| Blog series by SteveRussell | updated 856 days ago | 2 parts | 312 reads | 3 comments total |
Part 1: Mount. St. Helens, Crosswinds
Here is a piece in my “Aftermath” series, the inspiration for which was the catastrophic eruption on May 18, 1980 of Mount St. Helens, which became the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in the history of the United States. This platter captures the mountain a few seconds after eruption, as the upper part of the mountain is blown away. News reports indicated that as a result of the eruption, 57 people were killed; and 250 homes were totally destroyed. In...
Part 2: "Aftermath, Prince William Sound"
This piece is titled “Aftermath, Prince William Sound” marking the oil spill on March 24, 1989 of the oil tanker Exxon Valdez, which struck Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska spilling an estimated 11 million gallons of crude oil into the pristine waters of PWS. This is a shallow 14” bowl in Silver Maple with a delicate raised bead on the rim and a back-cut relief on the interior sweep. The piece was chosen to represent this event because of the degradation of the ...
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