Intensive Rotational Grazing ,

28x8’, earth, canvas, 2017

Part of the Earth Work Series, Intensive Rotational Grazing was made while on residency at Bread and Butter Farm in Shelburne, Vermont. For this piece we created a “printing press” that could handle the weight of a herd of cattle as they walk over. Through a collaboration between bovine, farmer and artist at Bread and Butter Farm we captured the movement of livestock from one pasture to the other. Intensive Rotational Grazing transcends a foraging technique to become a metaphor for the delicate balance we often maintain between economic prosperity and environmental conservation.

Many thanks to Bread and Butter Farm, Brandon Bless, Keira Meiser, Andrew Milliken

Nancy Winship Milliken Studio Intensive Rotational Grazing, Earth Print, Environmental Art

Photos by Keira Meiser