#grain bins

[k-just-woodblock-printing]

Second entry to my woodcut journey! These are some grain bins (specifically corn bins) that I saw when visiting a smart, kind, and precious friend in the Midwest. Although my friend is usually nice if you call these silos, they will definitely attempt to murder you.

The left one is done on printing paper and the right was done on thin recycled paper. I’m still figuring out the concentration of sumi and nori as well as the proper pressure with my plastic baren. I need to improve on my carving technique too. Glad I’m still enjoying the process and hope to keep improving!

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grain bins

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Rural Wilton, North Dakota

October 7, 2020

[outhereontheprairie]

Pink Doors and Summer Solstice

This is just a little patch of ground with a Quonset and grain bins. And lots of pink. Every door is painted pink. 

There are wood steps up to a grain bin door painted pink with a white faux cat on the top step And solar lights. 

And on one side of the Quonset, it’s lined with perennials, mostly pink and white peonies which are overloaded with blooms right now. This is the most feminine farm area I have ever seen and I. Love. It.

It’s also special to me because just after Charlie died last year, Bear dragged me out of the house to watch a lightning storm. And we pulled up here. It took me a minute but I came out of my grief stupor enough to ask, “Are those doors all...pink?” It made me feel better if only for a second.

I stopped here to take photos of the sunset on my favorite day of the year - summer solstice. 

It’s a pretty spot! Made even better by all the pink! 

UPDATE: I was driving by one evening and the door to a grain bin was open - it had a tiny cabin type setup inside! Now I’m even more curious. 

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Repeating forms. Landmarks on the horizon.

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Grain bins

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View from my front porch

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