The American Flag Made of Toy Soldiers, Sneakers, Legos, Eyeglasses & More.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAyVQ_nHFVcXRzc3vPXmwpEHtOU9aXYRy8xpGUiLXhFEXvdEMtr32ogGWvm2RzQCM8m9FznLXZWeD0IXt52JTIHSpldOw4-alEen4ie-JD2TrRMBf7m0c6P3MZzw4DLgUaS9u-kSCsmvs/s1600/dave+cole+detail+2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625289613311725650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAyVQ_nHFVcXRzc3vPXmwpEHtOU9aXYRy8xpGUiLXhFEXvdEMtr32ogGWvm2RzQCM8m9FznLXZWeD0IXt52JTIHSpldOw4-alEen4ie-JD2TrRMBf7m0c6P3MZzw4DLgUaS9u-kSCsmvs/s400/dave+cole+detail+2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 462px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: detail from Dave Cole's American flag made of melted toy soldiers and paint.</span></span><br /><br />In honor of this year's Fourth of July, I'm sharing with you some artistic interpretations of the United States National Flag. However, I can't write a post on modern art and American flags without mentioning <a href="http://www.jasperjohns.com/">Jasper Johns</a>, the artist whose modern paintings of American Flags are known throughout the world, the most famous of which is shown below:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHsNCsTsMgyNVb81pFFytMEkjp1Ok_K6-VHlch3r4jMZCsWN56a1SE25h7Wd0jjGQm5Y5FFzvT5EmI1Sw2Nhs5E0Ck91nMaezla2kCI1pLyBvpT_VoZvyLSQmis23zdlOC1NUt2n3CtMA/s1600/Jasper+Johns+three+flags%252C+1959.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625308476456866546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHsNCsTsMgyNVb81pFFytMEkjp1Ok_K6-VHlch3r4jMZCsWN56a1SE25h7Wd0jjGQm5Y5FFzvT5EmI1Sw2Nhs5E0Ck91nMaezla2kCI1pLyBvpT_VoZvyLSQmis23zdlOC1NUt2n3CtMA/s400/Jasper+Johns+three+flags%252C+1959.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 534px; height: 365px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >above: Jasper Johns, Three Flags, 1959</span><br /><br />Now, a selection of America's Stars and Stripes, aka Old Glory, as assemblages made with everything from Greek beach pebbles to bike chains.<br /><br />American flag made of melted and painted plastic toy soldiers by artist <a href="http://www.theknittingmachine.com/projects-memorial-flag.php">Dave Cole</a>:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd6kc02nHyyA3tkZAXxEafSvdT85RGZF5P4cYCrEgAFMyyC0ZET48sBsVNY34y5oGL-gmzLcpITh_v1cTigzTrhX7bnefV7PU_nkI5oOR65u80ssVCAOl0utGQSsSSZtqclxJ9cuIEOF0/s1600/DCflag1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625324467741211506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd6kc02nHyyA3tkZAXxEafSvdT85RGZF5P4cYCrEgAFMyyC0ZET48sBsVNY34y5oGL-gmzLcpITh_v1cTigzTrhX7bnefV7PU_nkI5oOR65u80ssVCAOl0utGQSsSSZtqclxJ9cuIEOF0/s400/DCflag1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 445px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD2PrZIzz6fAcQ2fh-0Gji8SYe2lSMNQInPCUa6u9x-HxNKBQ15Hm5Ct8QJor6t2IWalFDEKWhZxXm9eZ8LOPccABA3jU1kSNsZsFrT-vXZbT4JjubvAIaB7wRrbNx7jogiTeaVdjLOIY/s1600/Dave-Cole.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625289206224078066" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD2PrZIzz6fAcQ2fh-0Gji8SYe2lSMNQInPCUa6u9x-HxNKBQ15Hm5Ct8QJor6t2IWalFDEKWhZxXm9eZ8LOPccABA3jU1kSNsZsFrT-vXZbT4JjubvAIaB7wRrbNx7jogiTeaVdjLOIY/s400/Dave-Cole.