This is a creation by Shalom Lamm.  The structure is built around nine 44mm anti-aircraft artillery shells.  The base is built-up wood with dental molding, stained and with cutouts to secure the shells.

The concept was to take objects of war and violence, and to convert them to objects of holiness and light.  This is keeping with the theme of Channukah, and is the basis for naming the menorah “The Isaiah Menorah.”

Into the wooden base is burned the immortal words from Isaiah (chapter II, verse 4):

“And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks...”