Artist Pedro Reyes, who turned 1,527 weapons into 1,527 shovels to plant 1,527 trees — a project covered on Unconsumption here in 2010 — continues to convert Mexican drug-war weapons into art:
As part of his latest project Imagine, Mexico City based artist Pedro Reyes acquired some 6,700 weapons that were scheduled to be buried (as is customary in mass weapon disposals) and instead collaborated with six musicians to create 50 working instruments as part of a statement regarding increased gun violence in Mexico. The numerous firearms were cut down, welded and formed into a variety of string, wind, and percussion instruments over a period of two weeks … .
(spotted on Colossal here)
More on Reyes’ blog here.
Repurposing weaponry, post 2 of 2:
Septimus turns vintage leather ammunition pouches from WWI and WWII into rugged watch straps.
(spotted on Facebook, thanks to Olivier Blanchard)
Previous Unconsumption items on repurposed weapons, bullets, and gun parts here, here, and here.