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 367px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghidqKgR_mimUH_irqoiLdWUACoonweEkDeGomim1_ySfHpTj1gFZjKS3XI8sirYVIrdU08V28b0s0tyS8bEKtPyP02zMDansjzMw5oW2V3g9f95XDa0nFttR-uI8BWCh0Grgyi5veDdU/s1600/Dave-Cole-detail2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625289518260396258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghidqKgR_mimUH_irqoiLdWUACoonweEkDeGomim1_ySfHpTj1gFZjKS3XI8sirYVIrdU08V28b0s0tyS8bEKtPyP02zMDansjzMw5oW2V3g9f95XDa0nFttR-uI8BWCh0Grgyi5veDdU/s400/Dave-Cole-detail2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 295px;" /></a><br /><br />American flag made of toy soldiers by <a href="http://www.vldesign.biz/">Valerie Leonard</a>:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr9NVy6HlTNrFra9Oi5Txs1wpgckUNg-1TApwlv5AB_ycdTF1rhPn2WFGmPJGtjYPCjFH36dPlD4hjnyze6Ctav_Y4c23e4iUX8OQ7MInX6p5fEsoetP1SF51EXbci0Zv5kSOeFelaCss/s1600/+Valerie+leonard+6%252C000parts.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625289927321071266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr9NVy6HlTNrFra9Oi5Txs1wpgckUNg-1TApwlv5AB_ycdTF1rhPn2WFGmPJGtjYPCjFH36dPlD4hjnyze6Ctav_Y4c23e4iUX8OQ7MInX6p5fEsoetP1SF51EXbci0Zv5kSOeFelaCss/s400/+Valerie+leonard+6%252C000parts.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 331px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilUHf8TVTcOgYouHxVZqMBx0IawaP6QCO4S6sZ2cOq2d_9i-edVRXziWtp1bd_TIgIe6XYva4hkIkUDqPYfWhiO69-1Cx2VN-quA33CaHcX8HB0SsDB1oyWqMa5rHthrzvcHuYttl1bAU/s1600/Valerie+leonard+detai.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625290152891789538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilUHf8TVTcOgYouHxVZqMBx0IawaP6QCO4S6sZ2cOq2d_9i-edVRXziWtp1bd_TIgIe6XYva4hkIkUDqPYfWhiO69-1Cx2VN-quA33CaHcX8HB0SsDB1oyWqMa5rHthrzvcHuYttl1bAU/s400/Valerie+leonard+detai.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 322px;" /></a><br /><br />American flag made of eyeglasses and ephemera by <a href="http://www.daviddatuna.com/">artist David Datuna</a>:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhscwun_NGugG6Xrs57Bd83j9MkGx7Yae_ESmPwDZmo8B39hMrbY5acb3b2-rGSS_drZLJb8aGjLQIv9ICybnbbvZ6Zc9vgI9I2uDAGHL43chKoKHV5oVP5d_BeoNzh24RETHIxFy84dQ/s1600/david-datuna+american+flag1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625290555660891234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhscwun_NGugG6Xrs57Bd83j9MkGx7Yae_ESmPwDZmo8B39hMrbY5acb3b2-rGSS_drZLJb8aGjLQIv9ICybnbbvZ6Zc9vgI9I2uDAGHL43chKoKHV5oVP5d_BeoNzh24RETHIxFy84dQ/s400/david-datuna+american+flag1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 534px; height: 384px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhax5EuZ8YEJQOz61LAqzAp-s7PMxL91N6cMDdFboBHJ-gEtLS450xY5qknJir5BgbR3iUo7Bzg_mNTdvxeOzMN5lZijbm0HDqLSPxedgkTMNGzkPt_aSNNq0I91yEJ71wUeYB1-BPlYTw/s1600/david-datuna+flag2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625290434418720130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhax5EuZ8YEJQOz61LAqzAp-s7PMxL91N6cMDdFboBHJ-gEtLS450xY5qknJir5BgbR3iUo7Bzg_mNTdvxeOzMN5lZijbm0HDqLSPxedgkTMNGzkPt_aSNNq0I91yEJ71wUeYB1-BPlYTw/s400/david-datuna+flag2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 535px; height: 355px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL2cGUkYvrsmUVnyMV9gwo7bWaLTchOvD3NQvCLHIrajft0K1H_4WK509B48ACgx3xqDvTPXzSDDA4AAk0fk0z-QBXuWKA3JLXtVDPcaKRmUrtcJAWinYI5EXGB8zLkIrI5KwLa0Flt_c/s1600/david-datuna+flag3.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625290310501505714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL2cGUkYvrsmUVnyMV9gwo7bWaLTchOvD3NQvCLHIrajft0K1H_4WK509B48ACgx3xqDvTPXzSDDA4AAk0fk0z-QBXuWKA3JLXtVDPcaKRmUrtcJAWinYI5EXGB8zLkIrI5KwLa0Flt_c/s400/david-datuna+flag3.