Israeli artist Yaron Bob creates symbol of peace

Israeli metal artist Yaron Bob makes roses and other art items out of spent steel artillery and rockets fired from Gaza by Hamas into Israel.

He made his first rose a few years ago as his personal answer to the violence and destruction and wanted to create a symbol of peace out of the weapons.

He's in the city this week as part of "Radical Resilience Week Hong Kong", a series of community events with international and local speakers focusing on education, arts, innovation and human potential leading up to the TEDx Happy Valley day next Saturday.

But Bob is also here to create a memorial with schoolchildren to a former vice-principal of King George V School.

"After I made the first rose I felt so good," says Bob, 41, who admits to being "crazy" about the flowers but says he doesn't care about politics. "I felt so satisfied. It was an amazing feeling. For my own heart - taking all the negative energy that I have and making it into something good."

Initially the roses went to family and friends, but were then used to raise money for bomb shelters for the inhabitants of his hometown of Moshav Yated in Eshkol region.