Ammo Table

ammo table

reclaimed ammunition and steel

2010

There are 5,225 empty .40 cal shells that form the mosaic on this table. For a long time I’ve thought a single empty shell is an elegant object. Multiples bring out new patterns not apparent otherwise.

I talked to many people across the gun control spectrum while researching this project. The image of a bullet meant very different things to each of them: security, violence, freedom, safety, danger. They all cared about the same things, though. Religious iconography means very different things to different people as well. I think we still all care about the same things.

See:

http://blueboathome.blogspot.com/search/label/ammo

For a log of the process.

This piece was awarded the Juror’s Award in the Best of Utah 2010: Mixed Media show, was featured at City Weekly’s 2010 Arty Awards reception, and at the 2011 Springville Museum’s Religious and Spiritual Art Exhibition.

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by Joe Norman except where indicated.