A medium sized vase thrown and shot with a .357 magnum handgun. The bullet passed straight through slightly to the left of center, but appears to have entered perpendicularly to the surface due to the sheer energy behind the bullet moving over 1,200 ft/s. The contrast between the entrance and exit shows the incredible damage of bullet expansion.

A large 25 lb kutani vase thrown and shot with a 10mm handgun. The round vessel has a single centrally placed bullet hole, reemphasizing the round shape of the piece. The energy from the round expanding warped the entire shape of the vessel to be slightly elliptical.

A large 22 lb urn shaped vase thrown and shot with a .350 legend rifle. When the bullet impacted the piece, the clay exploded and threw clay over 50 feet. Aside from the holes, the interior of the vase was severely cratered by material splashback.

A small urn shaped vase thrown and shot four times with a 9mm handgun. A wide range of damage from bullet holes is shown on the piece.

A small urn shaped vessel that was shot three times with a 22 LR rifle. The vase has distinct entrance wounds, but one singular large exit wound.

This small urn shaped vessels was staged next to another while being shot at. This vase is cratered with fragments from another vase nearby, while also being grazed by a bullet from a 22 LR rifle.

This vase was shot with a .357 magnum snake shot round. This “mini shotgun shell” created a large array of wounds all over the piece.

This gourd shaped vessel was shot twice with a .357 magnum snake shot round. This “mini shotgun shell” blew nearly 100 holes through this small piece. The tiny shots were no larger than the size of the tip of a pen, but created a large range of devastating holes. This piece also includes graze wounds and visible yellow lead oxide crystals from the trapped bullet lead being fired in the kiln.

This urn shaped vessel was shot seven times with a .22 LR rifle. It is blown full of holes and has splash from being near other pots that were also shot. The interior of this piece is also nearly completely destroyed with the splashing from the bullet wounds.

This gourd shaped piece was shot five times with a 22 LR rifle. The placement of the shots is balanced across the piece. The pit firing gave this piece a unique grey cloudy look with one visible yellow lead oxide crystal.

This vessel was not shot by any bullets. The proximity of this piece to others that were shot created a severely damaged surface that was purely a result of collateral damage. This piece is a showcase of how gun violence can still destroy people who were not directly in the line of fire.

A round piece that has four bullet holes from a 22 LR rifle. The four holes are evenly spaced and balanced across the surface. The entry and exit wounds on the piece appear similar, but the interior damage gives a hint to the direction of fire.

A gourd shaped vessel shot with a .17 HMR rifle. The round struck the piece at the center of its narrower waist and resulted in the wound being oblong. The contrast between the entry and exit wound is severe.

This tall piece features a crack and a single bullet wound. The crack actually occurred prior to the bullet wound. This was the first piece shot in the series.

This used to be a small urn shaped vase, but is no longer recognizable upon being shot with a .410 shotgun. The violent explosion from this piece resulted in splashback from the piece cracking the camera adjacent to the piece. The fragments were thrown from the explosion with such force that they fully conjoining with another piece, [7 of 15].