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Furniture from Weapons – A Peaceful Use of Weapons

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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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Todd Says:
March 22nd, 2007 at 7:10 pm
I like them, very nice idea.
However, its a waste of perfectly good firearms, that would be of more use in the hands of the people.
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Lauralyn Silva Says:
March 22nd, 2007 at 4:58 pm
Functional art.
These sculptures and furniture are poignant poetry.
Very beautiful, cultural antiquities. So much history behind it.

I can imagine a grandfather telling stories to his grandchildren in those chairs.
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pligg.com Says:
March 22nd, 2007 at 3:07 pm
Furniture from Weapons [pictures]…

A couple of guys in Cambodia make furniture out of weapons…
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Domester.NET Says:
March 22nd, 2007 at 2:57 pm
I like elephant.
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March 22nd, 2007 at 2:51 pm
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cesare Says:
March 22nd, 2007 at 1:29 pm
this is what i thought about when i was a child!!great!
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Anonymous Says:
March 22nd, 2007 at 10:26 am
Weapons become furniture…

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March 22nd, 2007 at 8:52 am
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chris Says:
March 22nd, 2007 at 8:25 am
let me say that you are certainly a creative soul. your work allows your passion to shine thru.

i want to say that inanimate objects are not responsible for war or death. people alone are responsible for war and death. the tools they choose to use are not responsible for said war or death.

chairs have also been used to killed people, but no one blames the chair. insinuating that guns are instruments of war death or destruction is like blaming a cow for someone eating too many hamburgers and getting fat.

again let me say i like when someone expresses them selves in a way that screams their innermost feelings.

chris allen
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Doug Says:
March 22nd, 2007 at 7:15 am
I could fix most of those.
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Vivek Jyoti Says:
March 22nd, 2007 at 6:41 am
Weapons should be completely melted and not remind us of any weapons at all.
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What Says:
March 22nd, 2007 at 6:31 am
“I value freedom too much to ever disrespect the vehicle that keeps us free. ”

What? Give me a break, that’s rediculous. Guns are tools, nothing more. Guns are just as equally used by those wishing to REMOVE a person’s freedom as they are for those DEFENDING it. It’s a tool, just like swords were before it, and bludgeoning devices before that. It’s not some rediculous sacred thing. For instance, terrorists use guns. Is that blasphemy? No, they’re people using a tool (albeit for a harmful purpose). But would you be willing to disrespect the vehicle that lets terrorists kill innocent people?

Fascinating that they’re one in the same, eh?
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What Says:
March 22nd, 2007 at 6:27 am
Randal… how many guns does one person NEED to defend their life and liberty? If you jury-rigged a setup so that each foot could fire a gun, you could fire a gun with your teeth, and had a gun in each hand, you’d still only have 5 guns there… and not much mobility to defend yourself from oncoming fire.

Who’s to say these guys didn’t just have a hell of a lot more guns than they had hands to use them with? It looks like functional furniture to me, and furniture’s been made of stranger things before. I really don’t see the problem here.
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The Roid Says:
March 22nd, 2007 at 6:12 am
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Phoenix Firearms Says:
March 22nd, 2007 at 6:05 am
Look like crap to me, Guns or not!

When does the butt wipe selection colored as the American flag come out I wonder, get a real business and support the USA .

