Into & Out of the Forest
When settlers first arrived in Western Massachusetts the border of an individual's property was marked with a pile of stones. Representatives from the township would walk the perimeter of the land and when they agreed on a point, each person picked up and stone and pitched it into the pile. These stone piles were eventually remarked with iron pipes, then concrete bounds, and finally the ubiquitous orange flagging.
Property Marker from "We walked into and out of the forest" at the Rochester Art Center
crocheted orange flagging, iron pipe and stones from the base of Minnechoag Mountain
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2009