A diamond made entirely from carbon found in gunpowder removed from .223 Caliber Remington assault rifle ammunition purchased over the counter in Fort Worth, Texas.
glasswork in collaboration with John Sharvin & Dan Jarvis.

To prevent explosion during manufacture, gunpowder was neutralized in the chemistry laboratory of Dr. Justin Youngblood at the University of North Texas. The act of chemically neutralizing gunpowder across several months became the project’s heart, and the diamond a byproduct of this process, as documented in the video We Cover America.

excerpt from We Cover America, video documentation of the Gunpowder Diamond

installation view at the Columbus Museum of Art