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Urinating on flowers....?
When I wrote about urinating on vegetables in Mexican slums I had no idea that this concept had already taken other directions.
Clark Sorensen handcrafts each of these ceramic urinals, most taking up to 8 months to dry properly. Each one is unique and start from US$6,500 - not everyone's cup of tea!
But, what I find interesting is that the majority of these crafted urinals are in the shape of a flower. Continue the tangent and you're reminded that males are the only ones who use urinals: Men and Fowers. The whole concept seems...a little, well...feminine, doesn't it.
Or maybe Sorensen's going with the whole back to nature thing. Where men enjoy the luxury of taking a pee wherever and whenever they like. It's that whole eco-naturist notion taking shape.
Awesome pieces of artwork though.
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Stuart, there was a big story in the New York Times Style section today on the subject of designer urinals in high-priced homes, and in that article there was one shaped like a Jack-in-the-Pulpit... maybe I have a twisted mind, but the choice strikes me as definitely playing with both language and image. [also - go look up the definition of Orchid and you may have a different perspective on this design, too.]
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Posted by: Annie in Austin | January 26, 2007 7:02 AM
Quite beautiful but...it looks like it would take a very good aim to avoid unpleasant results. Or is that a typical female thing to think of?
Posted by: Val | January 26, 2007 7:39 AM
Ha-Ha! That's funny, but I don't think my hubby would go for it in our house.
Posted by: Hanna In Cleveland | January 26, 2007 7:58 AM
At the risk of sounding too... risque... lots of these urinals are made in the shape of a sexy, come-hither kind of flower. A few of them are even... vulva-like. Perhaps to attract the male human and entice him to use them?
Posted by: Kim | January 27, 2007 7:07 AM