Moen Mason Gallery and Christopher Classen release ‘American Blood Diamond’ Series. (Reclaimed Riot Glass Project) Proceeds redirected to represented communities.
American Blood Diamond is a fully realized and branded conceptualization of a fictional American company within the extraction industry. It’s business model is the wholesale and export of raw carat weight from violent or unstable parts of the country.
These recovered gemstones are fragments of shattered glass produced as a by-product of riots, violent outbursts and vandalism in marginalized and underserved communities. BACKTRACK will feature recovered diamonds from Ferguson, Baltimore, Los Angeles and Oakland. Offered at $20/ct. On sale now at http://moenmasongallery.myshopify.com/collections/christopher-classen
Interesting.