The Panda Urn

An urn is a unique way to store the cremains of your loved one and honor their legacy and life. With nearly limitless options for 3D-printed cremation urns, you can have something that really fits a lost loved one's personality and encapsulates what they enjoyed while they were here with you.

About the Panda Urn

The Panda Urn was created for a customer whose late son loved pandas. The urn itself takes the shape of a panda. Along with requesting the panda, our customer also asked that we add an engraved name plate on the panda and cherry blossoms for the panda to hold. We learned a lot during this process, as it was a more unique design that required detail and increased levels of accuracy.

Inspiration

Our customer wanted to create a panda-shaped urn to memorialize her son by using his favorite animal. She was committed to showcasing her son and the joy that pandas brought him in life, and having the right urn was the best way to do that. With the right style and design, we were able to give her what she needed to protect her son's cremains and move through the process of grieving and saying goodbye.

Process

Creating the Model

Creating the panda model began with the use of software programs that provide 3D modeling capabilities. These take time, because they have to be designed with the full, complete, final product in mind. With this urn, the 3D model of the panda went through two revisions before we were satisfied with the detail. Once the model is customer approved, we can start the printing process.

Printing

The size of the final urn can affect the printing process and the time it takes, which may be as long as 24 hours. With this urn, the complexity caused the process to take a little longer than some of the other urns we've created. We printed the hind legs separately from the main body piece, and assembled all three parts together after the prints were complete.

Post-Printing Process

Quality checks are an important step in the post-printing process, and so is cleaning up. Both of these are addressed along with hardening, to ensure the final product is ready to move to the next step and get closer to completion.

Painting

We have an in-house painting team that's dedicated to quality and detail, so we can provide all our customers with an urn that's as realistic as it can be. For this urn, the peaceful expression on the panda's face was particularly important.

Final Touches

The panda's eyes, the delicate nature of the cherry blossoms, and the custom heart nameplate all came together as part of the final touches on this particular urn. The goal was to provide both quality and realism, so the customer could feel a sense of closure when they received their urn.

Urn Details

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Behind the Scenes

The fine detail work that went into the panda urn is showcased in these behind-the-scenes pictures, where you can see the process of 3D modeling, printing, and painting.

Custom 3D-Printed Urns at In the Light Urns

If you need a 3D-printed custom urn to honor a loved one, we're here to help you get what you're looking for. Getting in touch with us is the right first step toward memorializing someone you love and miss, and honoring their importance in your life. Custom cremation urns are a great way to remember someone special. Get in touch with us at In The Light Urns, and work with our caring staff and quality graphics department to get the urn that's right for your needs. We're here to help, and we'll be happy to work with you on the details.

You can order your custom 3D-printed urn today, and we'll start on the design and modeling process. Whether you want to share pictures of your loved one and their loved items, or you have a stock image that expresses what you're looking for, we can work with all kinds of ideas and goals to ensure you have the right urn for a loved one's cremains.