Tales from the blade runners, Dutch windmillers who are still grinding a living
The linseed is ground to produce oil for a factory as raw material for oil paints. Just like in the old days. De Bonte Hen grinds linseed using its hefty twin grindstones. Photo: Instagram/ @zaanseschans De Bonte Hen has 330 years of toil and transition behind it. The mill ground linseed until 1926, before the … Read more
