Custom glass inlays for the memorial industry

Stained glass,
set in stone.

Colored glass, fused, cut and set flush with the granite. Finally, a product that answers the need for permanent color on memorials.

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Patented process
40 colors that never fade
Usually ships within 2 weeks

A granite headstone with stained glass inlays of tulips, roses and daisies framing a heart — Glass inlays on a granite headstone

A medieval cathedral window of blue and red stained glass — Cathedral glass made 800 years ago still holds its color.

Why stained glass

Paint fades. Glass does not.

Granite has withstood the test of time because it is impervious to weather and normal wear in the cemetery. Unfortunately, the paint or stain used to enhance the letters, numbers and designs on today’s granite has a life expectancy of 2 to maybe 8 years.

Simply put, stained glass will never fade. We installed our first glass inlay in 2003, and we have tested our inlays to extremes that monuments will never face. In some ways, the finished product is even tougher than the carved granite itself.

Paint or stain: 2 to 8 years; before it needs repainting
Stained glass: Never fades; the color is fused through the glass

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Methods and materials

How an inlay is made

Fused

Two layers of colored fusible plate glass are melted into a ¼″ thick, solid-colored glass. The color is never printed on.
Cut

A computer-controlled water-jet shapes every piece to tolerances measured in thousandths of an inch.
Fire-polished

Over 30 hours in the kiln to fuse, fire-polish and anneal, leaving the glass up to 200 times harder than plate glass.
Set in stone

Bonded flush with the granite through a stencil cut to fit, then sealed with UV-fast, cement-based grout.

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Hundreds of finished designs

Every design in our catalog is ready to be manufactured. Many monument companies order finished designs from it, or have their favorite sandblasting designs changed into colored glass inlays.