Artifacts from the Farm: The Barn

Last week I shared artifacts that I had gathered from the house at my family's abandoned farm. This week I would like to share the items that would have been in the barn or the shed. These things are less recognizable than the household items and the function of some of them are a mystery to me, but they were all used in farming. My Dad said that the washers hanging from the leather string would have probably been used as a counter weight. I find such beauty in these items. I appreciate them for their colors and shapes and I find the rust patterns beautiful. I love what happens to metal when it is exposed to the elements.

How do you feel about old rusty objects? Do you see the beauty in them, as I do? 

Comments

[Kat]

ah yes, rust is beautiful. something about the way it looks together with fading prints/colors, magic.
-Kat (found you through Laura's Creative Collaborations class recently)

[Leslie Fandrich]

Hi Kat! Thank you for concurring. I sometimes think I am strange for finding broken down, old objects beautiful, but I do! The history speaks to me.