An Iowan Landscape

This installation is made up of 3 of my  “B Minor” lamps, and 1 lamp entitled “Quilt”. 

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When I went to elementary school in Cedar Falls, students would get to take a field trip to the Grout Museum every day for a week to learn more about our local history,  and part of that lesson included learning about the history of the John Deere and the Waterloo Boy Tractor. 

John Deere is an important part of the local economy where I grew up, and was the company two of my Grandparents worked at for a combined total of 65 years.  As a way to connect with my Grandparents, and as a nod to the significance of agriculture in the state I was raised in, each lamp is painted to represent a prevalent tractor brand that you may see when taking a road trip through Iowa. 

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(From left to right, John Deere, Ford, Catapillar, Kubota)

18 Gauge Steel 

Waterjet, Folded