The idea of Fonderie 47 makes a bit of an impression: putting a weapon around your neck or wrist. Except that are rifles and pistols are turned into jewels. The somewhat surprising initiative to transform weapons into bijoux came to Peter Thum, an American who calls himself “a humanitarian and social entrepreneur”. Thum created the Fonderie 47 brand with the aim of eliminating a problem that afflicts Africa: the spread of assault rifles, the classic Kalashnikovs.
Fonderie 47 finances the destruction of weapons by selling necklaces and rings. Thus parts of the destroyed weapons are found on the jewels, such as the hammered bracelets of 70 thousand dollars, the 20 thousand earrings in gold, submachine gun steel and diamonds.The Fonderie 47 boasts of the destruction of over 32 thousand assault rifles in the areas of African conflicts .
Thum is now targeting the US: to reduce the impact of violence. “This is my way of fighting. There are 300 million firearms in the United States. With more than 30 thousand people killed every year “, explains the entrepreneur. Who has already collected a small arsenal in the hottest cities of the States and has transformed them into accessories, signed by designers such as Philip Crangi and Pamela Love. These necklaces, bracelets, rings, show the serial number of the weapon engraved. And, in some cases, the metal of the weapons is combined with gold and diamonds, as in the collection created by James de Givenchy for Fonderie 47. In any case, fortunately, the jewelry is harmless. Matilde de Bounvilles
