> [!NOTE]+ Meta > Reference:: https://cambodianess.com/article/commemorating-the-loss-of-family-in-wars-through-bullet-jewelry > Date:: 2024 > Tags:: #warp #Cambodia #jewellery > WeftLinks:: [[Disaster recovery value of craft]] > Claim:: [[Claim - Craft helps recovery from trauma]] > [!SUMMARY] Summary > Thoeun Chantha creates jewelry from bullet shells to honor his parents who died during the Pol Pot regime. ### Highlights Former orphan and owner of Angkor Bullet Jewellery Cambodia, Thoeun Chantha, has spent nearly 10 years making jewelry from bullet shells in memory of his parents who died during the Pol Pot regime the 43-year-old Pursat-born artist shapes his jewelry into Khmer letters, Rumdoul flowers, lotus leaves or roses, sometimes adding Khmer gemstones to its creations. But what makes his jewelry so special is the material that he uses: bullet shells from the civil war era. the jeweler sees bullet castings and bombshells as a way to bring back bitter memories of losing his beloved parents under the Pol Pot regime, and the destruction of many families by bullets during the war. This handicraft business provides employment opportunities to local people, especially housewives. Besides, Chantha offers free lessons to learn bullet jewel making, so people can perpetuate this art and get paid a proper income if they continue to work here.