Month: August 2020

Ear Tagger – College of the Atlantic’s Peggy Rockefeller Farm Cyanotype, 15” x 22” photo credit: Jay York Ear taggers were first used to mark King George the III’s royal Merinos and then to keep track of sick and healthy cattle during a 1913 Tuberculosis epidemic. PREVIOUS | NEXT RETURN…

Ring Expander – College of the Atlantic’s Peggy Rockefeller Farm Cyanotype, 15” x 22” photo credit: Jay York Ring expanders are used to dock a lamb’s tail. Sheep have been selectively bred for millennia and their thick wool makes for heavy tails that are difficult to pick up. As a…

Fencing Pliers – College of the Atlantic’s Peggy Rockefeller Farm Cyanotype, 15” x 22” photo credit: Jay York A multipurpose tool that hammers, staples, cuts and splices fencing wire. C. J. and his students constantly move the farm’s fencing to rotationally graze sheep and cattle. When the land has a…

Hubbard Blueberry Rakes – Burke Hill Farm Cyanotype, 22” x 30” photo credit: Jay York Burke Hill uses all Aluminum blueberry rakes designed by Ike Hubbard. Hubbard grew up in Jonesport and after his family moved to South Portland, he returned north each summer to harvest blueberries. Seeing the need…

Drip Torch “Arsonist’s Friend” – Burke Hill Farm Cyanotype, 22” x 30” photo credit: Jay York Ben refers to this drip torch, which runs on a mixture of gasoline and diesel, as the “Arsonist’s Friend”. Growers use these portable torches to light up the fields in April, clearing the ground…

Hubbard Blueberry Rakes – Burke Hill Farm Cyanotype, 22” x 30” photo credit: Jay York Burke Hill uses all Aluminum blueberry rakes designed by Ike Hubbard. Hubbard grew up in Jonesport and after his family moved to South Portland, he returned north each summer to harvest blueberries. Seeing the need…

Hubbard Blueberry Rakes – Burke Hill Farm Cyanotype, 22” x 30” photo credit: Jay York Burke Hill uses all Aluminum blueberry rakes designed by Ike Hubbard. Hubbard grew up in Jonesport and after his family moved to South Portland, he returned north each summer to harvest blueberries. Seeing the need…

Dibbler- Black Kettle Farm Cyanotype, 22″ x 30″ photo credit: Jay York PREVIOUS | NEXT RETURN TO BLACK KETTLE FARM

Broadfork – Black Kettle Farm Cyanotype, 22” x 30” photo credit: Jay York PREVIOUS | NEXT RETURN TO BLACK KETTLE FARM  

Harvesting Tubs- Black Kettle Farm Cyanotype, 22” x 30” photo credit: Jay York PREVIOUS | NEXT RETURN TO BLACK KETTLE FARM