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Furniture from weapons is a project started after more than 30 years of civil war, ending in 1998, the Cambodian gouvernment destroyed 125,000 weapons across the country. In this time a small arms specialist with the European Union, and British artist Sasha Constable, saw an opportunity, and decided to create The Peace Art Project Cambodia (PAPC) in November 2003. The Peace Art Project Cambodia was a sculpture project turning weapons into art as expressions of peace. In Cambodia this is the most beautiful way to get rid of weapons – transform them in furniture. From these pictures this furniture doesn’t look to comfortable, but for a good cause they are excelent.

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Published by Michael 21 Mar 2007 in Furniture

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  1. Um Uso Pacífico Para Armas | Coió Online says:
    April 4, 2009 at 11:42 pm

    [...] em arte como expressão de paz. Esculturas e diversos móveis foram criados. É verdade que pelas fotografias, os móveis não parecem muito confortáveis. Mas, por uma boa causa, eles são [...]

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  2. Knifes and bats and shotguns as furniture, oh my! » North by Northwestern says:
    February 6, 2009 at 1:33 am

    [...] Cambodia in November 2003 to repurpose machine guns and heavy artillery into art and ultimately furniture. And while this furniture isn’t actually dangerous, those of you accustomed to coexisting [...]

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  3. They shall beat their swords into plush chairs « Panther Red says:
    December 11, 2008 at 12:12 pm

    [...] Posted by acilius under Art | Tags: sculpture |   Thanks to haha.nu for posting about The Peace Art Project Cambodia, which turned decommissioned small arms into furniture and [...]

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  4. synthesis » weapons furniture and sculptures says:
    December 1, 2008 at 5:56 pm

    [...] here Written by admin in: art&design, lifestyle [...]

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  5. Wildflower » Another use for guns after the SHTF says:
    October 14, 2008 at 4:59 pm

    [...] They can make furniture!  Yep, it’s true. Check out the rocking chair!  There’s a lot more at this post, furniture from weapons. [...]

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  6. lombear says:
    September 22, 2008 at 7:19 am

    Great, love it.
    And the fact that it annoys you gun nut, freak-bags makes me laugh and laugh and laugh.
    What the bet all you people who think this is the ‘greatest art crime ever committed’ are yanks? hmm?
    These AKs were not much use when you ‘brave’ americans were dropping bombs on innocent Cambodians from 30000 feet, so I guess that blows your warped theories out of the air.

    Good art encourages debate. Well done.

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  7. Furniture from Weapons - A Peaceful Use of Weapons ( Pics ) « Neilad58’s Weblog says:
    August 22, 2008 at 3:25 pm

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  8. Furniture from Weapons - A Peaceful Use of Weapons ( Pics ) « Bedroom Furnishings says:
    August 21, 2008 at 8:12 am

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  9. Furniture from Weapons - A Peaceful Use of Weapons ( Pics ) « Bedroom Furnishings says:
    August 21, 2008 at 7:25 am

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  10. Furniture from Weapons - A Peaceful Use of Weapons ( Pics ) « Bedroom Furnishings says:
    August 21, 2008 at 6:39 am

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  11. Furniture from Weapons - A Peaceful Use of Weapons ( Pics ) | The Furniture Blog says:
    July 7, 2008 at 4:56 pm

    [...] pieces of furniture for a good cause after more than 30 years of civil war in Cambodia.read more | digg [...]

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  12. Indofur says:
    July 6, 2008 at 5:53 am

    The furniture look beautiful but still displaying a lot of horror.
    Good work

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  13. DJK says:
    May 12, 2008 at 1:10 am

    Sacrilege!!!

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    December 9, 2007 at 8:44 am

    [...] elbette göreceli ama önemli olan vurgulanmak istenen nokta; “BARIŞ”.. O projeden çıkan diğer tasarımlar burada ve [...]

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  15. petras says:
    November 3, 2007 at 6:27 pm

    nice internet page.

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  16. World Design O! » Furniture from Weapons - A Peaceful Use of Weapons ( Pics ) says:
    November 1, 2007 at 2:19 pm

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  17. Zafer Kara » Blog Archive » Silah İlk kez Barış'ın Temsilcisi says:
    September 12, 2007 at 8:23 pm

    [...] göreceli ama önemli olan vurgulanmak istenen nokta; “BARIŞ”.. O projeden çıkan diğer tasarımlar burada ve [...]

