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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  1. 100
    Guzz Says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 4:06 pm

    Wow, low art. Not even very well done and certainly not original.

  2. 99
    Eric10mm Says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 4:05 pm

    Well, I suppose it is more artistic than the crap that gets passed off as “modern art” such as splashes and splotches of paint on a wall-sized canvas. At least with this “art” you can actually tell what it is supposed to be.

    I do think these would make for cool conversation pieces, however my La-Z-Boy is definitely more comfortable.

  3. 98
    Shadow Lane Says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 3:56 pm

    >Weapons should be completely melted and not remind us of any weapons at all.

  4. 97
    Guinny Ire Says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 3:44 pm

    Disgusting, gun owners don’t kill people. Criminals kill people. And then the police show up to attempt to figure out who the murderer is, arrest them, and hopefully put them away for more than 8 years. Because alot of murderers serve 8 to 10 with good behavior. I wish you a good and lucky life.

  5. 96
    Dave Says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 3:40 pm

    Somehow, I don’t think 100,000+ aging, poorly maintained AKs stockpiled in southeast asia were going to help preserve anyone’s liberty.

    I like weapons as much as the next guy, but seriously, they’re just tools; theres no need to sanctify them. If you had a stack of a couple hundred thousand hammers lying about, you might start to look for new things to do with hammers… and lets face it, a hammer is a whole lot more versatile than an assault rifle.

  6. 95
    alimentarycanal Says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 3:22 pm

    Make furnishings out of bones the deceased… that would be tasteful while simultaneously thought provoking and artistic. Think about it. Muhahaha…

  7. 94
    Steve Tucker Says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 2:56 pm

    Absolutely brilliant!!

  8. 93
    Drooler Says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 2:48 pm

    For what it’s worth, don’t try to hunt deer with a coffee table – I did, and the deer are way too fast.

  9. 92
    Missing the point. Says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 2:13 pm

    All those of you who think this is a waste are missing the point.

    Besides, how bad-ass would you look holding your guns, while sitting on a gun chair?!

    I like to sit.
    I like guns.
    It would only make sense to combine these two.

    Cant sit on my revolver though cause the hammer pinches.

  10. 91
    How DISGUSTING Says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 2:06 pm

    Making these innocent tools into vicious chairs that could be used to sit someone to death.

    Let’s just ban bullets.

    Guns dont kill people.
    Gun owners do.

    I’d rather just sit on a snazzy gun chair.

  11. 90
    Guinny Ire Says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 1:45 pm

    Sheeple. Those who choose to bury their heads in the sand, put their faith in their government and sing “peace in our times” are bound to reap the servitude they deserve and should pray/hope their govt doesn’t find them desirably expendable. That said my guess is that many of those pieces won’t be importable into the US because of improperly demilled AK receivers. Technically they need to be submitted to the ATF for review before they can come in.

  12. 89
    Pirate King Of The North Says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 1:41 pm

    WOOOOOOOOOOOOW! You need a real job. My god…. I have lost all hope in humanity. An UZI jew candle stick. Thats bad.

  13. 88
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    March 23rd, 2007 at 1:29 pm

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  14. 87
    SJ Says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 1:07 pm

    I like the art. Why do you gun freaks care that the artist used guns? Your guns were not used so chill out!

  15. 86
    TheEconomist Says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 12:35 pm

    I don’t think I’d want the furniture, but the art pieces are neat.

    With that said, my guns will not be becoming artwork anytime soon. For one they cost too much, and second I like them too much.

    Oh yeah, also, the table is cool, but the only thing that would have been nicer is if the table-top had been made of shell casings glued together and turned primer side up (for a flat surface).

  16. 85
    GUnnut Says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 11:58 am

    as far as i know guns were invented for wartime use. not for hunting or target practice or friendly debates. while they may have all these uses now, how can it be said that guns are not ¨weapons of death and destruction¨? i like firing guns, its a skill to learn, but not when it involves someone else does anyone truely want to be involved in such a situation? Then why do we have guns, massive stockpiles of them, new ones every year?

    side note …on a scale of 1 (not interested) till 5 (all outa bubblegum), how many of u would be interested in ¨war tourism¨? full package deal including lodging, ¨taste the gunpowder¨…skittles not included, no guarentees

    what does this say about us? thousands of years of ¨civilization¨ and i would like to think we´ve learnt something along the way, are not our god’given hands (natural selection, whatever) enough? where does the evolution of the killing machine end? it wont will it? does anyone know if it would actualy be proffitable to smelt AKs down en-mass and resell the metal at a lower tha average price?

  17. 84
    Pjm Says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 11:48 am

    People are so stupid. Now a great deal of people are going to be killed with rusty knives and spears. I agree, war and killing is bad, but taking people’s ability to defend themselves away is not the answer.

    I also agree that this is the largest waste of firearms I’ve ever seen. And no serious gun owner would ever own one of those because it would break his heart to see guns destroyed.

    IF this is ART, then I hate art.

  18. 83
    People, are you MAD? Says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 11:46 am

    I can’t believe my own eyes. AK-47s are “the vehicle that keeps us free”, “a gun you could use to defend your life or liberty with” – are you Americans so narrow-minded?

