mill foundation wall drawing

charcoal with wall, kill and Earth

drawing area @2' x 6'

Valatie Kill

Valatie NY

10/26/16

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this drawing is at the "little falls" in the Village of Valatie where the Valatie Kill meets the Kinderhook, tr "children's corner",  Creek... the stone foundations are remnants of the textile factories that flourished in the 1600's as the American Industrial revolution first developed in the Hudson Valley of NYS...

"Like many communities in New York’s Hudson River valley, Valatie was settled in the early seventeenth century by Dutch colonists. It’s pronounced “va LAY sha”, by the way, not “VAL-a-TIE”. The name comes from the Dutch “vaaltje” for “little falls”, after the small but scenic waterfall that commands the center of the village.

The original inhabitants of the area were, of course, Native Americans. The “Meeting Place” (“Pachaquack”) south of the “Great Fish Lake” (“Wogashawachook”), now Kinderhook Lake, may well have referred to the confluence of the Valatie Kill and the Kinderhook Creeks. And just east of the current village was Pompoonick, a Mohican settlement probably named after a local chief, Pompoen.

Records of the European settlement date back to about 1665. From the beginning, the abundance of water power provided by the two creeks supported the establishment of numerous mills in the area. As early as 1697, grist and saw mills had been erected on the banks of the streams.  In 1817 Manchester, England, native Nathan Wild settled in Valatie. With two associates, he formed the Kinderhook Manufacturing Company, and began the spinning of cotton yarn and weaving cotton shirting by hand-looms.  In 1828, the partners built a brick factory for sixty looms (a large mill at that time). In 1845 Wild visited England, and soon after his return he erected a factory for ten thousand spindles and two hundred looms."

- http://www.valatielibrary.net/about-valatie/

mill workers drawing

charcoal with stones and Earth

drawing area @2' x 5'

Valatie Kill

Valatie NY

10/26/16

Ω Stand With Standing Rock Ω

this drawing is at the "little falls" in the Village of Valatie where the Valatie Kill meets the Kinderhook, tr "children's corner",  Creek... the stone foundations are remnants of the textile factories that flourished in the 1600's as the American Industrial revolution first developed in the Hudson Valley of NYS...

"Like many communities in New York’s Hudson River valley, Valatie was settled in the early seventeenth century by Dutch colonists. It’s pronounced “va LAY sha”, by the way, not “VAL-a-TIE”. The name comes from the Dutch “vaaltje” for “little falls”, after the small but scenic waterfall that commands the center of the village.

The original inhabitants of the area were, of course, Native Americans. The “Meeting Place” (“Pachaquack”) south of the “Great Fish Lake” (“Wogashawachook”), now Kinderhook Lake, may well have referred to the confluence of the Valatie Kill and the Kinderhook Creeks. And just east of the current village was Pompoonick, a Mohican settlement probably named after a local chief, Pompoen.

Records of the European settlement date back to about 1665. From the beginning, the abundance of water power provided by the two creeks supported the establishment of numerous mills in the area. As early as 1697, grist and saw mills had been erected on the banks of the streams.  In 1817 Manchester, England, native Nathan Wild settled in Valatie. With two associates, he formed the Kinderhook Manufacturing Company, and began the spinning of cotton yarn and weaving cotton shirting by hand-looms.  In 1828, the partners built a brick factory for sixty looms (a large mill at that time). In 1845 Wild visited England, and soon after his return he erected a factory for ten thousand spindles and two hundred looms."

- http://www.valatielibrary.net/about-valatie/

Valatie Kill Black Snake
charcoal with stones and Earth

drawing area @8" x 15' line

Valatie Kill

Valatie NY

10/26/16

this drawing is at the "little falls" in the Village of Valatie where the Valatie Kill meets the Kinderhook Creek, tr "children's corner",... the stone foundations are remnants of the textile factories that flourished in the 1600's as the American Industrial revolution first developed in the Hudson Valley of NYS...

