Glass tombstones: light after death

By Mary Lojkine on 30 March 2005, 5:27pm

After last week's trip through the lights fantastic, we were delighted to discover the glass tombstones at Lundgren Monuments. Why settle for plain old granite when you can have a "luminescent, organic, rugged and incredibly beautiful" cast glass monument?

Disappointingly, the tombstones don’t actually light up, except when struck by a passing sunbeam. We're not sure whether that's a concession to taste or practicality. Modern cemeteries are smothered in nasty plastic flowers and over-the-top wreaths, so a little neon wouldn't be out of place. Lundgren also makes cast glass signs with embedded LEDs, so the technology is available -- but power might be a problem.

More realistically, we'd like to see a glass tombstone that absorbs light during the day and glows gently at night, like Suck UK's Glow Brick. Your spirit could be a beacon in the dark for your grieving relatives, literally as well as figuratively. -ML