Oldshed
#154 - "Baroota Stooks" - Grass Valley Western Australia
#154 - "Baroota Stooks" - Grass Valley Western Australia
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Materials
Materials
We print using using the finest 100% rag cotton, mould made paper, printed with the Giclée (inkjet) printing process, using fade resistant pigment based ink.
Our Framed prints include the use of Non-reflective U.V. resistant glass, a Matte board surrounding your chosen image, as well as M.D.F backing board with hangers.
Dimensions
Dimensions
PRINT SIZE:
"D" Size Landscape - 15" x 19" (380mm x 480mm)
"E" Size Landscape - 22" x 30" (560mm x 765mm)
Shipping & Returns
Shipping & Returns
We have a 30-day return policy, which means you have 30 days after receiving your item to request a return.
To be eligible for a return, your item must be in the same condition that you received it, in its original packaging. You’ll also need the receipt or proof of purchase.
To start a return, you can contact us at oldshedproductions@gmail.com. If your return is accepted, we’ll send you a return shipping label, as well as instructions on how and where to send your package. Items sent back to us without first requesting a return will not be accepted.
Care Instructions
Care Instructions
"Baroota Stooks" by Oldshed Productions
Photograph taken in Grass Valley, Western Australia.
“D” Size Panorama Landscape - 17” x 30” (430mm x 762mm)
"E" Size Panorama Landscape - 22" x 40" (560mm x 1015mm)
PHOTOGRAPHERS’ LOCATION NOTES
Ben and Sarge visited Ben's cousin’s property in Grass Valley near Northam, east of Perth, Western Australia. It is an area where a special variety of wheat is grown. The
wheat is called Baroota which has a very thin stem and grows to about 4 foot high.
The wheat is not grown to harvest the seeds but for the stems as it is very soft and makes good feed for horses when it is chaff cut.
However it is very expensive chaff because it needs to be harvested carefully in October and the sheaves picked up from the ground and built into Stooks by hand. The stooks have to be carefully built to allow air to circulate inside to dry the stalks.
After allowing the stooks to dry for three months the sheaves are gathered up and brought to where a steamer & Chaff cutter has been set up.
Each Sheaf is picked up and put on a conveyor belt which goes up through a steamer box where the stalks are cooked to caramelise the sugar in the stalks and then into the chaff cutter and bagged.
Because it is so labour intensive and expensive it is sold to racehorse owners as they are the only ones who can afford the product.
Ian Sergeant - Diploma Science - Photography
Ben Jackson - Bach Arts - Design - Bach Ed - Design
