The former Iraqi army soldier approached the students last year and agreed to provide them with a place to work as well as supplies of scrap metal from destroyed Chinese and Russian AK-47s, mortar tubes and grenade launchers.
"These weapons for killing people — I wanted to change them into symbols of love, freedom and life," says the former mine specialist.
"These destroyed guns have a message for all people, that art can bring peace," he adds.
Saturday, April 11, 2009
They shall beat their assault rifles into art
I love stories like this. Iraqi art students are turning old munitions into art:
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