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Student Name: Emma H
Grade: 12
Title: La Peste Negra
Description: This artwork was formed using coils for the vessel and slabs for the hands and rat. This artwork depicts the history of the black plague. The ship represents how the plague spread through trade routes. The image of the lake is where the plague first showed up. The flea shows how the plague spread through flea bites. The writings are from a poet who lived at the time and would write poems about the plague. The hourglass shows how fast the bubonic plague would kill a host. The cross with people behind it shows how families with one infected person would get locked into their houses for 40 days and a red cross was placed onto the infected homes. The lock and barricaded house represent that too. The hands coming out of the pot lifting the lid showing plague victims trying to escape their fate
Dimensions: (L)16 x (W)16 x (H)22 (Inches)
Weight: 30 Lbs.
School: Kearney Senior HS - Kearney, NE
Teacher: Katrina Olmstead
Exhibition: The 28th Annual National K-12 Ceramic Exhibition


Additional Work Info
Clay Vendor: Laguna, B-Mix
Wheel Vendor: Other
Tool Vendor: Other
Glaze Vendor: Amaco, Underglaze
Kiln Vendor: L&L Kilns
Firing Temp: Low Fire
Atmosphere: Oxidation
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