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Strange Carafes by Etienne Meneau

By Alex in Arts & Crafts, Food & Drinks, Pictures on Jul 12, 2008 at 2:17 am


Strange Carafes are a set of wine decanter made by French sculptor Etienne Meneau. The intricate glass carafes hold one bottle of wine and go for as much as 5,000 2,200 Euros. All I want to know is: how do you wash them?

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Previously: Elastic House for Those Who "Love Instability" also by Meneau.


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  1. Evilbeagle
    Jul 12th, 2008 at 7:00 am

    If you can afford a 5,000 Euro carafe, you probably don't have to worry about washing it yourself and can pay others to worry about that, as well as accomplish it.

    They are pretty neat looking, though.

  2. twoeightnine
    Jul 12th, 2008 at 7:05 am

    I'd worry about pouring out of them without making a mess before I'd worry about washing them.

  3. stacyj
    Jul 12th, 2008 at 10:22 am

    They look too distressingly like blood vessels to whet my appetite for any wine ...

  4. Frank
    Jul 12th, 2008 at 10:22 am

    GOOD design is always practical, too.

  5. Carl
    Jul 12th, 2008 at 1:21 pm

    It's a neat art project, for sure, very creative and violates standard thinking. But I'd much prefer a lovely cut crystal decanter in my home. Speaking of which...anyone want to send me a crystal decanter?

  6. Ali S.
    Jul 12th, 2008 at 2:56 pm

    5,000 Euros!? What?! For that?! *faints*

  7. Wynper
    Jul 12th, 2008 at 5:02 pm

    Vessels made of glass or plastic that are oddly shaped can be easily cleaned with denture cleaning products like Efferdent.

  8. JC
    Jul 12th, 2008 at 10:04 pm

    5,000 euros for a piece of glass behind an idea. Unbelievable.

  9. Johnny Cat
    Jul 13th, 2008 at 1:58 am

    I'd buy that. Then after I'd made a spectacle of myself at some beach house dinner party with it, I'd have a glassman melt it down and turn into something else, like I dunno, a vase or something.

  10. ted
    Jul 13th, 2008 at 8:44 am

    Make a spectacle of yourself, and then spectacles out of the glass?

  11. alli
    Jul 14th, 2008 at 10:09 am

    Seems kind of useless, considering skinny little 'vessels' won't allow air in for the wine to open up and breathe.

  12. etienne meneau
    Jul 16th, 2008 at 4:08 am

    TO ALEX / please, could you rectify the price in the post, it's only 2200 euros for the N°5 .
    thanks.
    E.MENEAU

  13. Sacha
    Jul 22nd, 2008 at 4:09 am

    Hi,

    You will find very fresh news from Etienne Meneau on

    http://blog.youwinemotion.tv/index.php?post/2008/07/08/Etranges-Carafe s-2eme-vague-de-creation

    Cheers!

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