Shooting gallery: artists turn guns into artworks

AKA Peace logo Photograph: AKA Peace

Bran Symondson, founder of AKA Peace. Symondson was inspired to start the project by his time spent serving as a soldier in the British Army in Afghanistan. He observed that the Afghan police would adorn their AKA 47s with bright paint, stickers and flowers. His vision for AKA Peace was to take one of the most devasting weapons and turn it into something beautiful Photograph: AKA Peace

Tim and Sue Webster's gun for AKA Peace, shot through with holes Photograph: AKA Peace

Damien Hirst has created an explosion of colour for his contribution to the project Photograph: AKA Peace

Salonge Azagury-Partridge finds a gun at the end of a rainbow for AKA Peace Photograph: AKA Peace

Antony Micallef's contribution to AKA Peace incorporates a pair of guns Photograph: AKA Peace

Bran Symondson's gun for AKA Peace is a gun plastered with US dollar bills Photograph: AKA Peace

Jake Chapman, pictured here with his AKA Peace contribution, is the curator of the exhibition Photograph: AKA Peace

Antony Gormley's artwork for AKA Peace Photograph: AKA Peace

Langlands & Bell's AKA Peace rifle Photograph: AKA Peace

Sam Taylor Wood's AKA Peace rifle Photograph: AKA Peace

Sarah Lucas's contribution to AKA Peace Photograph: AKA Peace