Article: 3 Teak furniture maker finds niche in stone.

A North Bay home decor and handicraft exporting company is turning over a new stone.

Well known in Ontario for their show-stopping teak root furniture and carvings, Vested Interest Trading, a division of Buckstone Inc., is poised to launch a new product line making granite and rock urns for human and pet remains.

The 25-person company has created two new spinoff divisions, Petra Natural Stone Keepsake Urns for the pet market, and Soul Stones for cremated human remains, better known in the industry vernacular as cremains.

Former street vendor and now company president and co-founder Jennifer McNutt Bywater admits entering the funeral supply ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!