Earthquake+Masks

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On the left side of my mask, is a Richter scale showing how strong the earthquake was. The broken window on the right side of my mask stands for the shattering that happened during the earthquake. Down the bottom of my mask is a broken wall which has happened to some areas of Christchurch and beside the Richter scale says 12:51pm which is the time when the 6.3 earthquake happened. By Inise

I painted these things on my mask because of the lives lost in the devastating February earthquake. The skull on the mask means the lives lost. The blue background means the tears shed everywhere also the red eyes represent the blood on the peoples faces. Finally the curved line in the middle means the screams heard when a earthquake/aftershock shakes the ground. By Caleb

The crack shows how Christchurch was ruined by the earthquake.. The 4:35am is the time when the 7.1 happened … by Nishiel



My mask represents the heart of Christchurch being stabbed by the Earthquake, then the epicenter exploding which shows the radius. The gray stitches represent the September quake and how people recovered from it. I chose this design because that’s what I thought Christchurch was like during the quake. By Tong Tong



My mask is about the Christchurch earthquake obviously, I describe my mask to be sad and happy, that is because when the earthquake happened a lot of people died and were severely injured. That is why I put a lot of sad faces on the bottom half of my earthquake mask. The reason why I put smiley faces on is because before the earthquake people were happy and were not afraid of their chimneys falling on their heads. By Claudia



I chose to put on the magnitude of the earthquake to show the full force of it and I put on the Richter scale to help show the force too. The eye with the teardrops is all for the people crying and the heart is to show all the lives lost. The time is to show when it happened. I haven’t put much on because I felt blank in the earthquake so I reflected it on the mask… By Madi

My mask represents how the earthquake went all the way to town and how big it was. And the Richter scale went up and down and how the scales were going big, and the blood on the spiky hair represents when people were bleeding. The spiky hair represents when people were scared…. By Sione

The black of the background shows it was dark when the Earthquake started. The zig zag in the middle shows there were cracks when the Earthquake started. On the right hand side there is a gray alarm because a lot of alarms went off. On the left hand side there are four windows which is cracked. On the right top corner there is green but on it there is 7:1 at 4:37am. On the left hand corner there is my name which is MAIFEA!

My mask shows that when the earthquake hit, lots of power went out, the white parts are the people with power. By Asher.







My Earthquake mask is half black and half red which represents we Cantabrians, with the words ‘Kia Kaha’ on the forehead which means stay strong! Lastly the lips are a dull dark blue with a teary eye which represents sadness around the whole suburb of the time of the 6.3 earthquake. By Rheannon.

The Richter scale on my mask shows how big the impact was on the 6.3 earthquake. I put the time on my mask to show what time the earthquake struck. I chose the colour blue because it shows how everyone was feeling that day. The bricks I painted on are broken in some places to show the damage done that day. The heart on the nose has a crack in the middle to show everyone had a broken heart. The 6.3 on the mask shows how big the earthquake was. By Stephanie.

The red on my mask represents the fire that had happened. And the black represents the people that were hurt and died and the brown represents the damage in buildings and houses…By Mike

My mask represents the earth on February 22 reaching magnitude 6.3. The heart represents that not only was Christchurch’s hearts destroyed but the whole of New Zealand’s was. The cracks in the mask show how much destruction the earthquake made. The 12.51 is for the time the devastating earthquake happened. The words rise up Christchurch is telling everyone that we will fight until the end and rebuild. There are also crosses for loss of life. Bricks are presented on my mask to show that it was mostly brick buildings that were destroyed. The orange crack is for the lights and power slowly returning to Christchurch so the devastated residents of Christchurch could examine the damage and destruction for the third time. By Louise