Jim Baker
Break Up Your Fallow Ground
Break Up Your Fallow Ground
Break Up Your Fallow Ground by Jim Baker
Antique Navajo Blanket, Prehistoric Native American Flint Hoe and Heart Shaped Stone, Leather Strap, Reclaimed Wood Cross, Native American Beaded Necklace, Forged Iron Spikes, 1800’s Altered Bible, Nepalese Paper, Waxed Linen Thread, Ethiopian Coptic Stitching
14"w x 20"h x 3"d
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The prehistoric Native American flint hoe at the center of this cross was used to break up fallow soil. A fallow field is land that a farmer plows but does not cultivate for one or more seasons to allow the field to become more fertile again. The practice of leaving fields fallow dates back to ancient times when farmers realized that using soil over and over again depleted its nutrients.
In Hosea 10:12 the prophet Hosea warns the nation of Israel using fallow ground as a metaphor saying, "Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.” As a nation, Israel had turned their back on God and Hosea challenged them to break up the uncultivated ground in their hardened and rebellious hearts to allow room for the good seed of God’s righteousness to grow.
My intent in this piece is to honor the Native American culture and spirituality, and to convey that they are deeply loved by Jesus and are created in the divine image of God.
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14"w x 20"h x 3"d
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ABOUT JIM BAKER | Jim Baker is a New Mexican multi-media artist working in the creation of three dimensional altered Bibles and Christian art. Jim’s art is noted for combining antique altered Bibles with Biblical symbols, metaphors, and artifacts to inspire devotion and worship of God, to provoke spiritual conversations, and uncover the often hidden meaning in Holy Scripture.
Jim’s sacred art can be found in galleries in Santa Fe, Taos, Espanola, and Jemez Springs, New Mexico as well as in churches, schools, religious institutions, homes, and businesses - wherever people want creative and inspirational art to express and experience their faith.