"Like many communities in New York’s Hudson River valley, Valatie was settled in the early seventeenth century by Dutch colonists. It’s pronounced “va LAY sha”, by the way, not “VAL-a-TIE”. The name comes from the Dutch “vaaltje” for “little falls”, after the small but scenic waterfall that commands the center of the village.

The original inhabitants of the area were, of course, Native Americans. The “Meeting Place” (“Pachaquack”) south of the “Great Fish Lake” (“Wogashawachook”), now Kinderhook Lake, may well have referred to the confluence of the Valatie Kill and the Kinderhook Creeks. And just east of the current village was Pompoonick, a Mohican settlement probably named after a local chief, Pompoen.

Records of the European settlement date back to about 1665. From the beginning, the abundance of water power provided by the two creeks supported the establishment of numerous mills in the area. As early as 1697, grist and saw mills had been erected on the banks of the streams.  In 1817 Manchester, England, native Nathan Wild settled in Valatie. With two associates, he formed the Kinderhook Manufacturing Company, and began the spinning of cotton yarn and weaving cotton shirting by hand-looms.  In 1828, the partners built a brick factory for sixty looms (a large mill at that time). In 1845 Wild visited England, and soon after his return he erected a factory for ten thousand spindles and two hundred looms."

- http://www.valatielibrary.net/about-valatie/


Ω Stand With Standing Stone Ω


the site on the Valatie Kill where I marked in the two previous photo posts and the two photo posts succeeding this post as seen on the map... where the Valatie Kill confluences the Kinderhook Creek and where the Kinderhook Creek lays as a North node, omega, Ω...

mill foundation wall drawing

charcoal with wall, kill and Earth

drawing area @16' x 1 1/2'"

Valatie Kill

Valatie NY

10/26/16

Ω Stand With Standing Rock Ω

this drawing is at the "little falls" in the Village of Valatie where the Valatie Kill meets the Kinderhook, tr "children's corner",  Creek... the stone foundations are remnants of the textile factories that flourished in the 1600's as the American Industrial revolution first developed in the Hudson Valley of NYS...

"Like many communities in New York’s Hudson River valley, Valatie was settled in the early seventeenth century by Dutch colonists. It’s pronounced “va LAY sha”, by the way, not “VAL-a-TIE”. The name comes from the Dutch “vaaltje” for “little falls”, after the small but scenic waterfall that commands the center of the village.

The original inhabitants of the area were, of course, Native Americans. The “Meeting Place” (“Pachaquack”) south of the “Great Fish Lake” (“Wogashawachook”), now Kinderhook Lake, may well have referred to the confluence of the Valatie Kill and the Kinderhook Creeks. And just east of the current village was Pompoonick, a Mohican settlement probably named after a local chief, Pompoen.

Records of the European settlement date back to about 1665. From the beginning, the abundance of water power provided by the two creeks supported the establishment of numerous mills in the area. As early as 1697, grist and saw mills had been erected on the banks of the streams.  In 1817 Manchester, England, native Nathan Wild settled in Valatie. With two associates, he formed the Kinderhook Manufacturing Company, and began the spinning of cotton yarn and weaving cotton shirting by hand-looms.  In 1828, the partners built a brick factory for sixty looms (a large mill at that time). In 1845 Wild visited England, and soon after his return he erected a factory for ten thousand spindles and two hundred looms."

- http://www.valatielibrary.net/about-valatie/


the site on the Valatie Kill where I marked in the two previous photo posts and the two photo posts succeeding this post as seen on the map... where the Valatie Kill confluences the Kinderhook Creek and where the Kinderhook Creek lays as a North node, omega, Ω...

Kinderhook Creek log

charcoal with log, rock, creek and Earth

photo area @6' x 6'

Kinderhook NY

10/25/16

Kinderhook Creek rock line

charcoal with rock, creek and Earth

photo area @12' x 6"

Kinderhook NY

10/25/16

Ω Stand With Standing Rock Ω

Red Maple Acer rubrum
communication

charcoal with Red Maple

5' x 2' or so...