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 534px; height: 712px;" /></a><br /><br />American flags made of license plates by <a href="http://www.aaronfoster.com/">Aaron Foster</a>:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLJeyAV56B65z77m4Pbad4qbc-WE3K5oRy8LZV6vM8pEY_cQr9DRj_ZLz2alh0zNGQs6gbAJJj3-3K05ebmJ9yVKmkZgmsdjXbnLdL4xE6UMi8IDcq8RPQIghehFtsHMCKGW676TogccU/s1600/american-flag.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625293445015475842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLJeyAV56B65z77m4Pbad4qbc-WE3K5oRy8LZV6vM8pEY_cQr9DRj_ZLz2alh0zNGQs6gbAJJj3-3K05ebmJ9yVKmkZgmsdjXbnLdL4xE6UMi8IDcq8RPQIghehFtsHMCKGW676TogccU/s400/american-flag.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 325px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw_qYWVAqPbDgKiifIP2H70vy7RUMD_SJ2Sx1TMQnnC-agUg9XA7hgIkJ1CnxrsxiQoQUSuiwgsL11lfYr3MLZT5K3wNxKjxujl82UkMwlR7UdppnIF2g0u2Uq5EkOj1-_ef41eoTvWrk/s1600/aaron+foster+etsy+1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625291339354638082" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw_qYWVAqPbDgKiifIP2H70vy7RUMD_SJ2Sx1TMQnnC-agUg9XA7hgIkJ1CnxrsxiQoQUSuiwgsL11lfYr3MLZT5K3wNxKjxujl82UkMwlR7UdppnIF2g0u2Uq5EkOj1-_ef41eoTvWrk/s400/aaron+foster+etsy+1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 409px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj59pTjozJ60Eqz7bMFGgAV0uU2qVs0lWTLgVys6jjPmkfvP6WZ2ytyLgHlGrbIDN-ZyeFlc0n1lWeliUK9bv5LJ_AftcAenjH1ZA1RIT0UX7CKPwfPDhau4Ex9NUWuGKl9GljgB8d56U/s1600/aaron+foster+flag1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625291166846421218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj59pTjozJ60Eqz7bMFGgAV0uU2qVs0lWTLgVys6jjPmkfvP6WZ2ytyLgHlGrbIDN-ZyeFlc0n1lWeliUK9bv5LJ_AftcAenjH1ZA1RIT0UX7CKPwfPDhau4Ex9NUWuGKl9GljgB8d56U/s400/aaron+foster+flag1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 361px;" /></a><br /><br />American Flag made of Cooperstown baseball bats cut in half for wall mounting. Available <a href="http://www.cooperstownbat.com/product/Baseball-Bat-American-Flag/1281_1038/#">here</a> or <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Baseball-Bat-American-Flag-All-Wood-Bats-/140415405858">on ebay</a>:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ6K9Ur1g-AQ9exdfUDrG2qGPc0cRXM2ZywAuAgInFZHtEqbu_hP8Rwfmj6QkplMBsfRkYZDSDDBdkdkOzCjQO3goP-5hYWH0Td2GX2CJyxSn2Gon7js6_AYkTdKe3VlRZx2FFQhZWQNg/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-07-04+at+8.34.21+AM.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625522081204934018" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ6K9Ur1g-AQ9exdfUDrG2qGPc0cRXM2ZywAuAgInFZHtEqbu_hP8Rwfmj6QkplMBsfRkYZDSDDBdkdkOzCjQO3goP-5hYWH0Td2GX2CJyxSn2Gon7js6_AYkTdKe3VlRZx2FFQhZWQNg/s400/Screen+shot+2011-07-04+at+8.34.21+AM.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 356px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.converse.com/">Converse </a>created American flags made of red, white and blue high-tops for several of their stores worldwide. The images below are from their Soho, Dusseldorf and Berlin stores:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfGVnhwgQpep-QdxYizQbrV1iGByudl6z9FMxZeQxz-PfjbsozlwIgfsJgmxb19J4eZCIy2zraQYY1BZfMMCUQ9E1RIh_Rwdys74K4h7hXwKWyZbV0RO4Wk9E7BZM6i-iJoZPI3NsQnw/s1600/converse-flag-detail.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625324961001183106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfGVnhwgQpep-QdxYizQbrV1iGByudl6z9FMxZeQxz-PfjbsozlwIgfsJgmxb19J4eZCIy2zraQYY1BZfMMCUQ9E1RIh_Rwdys74K4h7hXwKWyZbV0RO4Wk9E7BZM6i-iJoZPI3NsQnw/s400/converse-flag-detail.