Trench art

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Click to read more! As long as humans have had reason to go to war with one another, war souvenirs or 'Trench Art' will have existed in some way. Naturally, with the passing of time, objects from the earliest of conflicts will have lost links to their original reason for being made. We have a look at the interesting history of Trench Art in this article. #trenchart #warsouvenir

French Canon de Montagne [ mountain gun ] de 65 mm modèle 1906 shell case, embossed ' Verdun ' and initials ' JML ' , restored and polished

Learn about trench art and make your own miniature trench art vases for your dolls house or miniature scene in the first part of this WW1 miniatures series.

A holy warrior of the trenches. Considers it his religious duty to make pilgrimage to the sacred battlefields to fight the heretic legions. He wears the iron capirote to insulate his mind from the horrors of war. I'll be using this and other concepts to teach a concept design class for http://brushforge.com/ stay tuned for more info!

From a lighter made from a German cartridge case to engraved rings take a look at some surprising objects that became trench art.

Description Keeping with the WW1 theme, here are a few sketches I did for for his upcoming 15mm WW1 tabletop gaming rules "Tommiez". From left to right, top to bottom 1) British Vickers MG firing from a shallow trench at Ovillers-La Boisselle, on the Somme, in July 1916. The gunners are wearing gas masks. 2) German sniper wearing an M.1916 "coal scuttle" helmet in a communication trench, during "Operation Michael", March, 1918. 3) Vickers 2-inch 'toffee apple' medium mortar, with attached…

Australian artist Linton Meagher constructs beautiful forms out of the most surprising human-made materials. Each one of these mosaic sculptures is composed from hundreds of empty shotgun cartridges,

French soldier in a trench during ww1, illustration by Job, 1930 Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images