    Don’t get me wrong, I love guns like any other guy, but coming as I do from the other side of (former) Iron Curtain, I have slightly less romantic view on these weapons. AK-47s are not guns that you keep at home, clean and oil, show off to friends and once in a month take out to shooting range. You give an AK-47 to some poor, uneducated, 17-year old conscript and order him to go somewhere and kill some other poor, uneducated, 17-yer old conscrip (in best scenario – more probably, to kill some farmer, his wife and kids). AK-47s are simple, brutal tools used to kill people like you. Get a life and notice there is a whole different world out there.

  19. 82
    Dixonion Says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 11:02 am

    You’re all missing the point. The GOVERNMENT seized these guns after 30 years of civil war. That means the revolutionaries lost, right? The rebellion failed, and the bad guys won and “peace” was achieved…at what price?

  20. 81
    RP Monster Says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 9:16 am

    Amazing how many people feel so passionate one way or another about these items – that reflects well on the artist.

    These are really interesting pieces – old guns make for good building material – strong and straight.

    as far as wasting guns, I don’t think there is any shortage of mass producted, stamped steel AK 47’s. I’m a big fan of guns too but these are no Walthers or SiG works of art.

    As far as feeling guilty looking at them…get a life.

  21. 80
    Greg Says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 8:42 am

    You realize the british re-invasion plan is cancelled right?
    That’s right. The redcoats are NOT COMING.

    Besides, there’s a nearly neverending supply of AKs out there anyway.

  22. 79
    Matt Says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 8:37 am

    The thing that most of the posters here don’t appear to comprehend is that these are from CAMBODIA. Thats right, Cambodia, where Pol Pot’s forces needed enough guns to create “killing fields” in which millions of people were executed by barrages of fire from AKs. In the United States where (aparrently) many of the posters live I would agree that such weapons could have been legally sold to dealers or put to some other use, but in that part of the world these weapons are so plentiful that they sell for somewhere between $20 and $30. In such a case, I think its simple economics; it is far cheaper to obtain decent quality metal by buying AKs than it is by buying from a commercial producer. Get your heads out of the U.S. for a second and realize that the way it is here isn’t the way it is all over the world. Think about how many AKs are left over from the Vietnam War alone, much less all of the internal conflicts in that area since the 60’s-70’s. Our standards don’t apply.

  23. 78
    big gun Says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 7:44 am

    i got a gun the size of an infants arm. any ladies in here want to have cyber sex? 18 and older, please= oh, and no blacks.

  24. 77
    meneame.net Says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 7:41 am

    Muebles hechos con armas…

    Imágenes de muebles y esculturas pero hechos con armas y otros materiales, pero principalmente armas….

  25. 76
    Akmad Says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 7:41 am

    you son of a bitch, tony. i will slit the throats of your family with the will of allah- allallalallalallalalalal chim chim chariy

  26. 75
    tony Says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 7:36 am

    the only thing wrong with these chairs is that there isn’t a dead a-rab in the picture

  27. 74
    Fzzt Says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 6:40 am

    As far as an Art statement, they are great. As for furniture, they would be horrendous. For anyone whose ever carried a weapon for a long period of time you begin to hate all the little sharp pieces jutting out of it. This furniture is like a horror show poking design!

    I like firearms. I own, carry & shoot firearms responsibly. They are simply a tool not something to be worshipped or reviled.

    RE: We proudly call ourselves Americans.

  28. 73
    Charles Bogardus Says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 6:22 am

    IMHO, they don’t look too comfy… Plus, the thoughts of the innocent blood shed… However, being a modest afficianado of “trench art” (the genre to which this sort of thing actually belongs), I do own a rather cool floor lamp which I put togther using a pre-1898 Mauser wallhanger that I picked up on a whim at the Creek… Given the vintage, it _might_ have been used against my grandfather in the war to end all wars, but hey… it was the weapons of mass destruction that finally killed him 15 years after he came home…

    I equate this furniture with umbrella holders made from elephant feet – regretable curiousities and artifacts of history…

  29. 72
    Grand Says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 6:15 am

    They were put to good use at one time … all part of natural selection :) now old pieces of junk they should have been melted and sold as plain steel, most likely never shot and only dropped once :)

  30. 71
    yoyo Says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 4:45 am

    I think there’s only one ‘guns are awesome’ guy out there and he just keeps posting under different names.

  31. 70
    Mathew Says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 4:40 am

    Interesting idea.

    It’s sad to see beautiful AKs go to waste to make a single chair. I can only hope they were already cut apart.

  32. 69
    Super1 Says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 4:38 am

    These guns could have been put to better use.

  33. 68
    mo Says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 4:37 am

    Oh my god, they are taking away OUR guns and turning them into furniture?!? AUGH, I’ll be ready to gun you down with my GS-355 when you kick in my door, you durned furniture-making commu, err, terorists!

    Seriously, kids, you talk like these were weapons stolen from freedumb loving, God-fearing, UnitedStatesians (what DO they call you guys?), and you talk like they were in good shape. They’re probably 40 years old and were resident in every tunnel in North Vietnam. Mind you, a Kalashnikov could hold up to that, unlike any Norteamericano M-16… but still.

