Hasta La Ideas

Ok, so the elegant branches of Etienne Meneau’s “Strange Carafes” more closely resemble arteries than their heartward counterparts… but I couldn’t pass up the felicitous anagram+alliteration of the two terms. Either way, they’re an artistic take on a traditional piece of glassware, the wine vessel reimagined as a sculptural object. The glass tubes branch into upwards of sixteen rounded ‘feet,’ which resemble test tubes; the numbered variations (literally “Carafe No. 2,” Carafe No. 5,” etc.) are differentiated by the number of and diameter of the phalanges, the branching pattern, and straight or curved segments.

In addition to the ‘terminal’ editions, Menau has also produced a couple cœurs, where the arteries are interconnected to form an abstract heart-shaped knot, a more explicit nod to the (putative) cardiovascular benefits of wine.

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