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Death By PressingA vanita describing the unseen emotional weight that can slowly bring about the death of imagination 2007
Benjie Heu's low fire clay, underglaze colors,transparent pearl glaze, Harmon chunk glass,Sheila's wool, s.silver wire, seed pearls, and silk organza
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Death by pressing-Peine forte et dure (Law French for “hard and forceful punishment”) was a method of torture formerly used in the common law legal system, where a defendant who refused to plead (“stood mute”) would be subjected to having heavier and heavier stones placed upon his or her chest until a plea was entered, or as the weight of the stones on the chest became too great for the condemned to breathe, fatal suffocation would occur. 1
Vanitas-Latin for vanity, refers to a type of still life consisting of a collection of objects that symbolize death; the brevity of human life and the transience of earthly pleasure and achievements. 2
1 Wikepedia The Free Encyclopedia online at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Pressing retrieved August 18, 2007
2 Artlex Art Dictionary online at: www.artlex.com retrieved August 18, 2007of four separate pieces. Overall length of the inston is ten feet.
Width varies from 3” to 26”.
Depth ranges from 1” to 7”.
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