Pasture Song
Horse hair (re-claimed cello bow hair) and barn beams, 15x15’, kinetic sculpture made by Nancy Winship Milliken Studio
Earth Press Project: Witness
The Earth Press Project: Witness is a publicly engaged environmental project using an earth-based printing technique to inscribe words collected from communities across America in response to the question, “What change would you like to witness on this earth?’ Word submissions are imprinted in adobe block and presented spilling out of a wooden structure referencing the historic witness houses located at the Minute Man National Historical Park. Made by Nancy Winship Milliken Studio
Windscape
This land-specific installation was created in collaboration with Shelburne Farms for Burlington City Arts’ exhibition Of Land and Local. These meadow sail forms are made of raw wool sheared from sheep that graze the pastures of Shelburne and local farms. Measuring anywhere from ten to forty feet, they are supported by invasive species of trees culled from managed woodland of the farm. Unlike true masts the twists and turns of the trees shift the woven netted forms of wool at every angle. Made by Nancy Winship Milliken Studio
Landmark I,II,III
Landmark I, II, III is a site-specific installation for Boston Sculptors Gallery outdoor exhibition at Chesterwood*, in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. This memorial celebrates the materials and textures of farms that define our New England landscape. Spires rising twenty feet into the air are symbolic of church steeples prevalent in New England towns like Stockbridge.
Intensive Rotational Grazing
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. Made by Nancy Winship Milliken Studio