No, It’s a Hippy Hand Grenade

by Domestik Goddess on April 7, 2008

handblown glass cactus fan pull According to the blurb at Uncommon Goods, this delightful objet d’art is a glass cactus.

To be more precise, it’s a hand-blown glass pull for your ceiling fan in the shape of a flowering cactus.

Now, granted, my knowledge of fan pulls is only slightly more limited than my firsthand experience with desert plants — and my knowledge of explosives is shaped in large part by old reruns of Hogan’s Heroes — but, really now, ‘fess up.

handblown glass apple fan pullAm I the only one who thinks this looks more like a hand grenade with a little pink blossom on its side?

Flower power, as it were…

I do very much like the pretty red apple fan pull made by the same Oregon glass artists. Maybe it’s a cultural thing…

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