Syrian Artist Builds Motorbike, Candlesticks, and Other Artifacts out of Munitions

Following are excerpts from a TV report on a Syrian munitions artist, which aired on the Al-Jazeera network on January 6, 2013.

Artist: Any worthless thing I find on the street gives me an idea. I saw all these shells, bullet casings, and missiles. I got this idea, since I didn’t have a vehicle. I took off the top of a missile, which was almost 2.25 meters long, cut off the tail, and threw away the cluster munitions. Then I welded the top and the tail of the missile to get this form.

This idea was inspired by the revolution. The streets are littered with shells, casings, and missiles.

I was inspired to make candlesticks out of 23 mm. anti-aircraft bullets. The base is made from a mortar.

Here I have made the background for the flag of independence.

This is a missile casing from a ZSU-23-4 Shilka. Brother, they shoot these missiles at us on a daily basis. Many are scattered in the streets. I made a pestle out of one missile to crush coffee beans.

These are tank munitions and artillery casings. I made this as a message to the world that we do not have “Milk for Children” anymore.

We have so many mortars. This hookah pipe is very different than your regular one. I wanted to send a message to the outside world.

Here I am making a horse pulling the chariot of the revolution.

A rocket launcher shoots these at us, so we have a lot of them. A broadcaster or a singer could use this. This could serve all you broadcasters.

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