Walking Wounded was a wood and iron sculpture and installation that stood on the grounds at Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark in Birmingham, Alabama from 2015 until 2017. It was created during the 2015 National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art & Practices (NCCCIAP) in collaboration with Gerry Masse and the family of Sculpture Trails artists and interns. It was destroyed by deshahua to open the 2017 NCCCIAP in collaboration with Marjee Levine, Feral Fagiola, Gerry Masse, Jake Chrzan, and Katerina Nissa. It hosted 2 iron performances in its lifetime: sawgood? HELLSNOW! at its genesis in 2015, and Compos Mentis at its demise in 2017.

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For all who have experienced bodily trauma, Walking Wounded contrasted vertical war torches with horizontal spines. The torches mimicked the nearby smokestacks at Sloss, and define a performance space between them. Within that space, 3 horizontal benches display 7 open faced wood molds each, which were carved with snowflake patterns and filled with iron. At the center stands an unopened wood mold containing an iron jellyfish casting. 

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The impetus to create Walking Wounded came from several sources of inspiration. The horizontal benches are forms that Marsh creates and uses to stretch and repair his back while carving, which can be very painful. The therapeutic benches here support effigies of spinal discs, which are the wood molds containing the 21 iron snowflakes. The 3 vertical war torches stand in defiance of affliction and demarcate continued utility in spite of injury. The jellyfish casting at center, around which the installation is aligned, acknowledges a longing for a spineless existence.