Valatie NY

10/24/16

Ω Stand with Standing Rock Ω

stone wall shadow story

charcoal with stone wall and flora...

wall 4' x 6'

Rosendale NY

 Ω Stand with Standing Rock Ω

ode with Japanese Knotweed – Fallopia japonica/Polygonum cuspidatum (tasty Spring shoots)

charcoal with JK leaf

grove & Earth/Cosmos

photo area @1' x 2'

Rosendale, NY

"Fallopia japonica, synonym Reynoutria japonica, commonly known as Japanese knotweed,[2] is a large, herbaceous perennial plant of the knotweed and buckwheat family Polygonaceae. It is native to East Asia in Japan, China and Korea. In North America and Europe the species is very successful and has been classified as an invasive species in several countries.[3] In Australia, it is illegal to have any of this species growing on one's property.[4]

Japanese knotweed has hollow stems with distinct raised nodes that give it the appearance of bamboo, though it is not closely related. While stems may reach a maximum height of 3–4 m (9.8–13.1 ft) each growing season, it is typical to see much smaller plants in places where they sprout through cracks in the pavement or are repeatedly cut down. The leaves are broad oval with a truncated base, 7–14 cm (2.8–5.5 in) long and 5–12 cm (2.0–4.7 in) broad,[5] with an entire margin. The flowers are small, cream or white, produced in erect racemes 6–15 cm (2.4–5.9 in) long in late summer and early autumn.

Closely related species include giant knotweed (Fallopia sachalinensis, syn. Polygonum sachalinense) and Russian vine (Fallopia baldschuanica, Polygonum baldschuanicum).

Other English names for Japanese knotweed include fleeceflower, Himalayan fleece vine, monkeyweed, monkey fungus, Hancock's curse, elephant ears, pea shooters, donkey rhubarb (although it is not a rhubarb), sally rhubarb, Japanese bamboo, American bamboo, and Mexican bamboo (though it is not a bamboo). In Chinese medicine, it is known as Huzhang (Chinese: 虎杖; pinyin: Hǔzhàng), which translates to "tiger stick". There are also regional names, and it is sometimes confused with sorrel. In Japanese, the name is itadori (虎杖, イタドリ?)" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallopia_japonica

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Fall omega

charcoal with stone, Water And Earth/cosmos

photo area 4' x 6'

Roundout  Creek, Rosendale NY

Ω Stand With Standing Rock Ω

fall spring water song

charcoal with stone, spring & Earth

photo area @1' x 1 1/3'

High Falls NY

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bed stand dreaming

installed 10/19/16

cup rack & Sunflower

installed 10/19/16

wall is supported by 8 ∞ live saplings cut at a 10' height... I started cutting 4/20/16 after many months of being with the site/space and the basic concept… there are another 8 ∞ live woody Liana (vine) sp. that I've cut back from about 14' above ground...  they grew to the tops of an elder Eastern Hemlock Tsuga canadensis on the left and an elder Silver Maple Acer saccharinum on the right, each 2' in diameter… I've bound, and drawn, with the trimmed Liana giving support to the wall and providing line, shape line and form to the wall with their freshly pruned new growth. the wall will provide a new dynamic to the S<>N West side property fence already in place helping to provide structural support with it's metal grid construct. the wall will provide habitat for birds, insects and other critters as well provide a wind and an energy break with the homeowners' fire pit area about 30' East of the wall. more of the remaining undergrowth will be cut away with some being used in creating the wall. I'll be adding more with it as it develops and the homeowner, family and friends will participate creatively with wall...