    And yes, I would get one of these for my brother next X-mas… he’ll love it, but he probably won’t get the point.

  34. 67
    Mark Says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 4:37 am

    I suppose we should go back to the days of hacking eachother to pieces with swords and battle axes. At least with guns you have the chance of a quick, painless death. Fewer guns does not equal fewer killings, anyone who thinks it does is just plain ignorant. By the way, this message is for the anti-gun nuts that have posted here, not for the artists. I’m not a gun-nut or an anti-gun nut, just a neutral realist. I like the art though and would love to own one of those couches.

  35. 66
    Charles Bogardus Says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 4:19 am

    Regarding John, who commented “but the less assault rifles there are in 3rd world countries the better off we all are.”

    In many cases, especially RIGHT NOW in some portions of Africa, a population is disarmed, with all the blessings of the UN and the rest, and then killed off. As of late, while the army watches with its machineguns ready for the resistance, a favored weapon has been the machete, since it’s cheap and doesn’t require reloading.

    If the populations were armed, they’d at least have a chance.

    In many areas, rather than air-dropping food for the bad guys to take at gunpoint, why not drop AK-47s? Give the people a chance to defend themselves. Then drop the food.

    NEVER condone racism or genocide because you think you are being “nice.”

    If the victims of the Khmer Rouge had been adequately armed, they would not have been victims. Now, what’s more noble, in your frame of reference? A living family, or dead victims bulldozed under?

    Oh, and by the way… I’m a “working artist.” Actually make a living at it. Of course, those who are subsisting on trust funds or borrowing money from their friends until they get their next “grant” will deride that…

  36. 65
    goldenpalace.com Says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 4:16 am

    Waste of guns. But hey, not my gun.

  37. 64
    Myahon Says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 3:59 am

    Isaiah II (King James Version):

    “They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.”

    I’d so buy it.

  38. 63
    Freeman Says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 3:57 am

    I like a good gun as much as the next guy, but come on, guys. These things are made out of pieces of AKs. Those things are as common as rain.

  39. 62
    Iron-Monk Says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 3:55 am

    Looks like a waste of money, to me.

  40. 61
    Gun Enthusiast Says:
    March 23rd, 2007 at 2:06 am

    So opposed to guns, but I bet you don’t stand up against criminals, murderers, rapists, or worse… tyrants, etc.

    No it’s far too hard to stand up against those people…. it’s easier to just blame the guns.

  41. 60
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  42. 59
    Chris Parkhurst Says:
    March 22nd, 2007 at 9:32 pm

    amazing, the amount of pure Ignorance and Lunacy in some of these responses. have *any* of you naysayers even set foot on Khmer soil? witnessed a third world country affected by years of civil conflict AND the indiscriminate, illegal bombing by america?

    wait, who am i kidding? ever been outside your good-ole-flag-draped-american door?

    i especially liked the following post “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?”

    read a history book. come to think of it, read a book. try ’sideshow’ from william shawcross, for starters. america dropped over 3 million tons of bombs on a neutral country that was *not* involved in the vietnam war. and now, 30 years later, cambodian farmers and children are still dying and becoming amputees, at a rate of 2 per day, due to the legacy of said bombing. yes, that sounds like an Outstanding use of “real tools”, for sure.

    next time you pass this type of thing off as “liberal crap,” make sure to spend some time in someone else’s shoes instead of surfing, safe conservative, Fat internet blogs. make an Educated opinion. this has absolutely *nothing* to do with Liberalism. it has *everything* to do with Humanity.

    sweet jesus, please wake up…

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  45. 56
    Zatz Says:
    March 22nd, 2007 at 9:07 pm

    Cool! Where can I get this stuff? I’ve seen MN M91/30 floor and table lamps but this is really cool! I gotta’ have this stuff for the gun room.

  46. 55
    Robert AZS Says:
    March 22nd, 2007 at 9:06 pm

    I think these pieces of art are Beautiful and prove a little known Fact. Firearms and in theory Peaceful items. They will stay exactly where they are stored and not hurt anyone until a Human with Harmful intent pick them up and use them. It is a shame that these items are used by ill willed people to cause harm. I would also like to see someone make Furniture out of the original Weapons of mankind. Sticks and stones.

  47. 54
    john j gunrunner Says:
    March 22nd, 2007 at 8:52 pm

    how sad….and to think, what will you defend yourself with…a couch ?

  48. 53
    Buckaroo Says:
    March 22nd, 2007 at 8:51 pm

    I heard that someone once strangled another person to death. Maybe we should start making chairs out of human hands?

  49. 52
    john Says:
    March 22nd, 2007 at 8:20 pm

    To the “keep the guns” guys… WTF are you talking about? These guns come from Cambodia. I don’t care if an American or other 1st world citizen wants to own an AK, but the less assault rifles there are in 3rd world countries the better off we all are.

  50. 51
    TK409 Says:
    March 22nd, 2007 at 7:39 pm

    Nice Kwanzaa candle holder.
    I love the “S” chair and the rocking chair the best.

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