Gun-Inspired Sculptures?

[theotherwaldo]

I keep seeing posts where folks cut up perfectly good guns and turn them into useless (and usually coarse and ugly) sculptures. I like to make gun-inspired sculptures. They often have a theme (all too often based on a bad pun) and very rarely do they include any gun parts. Most of them are made from a mix of scrapyard parts and found objects.

Some of my projects include:
-A half-scale Russian howitzer that shoots a suggestively thin stream of water,
-A 4x-scale 1911 in bright orange, made of parts from a farm and featuring a plowshare as a prime part,
-A light anti-aircraft gun made from light fixtures and electrical components, and,
-A sentry post made from a post found in the Black Warrior River, some marine and heavy equipment scrap.

My last display was on the University of Alabama's Woods Quad in '98. No pics, but I got a very good grade. I'm thinking of doing a few more. It's too hot to do this right now. It's not too hot to plan and gather parts, though.

Any suggestions?

Anyone else do this kind of stuff?

 

[Ragnar Danneskjold]

I would say the sculpture in front of the UN building, but that's kind of the opposite of what you're looking for.

 

[theotherwaldo]

I usually don't like to talk too much about pending projects. If I say it then I get it out of my system and don't do it.

Still, I think that I'm gonna build a plastic gun. Lots of PVC, gutter plastic, garbage can parts. Maybe a metal axle and connectors.

Call it a Glock Big Bertha, maybe, based on this:

 

[hso]

Looks like an amusing idea.

 

[theotherwaldo]

I may also start collecting discarded law books to build a legal canon.

 

[SaMx]

Those sound really cool, especially the 1911

I'd love to see some pictures