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 535px; height: 355px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQb7joVlcx1nKgQo1xtuKokqHnkGjC29PTUTjj2pk54-JjBpmdnMHcY-vZU7JWPyKg0aL0Fpb5l_n-FNq7LWWCOulA90BzanAbsio95na-WrLFAbivEk5EiiVTyxZJfcbgjLvhqovS4tk/s1600/Converse-hi-top-flag1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625292008206271298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQb7joVlcx1nKgQo1xtuKokqHnkGjC29PTUTjj2pk54-JjBpmdnMHcY-vZU7JWPyKg0aL0Fpb5l_n-FNq7LWWCOulA90BzanAbsio95na-WrLFAbivEk5EiiVTyxZJfcbgjLvhqovS4tk/s400/Converse-hi-top-flag1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 535px; height: 342px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj9qDVWibemNGZEA-IvVY-Um03eHF9tzbFcjXwpGji79ao6x7lRrIWqlmB4uhL9Ado65SrOxSZo-erbcY7fOr2Y7RvN7svUonOzFFE6RdcrScz7nrUOcNY8c4jzeBXZCvdybIY2wsoAWE/s1600/Converse-Flag-in-NY-store.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625291776701055986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj9qDVWibemNGZEA-IvVY-Um03eHF9tzbFcjXwpGji79ao6x7lRrIWqlmB4uhL9Ado65SrOxSZo-erbcY7fOr2Y7RvN7svUonOzFFE6RdcrScz7nrUOcNY8c4jzeBXZCvdybIY2wsoAWE/s400/Converse-Flag-in-NY-store.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 536px; height: 396px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb_N8hNzketYy4OR_pkxQh7-4oTDGWliTUKL04h-whVaDojh6gnnS1cAnSABTqLTOJckrucdgSm7ZuUq9CrZmdR8ZBplyVZJ1F2k45_m76h-9Awo-M0NvBmYnlolKupIED0porNDt0J8Y/s1600/Berlin_pt_1_13.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625292435461106946" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb_N8hNzketYy4OR_pkxQh7-4oTDGWliTUKL04h-whVaDojh6gnnS1cAnSABTqLTOJckrucdgSm7ZuUq9CrZmdR8ZBplyVZJ1F2k45_m76h-9Awo-M0NvBmYnlolKupIED0porNDt0J8Y/s400/Berlin_pt_1_13.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 537px; height: 359px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUEVZGlXbEEgUXxYgQoNWWaWCfz35L6wxwn5sXHJ6LefFrX8z2mGmieI4ivc-ueW4HMkXTZ6t06OtQkBqOrqcFSk0QnOHVKqGFtLa9acFN25dMxnBio1p4yKGDwrW08kDxOerV3VQCqZU/s1600/Converse-USA-flag-Dusseldorf-Germany.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625291876361994466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUEVZGlXbEEgUXxYgQoNWWaWCfz35L6wxwn5sXHJ6LefFrX8z2mGmieI4ivc-ueW4HMkXTZ6t06OtQkBqOrqcFSk0QnOHVKqGFtLa9acFN25dMxnBio1p4yKGDwrW08kDxOerV3VQCqZU/s400/Converse-USA-flag-Dusseldorf-Germany.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 537px; height: 402px;" /></a><br /><br />American flag made of beach pebbles on the shores of Cyprus, courtesy of <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hans2568/5567248731/">Hans2568</a>:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnLkc-8OZ24DJGL3zLeh3IQzUWNDdAIF49mCFOMaBQvide4_H9VfHwplnUCi-V8b2IkLXsDFNQdFbPpQsZrPZ0IOhPAhAzCIKzRRdAsWD88QN2yY1NyUKhe5FTI39q2FtTVURV1NoYJK0/s1600/hans+2568+flickr.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625313565676348338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnLkc-8OZ24DJGL3zLeh3IQzUWNDdAIF49mCFOMaBQvide4_H9VfHwplnUCi-V8b2IkLXsDFNQdFbPpQsZrPZ0IOhPAhAzCIKzRRdAsWD88QN2yY1NyUKhe5FTI39q2FtTVURV1NoYJK0/s400/hans+2568+flickr.