to Luke if you're looking for a wood urn. Actually, we weren't considering wood urns at first but Luke's beautiful designs changed our minds."        

Steve Ho

New York   

 "After trying to order custom urns from other artists and getting no responses, I was pleasantly surprised by Luke and his professionalism. Not only was he very easy to work and communicate with, he was very speedy in his responses. When we decided on the final project he kept me updated on his progress with pictures every step of the way so I wasn't surprised when we received the beautiful works of art." 

                                                     by Ken and Sharon Ashton

                                                                                     Carmel Valley, CA