The cast glass memorial was invented in our Seattle studio and we ship them to families all over the world. There is truly nothing like them, and no two are ever alike. Isn’t that the way you want to be remembered?

We began casting glass for furniture, countertops and sculptures - often made for clients who wanted an alternative to granite. It didn’t take long to start thinking about other potential uses of glass; the first memorial was cast in 2001. The cemetery was the perfect place to introduce color, illumination, and diversity into an otherwise monochromatic landscape.

Have you looked at a granite memorial and thought to yourself that does NOT feel like the person I love? Most of our clients have reviewed their local options and found them to be inadequate. We exist for the families that want something more colorful, energetic, and unique. From hot pink to ocean blue to all colors in-between, we make memorials that highlight the individuality, energy, and character of the person they honor.

This memorial is black granite and white quartz, with a brilliant jewel of pinks and ambers. Sometimes the right design is a stone memorial with a vibrant pop, glowing like a beacon, illuminated and bursting with color.

Our cast glass memorials are sun-powered and literally glow in the cemetery landscape. They look different in the morning than they do in the afternoon, radiate light differently in the winter than the they do in the summer. It is almost as if they are lit from within, and change as the quality of light changes.

They may not be for everyone, but if you know someone who could light up a room, this just might be the right way to memorialize them.

We have made all types of hearts - large and small, pink and red and purple, thick and thin, big and bold or just a detail of a larger memorial. Anchoring glass into a granite upright elevates and allows them to harness that early morning and late afternoon sun. Cast glass can serve as a brilliant detail in a larger granite memorial.

With your provided photograph, we can etch a portrait on glass or granite. On clear or pale colored glass, it can have low contrast (as opposed to a white etching on black granite), but sometimes that subtlety is magic.

Cast glass is a wonderful medium in traditional shapes such as arches, gables, and symmetrical forms. Referencing traditional design while introducing a new medium can feel modern and elegant. When a Lundgren memorial is installed in a historic cemetery, sometimes working with classic shapes is the right way to go. Cast glass is such a dynamic material that you don’t have to invent a busy design to create a stunning memorial. Sometimes simple wins, as glass is naturally beautiful all by itself.

Lundgren Monuments has developed hundreds of drawings and models for memorial designs that defy convention and exist purely as art. Regardless of your direction, we look forward to working with you.

Family memorials present opportunities to remember multiple loved ones with a more substantial sculptural work. It allows for wider, larger memorials that can span several plots, with family names etched at later dates.

Lundgren Monuments are found in cemeteries around the world and are not limited to language or cultural barriers. Creating monuments for loved ones brings people together.

There are many ways to incorporate a bench or seating into a memorial. Once we have a clear understanding of what your needs are, we will (literally) go to the drafting table and compose designs for your review. And if we don’t get it right on the first try, we’ll keep on drawing until we do.

Often, we design memorials that are mainly comprised of stone, crowned with a jewel of glass. The glass is anchored deep within a cavity or a stainless-steel sleeve. When the sun hits the jewel just right, it sparkles and dazzles the eye like nothing you’ve seen before

Bronze and stainless steel serve both beauty and function, anchoring your glass element, much like a precious stone is set into a piece of jewelry. And much like jewelry, Lundgren Monuments are made to be theft proof, using hidden fastening mechanisms that keep them in place.