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  18. Download-İndir » Blog Arşivi » Silah; İlk kez Barış’ın Temsilcisi.. says:
    September 12, 2007 at 3:47 pm

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  19. Silah; İlk kez Barış’ın Temsilcisi.. | FaikEmre - Yeni Nesil Blog! says:
    September 12, 2007 at 12:22 pm

    [...] göreceli ama önemli olan vurgulanmak istenen nokta; “BARIŞ”.. O projeden çıkan diğer tasarımlar burada ve [...]

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  20.   Silah; İlk kez Barış’ın Temsilcisi.. by Ozdemir.CC - Kişisel Sitem says:
    September 12, 2007 at 11:50 am

    [...] göreceli ama önemli olan vurgulanmak istenen nokta; “BARIŞ”.. O projeden çıkan diğer tasarımlar burada ve [...]

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  21. Waffenruhe at Einrichtungsapokalypse says:
    September 10, 2007 at 1:28 pm

    [...] Wie bequem es ist seinen Morgenkaffee auf Kalaschnikows sitzend einzunehmen, sei mal dahingestellt, aber Stoff für gediegenen Smalltalk in Wartesituationen liefern diese Möbel allemal. Mal ganz abgesehen vom karitativen Zweck natürlich. [via freshhome] [...]

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  22. Cell says:
    August 18, 2007 at 5:33 pm

    Very nice ! Great article !

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  23. Furniture Made from weapons « says:
    August 16, 2007 at 9:05 pm

    [...] More @ http://freshome.com/2007/03/21/furniture-from-weapons-a-peaceful-use-of-weapons/  [...]

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  24. Trey’s Couches and Weapons Furniture « says:
    July 31, 2007 at 4:57 am

    [...] While we are on the topic of furniture I would like to share the work of Neil Wilford, a small arms specialist with the European Union, and British artist Sasha Constable through The Peace Art Project Cambodia (PAPC). They create functional furniture from destroyed weapons accumulated by the Cambodian Gov’t and 30 years of civil war. Additional pieces can be seen here. [...]

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  25. Huevorama » Muebles hechos con armas says:
    May 8, 2007 at 4:18 pm

    [...] Click aqui para ir a la galeria. Guardado en: Varios, Arte, Imagenes [...]

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  26. Architectook » Weapons are Comfortable says:
    May 1, 2007 at 11:39 am

    [...] true. The rest weapons used in Cambodia Civil War are turned into furniture. What a briliant idea. From Freshome. Spread it: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new [...]

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  27. tribe.net: freshome.com says:
    April 22, 2007 at 5:14 pm

    Re: The myth of the Second Amendment…

    Just to provoke some conversation:

    http://freshome.com/2007/03/21/furnitur……

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  28. Furniture From Weapons « ashleystar. says:
    April 13, 2007 at 4:17 pm

    [...] clipped from freshome.com [...]

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  29. dvowr.com » blog archive » automatic weapon furniture says:
    April 11, 2007 at 3:45 pm

    [...] freshhome.com after more than 30 years of civil war, ending in 1998, the cambodian gouvernment destroyed 125,000 [...]

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  30. Dash-Dash - Art & Design weblog » Blog Archive » Recycled Weapons. says:
    April 10, 2007 at 11:33 pm

    [...] out these interesting pieces of furniture made of recycled weapons from the civil war that lasted more than [...]

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  31. Mokko’z » Blog Archive » Martes de Champions. says:
    April 10, 2007 at 9:50 pm

    [...] Imágenes: Muebles armados. [...]

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  32. Weapons Make for Neat Looking Furniture » ThingsAreGood: good news says:
    April 2, 2007 at 5:32 pm

    [...] Cambodia, some weapons are being turned into furniture. I like this idea of repurposing old machines of death into useful things for everyday use. [...]

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  33. The Kuma’s » Furniture made of Weapons says:
    March 31, 2007 at 8:16 pm

    [...] Source: Link [...]

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  34. wuff» Blog Archive » Friday Wrap-up says:
    March 31, 2007 at 7:41 pm

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