Ω Stand With Standing Rock Ω 

Pam Denney

hanging wine bottles

installed 10/18/16

wall is supported by 8 ∞ live saplings cut at a 10' height... I started cutting 4/20/16 after many months of being with the site/space and the basic concept… there are another 8 ∞ live woody Liana (vine) sp. that I've cut back from about 14' above ground...  they grew to the tops of an elder Eastern Hemlock Tsuga canadensis on the left and an elder Silver Maple Acer saccharinum on the right, each 2' in diameter… I've bound, and drawn, with the trimmed Liana giving support to the wall and providing line, shape line and form to the wall with their freshly pruned new growth. the wall will provide a new dynamic to the S<>N West side property fence already in place helping to provide structural support with it's metal grid construct. the wall will provide habitat for birds, insects and other critters as well provide a wind and an energy break with the homeowners' fire pit area about 30' East of the wall. more of the remaining undergrowth will be cut away with some being used in creating the wall. I'll be adding more with it as it develops and the homeowner, their family and friends will participate creatively with wall...

Ω Stand With Standing Rock Ω

wall is supported by 8 ∞ live saplings cut at a 10' height... I started cutting 4/20/16 after many months of being with the site/space and the basic concept… there are another 8 ∞ live woody Liana (vine) sp. that I've cut back from about 14' above ground...  they grew to the tops of an elder Eastern Hemlock Tsuga canadensis on the left and an elder Silver Maple Acer saccharinum on the right, each 2' in diameter… I've bound, and drawn, with the trimmed Liana giving support to the wall and providing line, shape line and form to the wall with their freshly pruned new growth. the wall will provide a new dynamic to the S<>N West side property fence already in place helping to provide structural support with it's metal grid construct. the wall will provide habitat for birds, insects and other critters as well provide a wind and an energy break with the homeowners' fire pit area about 30' East of the wall. more of the remaining undergrowth will be cut away with some being used in creating the wall. I'll be adding more with it as it develops and the homeowner, their family and friends will participate creatively with wall...

Ω Stand With Standing Rock Ω

I attached a beeswax and natural painting on a Pine disc, 15" d with a 

centered screw bolt axle for turning

Sagittarius path

charcoal with root with Earth

photo area 3' x 5'

Tivoli Basin NY

Ω I Stand With Standing Rock Ω

rootclaystory

charcoal with root, clay ground and Fall

Tivoli Basin NY
photo area 6' x 8'

Ω I Stand With Standing Rock Ω

rectangular

charcoal with stones

photo area @4' x 6'

Tivoli Basin NY

Ω I Stand With Standing Rock Ω

rootstory with Water and Fall

charcoal with stones and Water reflecting Blue sky and holding fallen leaf with Earth

photo area @4' x 6'

Tivoli Basin NY

Ω I Stand With Standing Rock Ω

infinity stones

charcoal with stones and Water reflecting Blue sky

photo area @4' x 6'

Tivoli Basin NY

Ω I Stand With Standing Rock Ω

Quarter Moon Oak

charcoal with Oak

diameter of Oak @2'

Tivoli Basin NY

10/10/16

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ode with a felled Maple tree

10/10/16

installation 5/10/15

initiated with Beeswax and natural pigments

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rootstory with a triangular field

charcoal with triangular root structures

@6' x 6'

Tillson NY

Ω I Stand With Standing Rock Ω

charcoal drawn lines

fallen tree diameter @1.5'

Tillson NY

Ω I Stand With Standing Rock Ω

circles

charcoal drawn lines

fallen tree diameter @2'

Tillson NY

Ω I Stand With Standing Rock Ω

infinity ode with Pileated Pine and Earth/Cosmos

charcoal drawn lines

tree diameter @2'

Tillson NY

Ω I Stand With Standing Rock Ω

gathering
charcoal with stone & Earth

stone @8' x 12'

Rosendale NY

Ω I Stand With Standing Rock Ω

shadow dance

charcoal with stone & Earth

stone @4' x 5'

Rosendale NY

Ω I Stand With Standing Rock Ω