Bang Bang

Bang Bang (sculpture re-worked in Photoshop)

When my son was little we were careful not to give him stereotypical boys toys for birthdays and Christmas.

When he was around four years old he was watching TV one afternoon — probably an old cowboy film — when someone produced a handgun and shot someone else dead.

My son immediately went upstairs to his room, emerging a short while later with a handgun made out of Lego, and very pleased with himself.

So there seems to be a deep rooted fascination with a compact hand held weapon with a trigger, at least with the males of the species.

This started out as a maquette for a sculpture called 'Monument to a Lost Civilisation.'