Custom Glass Headstone Benefits

7 Reasons to Choose a Custom Glass Headstone

Granite might be the most common choice for tombstones, but glass offers many unique advantages.

1. One-of-a-Kind Design

When you work with a custom glass manufacturer to design a glass headstone, you’re creating something truly unique and special. The end result will be a one-of-a-kind monument to your loved one.

Rather than something that looks like every other headstone, this is the opportunity to design a stunning work of art as unique as the person the project is commemorating.

2. Custom Options

Glass is a highly customizable material. This gives you a lot of leeway to create the vision that best represents and memorializes your loved one. Whether you’re going for a traditional, minimalistic look or something more ornate and colorful, glass gives you that freedom to take your idea and translate it into reality.

With glass, you can choose the:

• Thickness
• Color
• Texture or pattern
• Shape
• Size

If it’s fitting to the monument, you could even integrate tasteful lighting. Always speak with your glass manufacturer and their engineering team first to see if your project vision is possible.

3. High-Quality Material

When you’re creating a memorial, you want to ensure it’s going to be beautiful, striking, and impactful today…and years down the line. You achieve that by using the highest quality materials and manufacturing methods.

When properly designed, engineered, and manufactured, glass is an incredibly durable material. From the glass itself to the etching, high-quality glass tombstones will look amazing and hold up over time.

4. Beauty

One of the biggest advantages to choosing a custom glass tombstone is the sheer beauty of the final product. Glass naturally reflects, refracts, and transmits both natural and artificial light. Other materials typically used in memorials simply can’t match these visual effects.

The customization options with glass further enhance its beauty. Maybe that’s playing with color or shape. Maybe it’s integrating backlighting. Whatever the specifics of your project, glass has the ability to be turned into striking works of art.

5. Extreme Durability

Many monuments and headstones are created for exterior environments. That means they need to withstand the elements, but they also need to look their best, even after years of being exposed to:

• Wind
• Rain
• Snow and ice
• Sunshine
• Extreme temperature swings

When you work with a high-quality glass manufacturer, you’re getting glass that is resistant to scratching, chipping, and heat. Even when exposed to all the wear and tear that comes with being left outdoors, the right glass will look as pristine as the day it was installed.

“Some people worry about glass being brittle or being exposed to the outdoors,” said Tim Casey, founder of TCG Glass. “But our cast glass is two to three inches thick. It can literally handle the force of a baseball bat.”

6. Ease of Maintenance

The last thing you want is a memorial that ends up looking weathered, deteriorated, or dirty over time. As a nonporous material, glass is highly resistant to staining, bacteria buildup, and mold. A bit of water and mild detergent are enough to keep the glass looking its best—even after years in the elements.

When you work with TCG Glass specifically, every glass monument is also treated with a proprietary scratch-resistant coating.

7. Colors

Yes, glass can be transparent, but it can also be colored. Using our TRUE Colors glass technology, we’re able to infuse color into our decorative glass products. (Unlike paint or colored film, this isn’t a low-quality solution that can deteriorate over time.) Colors can be chosen from a standard set or created custom to match a favorite shade.

This ability to work with color, as well varying levels of transparent glass, ensures you can create a monument that perfectly captures, honors, and memorializes the memory of your loved one.

Are You Considering a Custom Glass Headstone?

If you’ve lost a loved one and are looking for a unique way to memorialize their memory, don’t hesitate to reach out to TCG Glass. We’re a custom glass manufacturer with decades of experience specializing in one-of-a-kind glass projects. We’re always happy to answer any glass-related questions or to discuss how to bring your specific glass memorial project to life.