Two glowing Light Carafes on pale stools beside a sofa in the evening, with a coffee-table book

Light Carafe

Water by day. Light by night.

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The concept

A carafe for the table — and when the sun goes down, it becomes a lamp. The SOMO solar light sits in the lid: it charges through the day and glows through the evening. Two sizes, four shapes, one idea.

Light Carafe with water and orange slices in sunlight on a wooden table
By day
A glowing Light Carafe with fruit on a round wooden side table in the evening, a wicker chair and a sofa behind it
By night

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Light Carafe — Light Carafe M1 · Sun Jar Classic & Mini
Light Carafe M1 · Sun Jar Classic & Mini
Light Carafe — Light Carafe M1 · Sun Jar Classic & Mini
Light Carafe M1 · Sun Jar Classic & Mini
Light Carafe — Light Carafe M1
Light Carafe M1
Light Carafe — Light Carafe M1
Light Carafe M1
A man and two children around a glowing Light Carafe on a round wooden table in the evening, a boy reaching for his glass

The story

Elegant light for your table. The Light Carafe brings the SOMO solar light from the campsite to the dinner table.

The Light Carafe is the Sun Jar's elegant sister: a glass carafe with the modular SOMO solar light living inside. It charges by the window or on the balcony by day and stands on the table by night — warm white, dimmable light at 3000K, bright enough to read by, calm enough to talk by. One charge easily carries an evening: up to 28 hours on the medium setting. And like every Sonnenglas, it comes from our Fair-Trade factory at Victoria Yards, Johannesburg.

Social Impact by Design. Made in Africa.

From Waste to Elegance

The Sonnenglas® Light Carafe is hand-blown from 100% recycled glass collected by people in Eswatini. For many, collecting bottles is their only source of income.

Made in Africa

By hand, in Eswatini

Discarded bottles become molten glass. The furnace runs on used cooking oil.
It takes about a year of training to blow a Light Carafe.
Seven people, one Light Carafe: blowing, cutting, finishing.
Last step: SOMO on top.
A hand holds an empty glass bottle against the blue sky and the sun

From Waste to Elegance · 1

Collecting bottles

Discarded beverage bottles serve as the raw material. For many people, collecting bottles is their only source of income. The Light Carafes are made from 100% recycled glass.

Collected empty glass bottles, close up

From Waste to Elegance · 2

Recycling

The bottles are sorted, washed and shredded. The raw material is then melted down. The furnace runs on used cooking oil, and the electricity comes from the glassworks' own solar system.

A glassblower shapes glowing glass on the pipe, smoke in the workshop

From Waste to Elegance · 3

Glassblowing in teamwork

Glassblowing combines hard physical labour and delicate craftsmanship. It takes about a year of training to make a Light Carafe. A single one passes through the hands of seven people: blowing, cutting, finishing.

The film

From our hands, to yours

A day at the glassworks in Eswatini, from the heap of broken glass to the finished Light Carafe.

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All Light Carafes

Light Carafe – C1

Light Carafe – C1

incl. SOMO

$119.00 In stock

Light Carafe – C2

Light Carafe – C2

incl. SOMO

$119.00 In stock

Light Carafe – M1

Light Carafe – M1

incl. SOMO

$109.00 In stock

Light Carafe – M2

Light Carafe – M2

incl. SOMO

$109.00 In stock

plus shipping

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Goes well with

From the same workshop

Sun Jar Classic and Mini, two SOMOs and two Light Carafes glowing side by side on a wooden table

Which Light Carafe fits you?

Light Carafe – C1 Complete Set · incl. SOMO $119.00 View product Light Carafe – C2 Complete Set · incl. SOMO $119.00 View product Light Carafe – M1 Complete Set · incl. SOMO $109.00 View product Light Carafe – M2 Complete Set · incl. SOMO $109.00 View product
Colours
  • Flint Clear
  • Orange Speckles
  • Blue Speckles
  • Flint Clear
  • Orange Speckles
  • Blue Speckles
  • Flint Clear
  • Orange Speckles
  • Blue Speckles
  • Flint Clear
  • Orange Speckles
  • Blue Speckles
Solar light SOMO Classicincluded SOMO Classicincluded SOMO Miniincluded SOMO Miniincluded
Height 26.8 cm 26.8 cm 20.5 cm 20.5 cm
Diameter 9.8 cm 9.8 cm 9.5 cm 11.2 cm
Weight 508 g 542 g 363 g 395 g

Frequently asked questions

The Light Carafe, a SOMO solar light (generation 6) and a cork. If you already own a generation 6 SOMO, for example from a Sun Jar, write to info@sonnenglas.net and we'll send the Light Carafe on its own.

The solar light sits on the Light Carafe as its lid. Line up the dot on the SOMO with the metal dot on the neck: the Light Carafe lights up, and the day/night sensor switches it on and off with the light. To switch off, turn the SOMO at least 2 cm away from the metal dot. Or use the button on the module itself, then without the automatic.

Yes, on a gentle glass programme at max. 45 °C. The cork and the SOMO solar light of course stay out of the dishwasher.

Yes. Every Light Carafe is made from 100% recycled packaging glass and is food-safe. The raw material is tested in the lab regularly.

No. The SOMO's LEDs are so efficient that they produce no noticeable heat.

Manuals

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