The winning designs were manufactured in a durable powder-coated steel by DERO, a firm that specializes in fabricating custom designed bike racks, and installed and maintained by Reston Association. The selection process included an initial design review by the Art Selection Committee comprised of key community stakeholders final selection by the Public Art Reston Public Art Committee and approval by the Reston Association Design Review Board. Artists were not only tasked with creating site-specific designs, but also to follow Fairfax County criteria and standards for such amenities. In a community-led public art process a call for design concepts was requested for four different sites. A practical and beautiful object, it aims to bring smiles to those enjoying the Lake House park area and its diverse recreational and natural offerings.”ĭuck, Duck, Goose comprises three individual pieces and is among a group of artist-designed bike racks selected for different locations throughout Reston that transform utilitarian objects into engaging public art.
Duck, Duck, Goose emerged from these goals - a children’s game solidified into a parade of water birds found commonly in and around the lake. The last point speaks to my overriding creative philosophy, to uplift and make positive connections between places, people and ideas. It’s too early to know what the 2020 goose season will bring, but my first priority is to get goslings.“In focusing on a host of possible designs for the Lake House bicycle rack, I had three main priorities: a fully functional art work one that ties in to its surroundings and one that engages the public (bike riders and pedestrians alike), reaching out to them in a direct and visually pleasing way. You can read more the article Happy Goose Day! Here’s everything you need to know about the holiday. The tradition stuck and made it’s way to Mifflin and Juniata Counties with German settlers and is popularly called Goose Day. Over time, by the 15th century, it became a popular day to pay leases, and the tradition of adding a plump goose to the payment was established. According to a 2015 Penn Live article, Michaelmas Day was originally a holiday to celebrate the archangel Michael in 480. Most of this work relies on successfully hatching goslings, but after I have goslings to build the breeding pens out and to satisfy my utilitarian needs, I need to have a market for the geese.Ĭhristmas goose is a traditional market, and on the episode, I talk about a regional Pennsylvania holiday called Goose Day, which is celebrated in the Juniata River Valley. I will also use them for vegetation control on different parts of the farm.
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In pastured poultry, geese have a very popular use as guard animals, which is job one for my flock of Cotton Patch Geese. The common qualities of the breed include autosexing goslings and adults, gentle disposition, medium sized, great weeders, and broody. However, the introduction of pesticides replaced the need for geese, and they’ve been hidden away on farms until the internet made them popular again. The cotton patch goose is a historical landrace breed originally used to weed cotton fields and other crops across the South. We’ll save the moniker of goose breeder until we have some deliberate success.
Well, I have geese that are old enough to mate.
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