Tree of Life

The Tree of Life is a half-ton sculpture made entirely of weapons reclaimed after Mozambique's long post-independence war. A project called Transforming Arms into Tools, which has collected more than 600,000 weapons in nine years, gets people to hand in old guns in exchange for goods such as sewing machines, building materials and tools. The same weapons that literally took life now stand as a symbol of life. It’s such a moving picture of art birthed out of pain.