Columbarium Features

Superior Quality and Craftsmanship

Sunset’s Columbaria are designed to create elegant and dignified models, fabricated using only the finest materials. The granite doors are available in a wide assortment of granite colours and are chosen to complement and enhance the design. As with all of Sunset’s products, one is assured of superior quality and craftsmanship.

Clean lines, cutting edge designs, beautiful landscaping as well as years of experience go together in creating each columbaria. Sunset offers some of the most distinct and elegant styles available as well as the opportunity to customize to your specific needs. Our columbaria are highly visible and attractive features, imparting a feeling of peace and care for the deceased, but also for all who are visiting the grounds.

Please review the following key features . . .

• Foundations
• Frames
• Niches
• Doors
• Art & accessories

Frames

Sunset’s interior aluminum frame is designed to withstand extreme temperature fluctuations while providing the strength and flexibility to create innovative columbaria forms. Because of the flexibility of the aluminum frame, a Sunset columbarium can achieve specific curves and lines that are not possible with heavier, more cumbersome granite cores. For innovative designs, Sunset’s aluminum frame is unbeatable.

Niches

Sunset offers two options for interior niche cores.

1. Nylene Core
   Sunset is the first to introduce new Nylene materials as part of our interior niche cores. Inert to the environment, lighter in weight and pound-for-pound stronger than steel in compression, Nylene is proving to be a winner in the latest of columbarium design technology. Nylene was first developed by the military for use in the M1 Abrams tank and is now used on the underbelly of the Predator Drones. As a cost savings alternative to aluminum, Sunset has employed Nylene in thousands of niches across the country—savings we gladly pass onto our customers.
   Available size: 11⅞” x 11⅞” x 15½” (W x H x D) or 11⅞” x 11⅞” x 11⅞” (W x H x D)

Art & Accessories

There are a number of different styles of art and accessories to choose from in order to individualize your columbaria. Below are some examples:

1. Artwork:
   Sunset has a talented group of graphic designers to guide and assist Cemeteries or Municipalities in creating that perfect custom design. Images can be selected from our vast assortment of existing designs. Custom designs can also be created to suit individual tastes and preferences. Any artwork to be engraved must meet your approval before they are etched onto the granite surface.
2. Laser etching:
   On high-gloss granite surfaces, laser etching allows for personalized artistic expression by playing off the reflective properties of granite. With access to laser technology, Sunset is able to translate images, photographs or designs onto granite surfaces.
3. Accessories:
   Bronze appliqués or porcelain photographs can be mounted onto the granite surface in order to add another creative dimension to the columbaria. Often we will carve a recess into which the accessory is placed for further protection from the elements and from flying debris from maintenance work.
4. Sculptured Architectural Features:
   Sculptural elements can be engraved into the granite in order to create decorative features that provide depth, pattern and texture to each piece. With access to the most highly coveted granite sculpture artists in the world, Sunset can provide your cemetery with the perfect piece of sculpture for any columbarium or garden setting.

For more information about any of our columbaria, please contact one of our Sales and Service Representatives.