Mont.
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Get real Says:
March 22nd, 2007 at 6:00 am
You should be ashamed and hit over the head, what are you thinking? America is here because of the real use of these tools, next you will make them out of the USA Flag and put your fanny on them?
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Canopy2k Says:
March 22nd, 2007 at 5:38 am
Nice. Turning beautiful pieces of artwork into furniture. I guess its anti-art.
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Ivanimal Says:
March 22nd, 2007 at 5:30 am
This is the sadest use of fine weaponry I have ever seen. I value freedom too much to ever disrespect the vehicle that keeps us free. I wisk I had never seen this site.
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Charles Bogardus Says:
March 22nd, 2007 at 5:24 am
You know, if a few of the people who ended up in the killing fields had had the opportunity to resist… Which is more ethical?
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Zoobutu Says:
March 22nd, 2007 at 5:12 am
Fubutz der varsse les mutuy a te kokke des leckerz. Yaya!
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DRM600 Says:
March 22nd, 2007 at 4:32 am
When can we see guns made from furniture? I’d plop down money for that.
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Rew Webb Says:
March 22nd, 2007 at 3:30 am
that is great! If only we could get the rest of the world in to art and not war…
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SuperDave Says:
March 22nd, 2007 at 3:03 am
That is so cool! You should post this on arizonashooting.com They love this kind of stuff!
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War What is It Good For Says:
March 22nd, 2007 at 2:39 am
beautiful pictures, glad they didn’t color over the steel and guns as it would deminish the power and intensity of the message.
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Windows Vista Says:
March 22nd, 2007 at 2:26 am
Yea thats some interesting art – good find!
I’m not sure which weapon was used to make the frog though (drum sound)
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Randall Says:
March 22nd, 2007 at 2:09 am
A wretched waste of weaponry!

I like the art, mind you, but hey, they sell pieces of blank metal, you know. Never waste a gun you could use to defend your life or liberty with-ever.
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V'yacheslav Dmitriev Says:
March 22nd, 2007 at 1:52 am
This makes me sick!
Complete waste!
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Doug Says:
March 22nd, 2007 at 1:45 am
Why is any post that does not think building furniture out of guns is a good idea deleted?
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Tom Denning Says:
March 22nd, 2007 at 1:43 am
wow, what a wonderful solution to a very ugly problem. i wonder if gun furniture would appeal to non-gun people? somehow i just can’t imagine Sarah Brady serving tea & crumpets on her AK47 cocktail table? i wonder if gun people would be offended over having such beautiful art in their bunkers?
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UnlivedPhalanx Says:
March 22nd, 2007 at 1:28 am
Where can I buy one of these?
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ryan Says:
March 22nd, 2007 at 1:16 am
this is complete liberal bullshit
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poss Says:
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:59 am
now the question is are these items available to order, i want the sofa!!!!
more sofas means less guns about!
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Ron Says:
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:39 am
Where’s the plowshares? I want to see the plowshares!
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James Says:
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:37 am
You wasted how many good guns to build these pieces of crap?
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Paul Long Says:
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:18 am
What, no plowshares pr pruning hooks?
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Mark Says:
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:05 am
Why would you waste perfectly good guns for furniture when there are so many trees available? Unless of course you could still use these to protect yourself…

A shotgun chair would be quite nice!
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Tallest Says:
March 21st, 2007 at 11:38 pm
What a waste!
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dude Says:
March 21st, 2007 at 11:09 pm
These are a discrace, plain and simple
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samet Says:
March 21st, 2007 at 11:05 pm
amazing
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Sebastian Says:
March 21st, 2007 at 10:20 pm
That’s very interesting. Some of the Kalashnikov receivers appearing there look like they are mostly intact. It may actually be illegal to import these chairs into the US, and probably elsewhere. A least in the US, I’m pretty sure the ATF requires that machine gun receivers be cut into several pieces before they can be considered “demiled”, and no longer considered to legally be machine guns.
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Brian Says:
March 21st, 2007 at 10:11 pm
Amazing but come on get it right. Art yes… Furniture… no. How are the above tables or chairs ?
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Rob Says:
March 21st, 2007 at 10:01 pm
thats a statement.
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Jordan Meeter Says:
March 21st, 2007 at 9:25 pm
Cool, I really like the elephant.
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ben Says:
March 21st, 2007 at 8:54 pm
awesome
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z Says:
March 21st, 2007 at 8:50 pm
nice
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Carl Engelke Says:
March 21st, 2007 at 8:44 pm
Wow, that is amazing. Simply no other way to put it, it really is thought provoking to boot.