Seven years' worth of artwork from the 'One Gun Gone' project, including newly created metal sculptures from recently disabled guns, are featured in the exhibit.
This metal sculpture made from a disabled gun will be on display at an exhibit at the WaterFire Arts Center in Rhode Island.Deeply troubled by the increasing presence of gun violence throughout the country, Rhode Island-based artist and teacher Scott Lapham told ABC News he wanted to do something to express his raw emotions over the issue.But he had no intention of ever using it for violence or even glorification.
Lapham, who lost his stepbrother and four former students to gun violence, started "One Gun Gone" in 2016 with a glass sculpture based off the disabled pistol he purchased. For him and his students, the glass material contrasted the cold, dark and aggressive look of a firearm that he said is attractive to some people.
Lapham said the one thing he maintained while working on the art was not glorifying or romanticizing the weapons. In fact, he said that many of the students had visceral reactions whenever they held the artwork after it came out of the mold."We don't pick it up or use it as a weapon or as jokes. Everyone was uncharacteristically quiet," Lapham recalled. "I could see that they were feeling something that had more resonance than often happens in an art project.
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