Trapped Chilean Miner Looking to the Light, 2012, clay and wood, 12 x 8 x 8 in. / 30.48 x 20.32 x 20.32 cm.

Trapped Chilean Miner Looking to the Light, Jeanie Wakeland, 2012, clay and wood, 12 x 8 x 8 in. / 30.48 x 20.32 x 20.32 cm.

In 2010, 33 Chilean miners were trapped 2,300 underground for several months until rescuers reached them. This shows one of the men (as I imagined it) looking to the first shaft of light as he awaited rescue.