New Zealand-based artist Bruce Mahalski creates these amazing realistic-looking models of various firearms made out of an assortment of animal bones.
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Most of Mahalski’s works reflect his interest in firearms and Pacific and African carving styles.
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This life-size AK-47 (330mm x 940mm) is made of rabbit, stoat, ferret, sheep, hawk, pheasant, wallaby, snapper, snake, blackbird, tarakihi, hedgehog, broad-billed prion, shear water, thrush, seal ,cat and possum bones, plus a single bone from the extinct moa he found in a cave. It was auctioned for $3,500.
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“Once my mum even tried to send a weaver bird’s nest to New Zealand when we were on holiday in Africa but customs weren’t too keen on letting it into the country! Most of my collection I found myself on beaches or roadsides. Some people might consider it ghoulish to collect bits of dead animals but to me it isn’t about death – it’s about life. Like a sympathetic magician I hope that by possessing an animals bone a little bit of its life force will rub off on me. It’s also a tribute – a form of recycling – a lot of these things are just too good to leave lying around and I have to take them home.”
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All images are © Copyright of Bruce Mahalski
Check his website: http://www.mahalski.org/
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Most of Mahalski’s works reflect his interest in firearms and Pacific and African carving styles.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_4qePzoE5V9sCQOifmqXp6XMWEbrSQY4vIG3IxoITiNOKxJky-PgRxbRtV6mBecdJdGrMmSOz8yBx_1C5c3V4AFuYiB8u8hVQ_CpMxTY1lUmfnwu_mVr4O9ftVDRrNC5JUneMq9jFzid9/s1600/01.jpg)
This life-size AK-47 (330mm x 940mm) is made of rabbit, stoat, ferret, sheep, hawk, pheasant, wallaby, snapper, snake, blackbird, tarakihi, hedgehog, broad-billed prion, shear water, thrush, seal ,cat and possum bones, plus a single bone from the extinct moa he found in a cave. It was auctioned for $3,500.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3H2RwufoxaxqgrQFvgYlpVcwi992aBT6-0hIyizV_mxLQJaE1MPwh5q0BD61jcvFYBK-mb0FjcP3aaP_1zhhJ3IEBJv5KAVYv_iUIXw3oQCNApkwU4x5m26cfjh8TeKbCOOqp6Qh7TlSU/s1600/01b.jpg)
“Once my mum even tried to send a weaver bird’s nest to New Zealand when we were on holiday in Africa but customs weren’t too keen on letting it into the country! Most of my collection I found myself on beaches or roadsides. Some people might consider it ghoulish to collect bits of dead animals but to me it isn’t about death – it’s about life. Like a sympathetic magician I hope that by possessing an animals bone a little bit of its life force will rub off on me. It’s also a tribute – a form of recycling – a lot of these things are just too good to leave lying around and I have to take them home.”
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq33HMf1SAnqr3PbW0KXtu158oJfHOE2F_sos5HKBh-v3j75GVmyKJdI-FAAUVA1g2GTI3cEGc-qNx5gMMvqLkJ7JeLmylINhfU5xofKtEmZ0XfsAw5yWeEw-iuZrj0R-kXavUUlyistjz/s1600/02.jpg)
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All images are © Copyright of Bruce Mahalski
Check his website: http://www.mahalski.org/
Source: Odditycentral
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