There is a statue in England that stands over 26 feet tall and
is made from over 100,000 knives. It is titled the Knife Angel.
The sculpture was constructed at the Shropshire-based British
Ironworks Centre to raise awareness about knife crime in the
United Kingdom. It is claimed to be Britain's biggest monument
against violence and aggression ever created.
The sculptor, Alfie
Bradley, spent two years designing and building the sculpture
which features police and personal donated knives, many of which
were used in violent crimes all over England and Wales. Families
affected by knife crime, police officers, politicians,
celebrities, community leaders, and ex-gang members welded their
own knives on the sculpture as a symbolical gesture.
Families of those lost to knife violence can engrave a message
onto one of the sculpture’s thousands of blades. The sculptor
hopes to get it placed in Trafalgar square in London to raise
awareness of violence and aggression and as a national tribute
to victims of knife crime.