"And they will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, and never again will they learn war." - Isaiah 2:4

"The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings." - Masanobu Fukuoka

This installation, alternately titled 'Swords into Plowshares,' combines the values from two disparate sources to create a meaningful mediation on the state of violence in Richmond, Va and the rest of the country. Although Christopher Humes, Noah Scalin and I were not religious by nature, the power of Isaiah 2:4 was hard to deny. We combined this metaphor with our research into guerilla farming methods - the seed ball - to create an art installation representative of the increasing gun violence in the city of Richmond. A seed gun would be crafted for each gun-related incident in the city that year. The exhibition would travel with guns being sold for charity and planted as the year passed. This simple idea's effect was incredibly powerful, giving physical recognition to statistics that are so easily glossed over.