Red asymmetric glass cross for a headstone

Glass cross for a headstone

An asymmetric cross in fused glass, bonded straight onto the main tablet of the headstone. The red is a colour fired into the glass, not a coating laid on top – in full sun it glows deeply, and against black granite it gives the strongest contrast in the whole range.

The cross is made from fused glass with a hand-worked decorative pattern. The colours chosen and the texture of the glass make the surface catch the sunlight, so the colours become more intense and the decoration gains a pronounced depth.

Features of the glass cross

The asymmetric cross is made by hand in our own workshop, using glass fusing. Firing in the kiln gives each piece its shape, its size and a character of its own.

The decorative face of the cross is coloured and finished by hand, so the pattern stays clearly visible and holds its strong colour. The glass is opaque, so the pattern stays crisp and the stone tablet behind the cross does not show through.

This cross is bonded in place with a flexible MS-polymer adhesive — either straight onto the face of the stone tablet, or seated first in a recess cut into it. We do not build it in between two stone tablets.

The glass crosses come in several standard sizes, to suit headstone tablets 60 cm wide in a range of heights. That makes it easy for a memorial mason to choose the right size for a particular headstone design.

Bespoke sizes

Every cross can also be made to an individual size, to suit the design and requirements of the memorial.

If you need the model shown here in a different size, or a cross in entirely non-standard dimensions, contact us. We will help you match the proportions and the dimensions of the piece to the memorial design you have drawn up.