Building the Ruminator

In the beginning the idea was to make it a solitary object out in the field north of the garden. I had visions of a compost carousel with four pie-shaped stalls. Then it was a long barrow-shaped affair with tractor ramps to the top of the bins. I knew little about composting but I was having lots of fun with modeling clay imagining the construction of a dry stone Ruminator. Scale model making is an enjoyable pursuit that helps develop spatial acuity. The process of shaping clay is slow enough for deliberation to take place and fast enough for a form to observably emerge. Results unfold in an organic fashion.

Dry Stone, Dry Stone Walling, Garden, Project, StoneDan SnowOctober 8, 2014compost bin, dry stone, dry stone compost bin, dry stone walling, featured, galloway dyke, galloway wall, garden, ruminator, stone, vermont