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 537px; height: 359px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDXGR5YmKhxAXngVnrP0lDzSItv8eiMViNmJC7njuFuHbcN0xbgbqm84mvHzPYcnslCCyp9kr4zysFSiDFRJdSpxcSuLOqx7bbeSvhEfy39DIQSihMscMIwI7K3AcBLiLILqYeiHux7Oo/s1600/pebbles-flag-detail1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625313481608485010" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDXGR5YmKhxAXngVnrP0lDzSItv8eiMViNmJC7njuFuHbcN0xbgbqm84mvHzPYcnslCCyp9kr4zysFSiDFRJdSpxcSuLOqx7bbeSvhEfy39DIQSihMscMIwI7K3AcBLiLILqYeiHux7Oo/s400/pebbles-flag-detail1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 536px; height: 569px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV94TIEOyyKyb8qnUX8kPEPALpml6JRHhhOQX_X5kBZf6eEqZoh6jlunowvZylyHh7ISs4mO7i9ch6raq88LJYQyx5HZYXxsqo1xOTFej0btmyp-a1LItYYUvz_ZYm867Ca6MV5QTU1OQ/s1600/pebbles-fag-detail2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625313395806521074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV94TIEOyyKyb8qnUX8kPEPALpml6JRHhhOQX_X5kBZf6eEqZoh6jlunowvZylyHh7ISs4mO7i9ch6raq88LJYQyx5HZYXxsqo1xOTFej0btmyp-a1LItYYUvz_ZYm867Ca6MV5QTU1OQ/s400/pebbles-fag-detail2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 539px; height: 503px;" /></a><br /><br />Artist <a href="http://www.manufacturedart.com/index.html">Cameron Gray</a> has created mosaics of the American flag from oil paintings of food on 2 x 3 wood tiles. (<a href="http://www.hammergallery.com/Artists/Gray/American%20Flag.JPG">and this one from erotic photography too graphic to show on this blog</a>):<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDQDDYhCC8BOD3R1_cGss16cPfw2cCJL4IQdVI4de53jkTY8kV5PEflmIcH9UufP7yok2IE6yakDbvv9wvL9zsdx1oARykA5srp8lc7bIdQG846M9xE-_ObL88aj6DbfaMJTfGgK2f5kA/s1600/jasperJohnsFoodflag-Cameron-Gray.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625286999234890434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDQDDYhCC8BOD3R1_cGss16cPfw2cCJL4IQdVI4de53jkTY8kV5PEflmIcH9UufP7yok2IE6yakDbvv9wvL9zsdx1oARykA5srp8lc7bIdQG846M9xE-_ObL88aj6DbfaMJTfGgK2f5kA/s400/jasperJohnsFoodflag-Cameron-Gray.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 533px; height: 371px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcKkiMYtcez2a3zrDINSgxyOA6gHyLfQZb7STFq4GONB9YLcxjNWuW7p_r9IZvzL77FXCsR8f8SGThJWn0L-YHTrnkgzy0c3ZitHO8ltMaI_SOecc8CVZUkUQPZSN-c1qLe8WQxmrLkrE/s1600/CG+flag+detail2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625294049365268562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcKkiMYtcez2a3zrDINSgxyOA6gHyLfQZb7STFq4GONB9YLcxjNWuW7p_r9IZvzL77FXCsR8f8SGThJWn0L-YHTrnkgzy0c3ZitHO8ltMaI_SOecc8CVZUkUQPZSN-c1qLe8WQxmrLkrE/s400/CG+flag+detail2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 534px; height: 452px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQKnilnZd_GICUTyrIqwK1KWxEgVxlBXufQ6Av_QGW5nMI9-PlX22eKlEJGxLbuoFDmxC6q6RjvK-QfH8SnQ_Xl8xSEsE_Yrn3DKjuGef0fucXx5ojEhOt_WVzRSnflWlOYU0N_VCEOk/s1600/CG+flag+detail.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625294142384553346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQKnilnZd_GICUTyrIqwK1KWxEgVxlBXufQ6Av_QGW5nMI9-PlX22eKlEJGxLbuoFDmxC6q6RjvK-QfH8SnQ_Xl8xSEsE_Yrn3DKjuGef0fucXx5ojEhOt_WVzRSnflWlOYU0N_VCEOk/s400/CG+flag+detail.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 520px;" /></a><br /><br />American flag made of reclaimed bicycle chains by <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/71186019/ride-america-series-of-reclaimed-bike?ref=sr_gallery_2&ga_search_submit=&ga_search_query=american+flag&ga_noautofacet=1&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_facet=handmade%2Fart%2Fmixed_media">ReGeared on etsy</a>:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij5zGWdF6UvxBYeCIGVSBs6EUrYLnKHiEC3IJCZhFk6rL9VUsn0n5_uYV4PEHPLXfvGHqiVnstDBOHVbH1Usg5Qqydk7TV6G08kwYvJt5QxAVrQgcSq-2nG3yWyRcvX8ejMAdEgafK-Yg/s1600/bike+chain+flag.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625293248572130466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij5zGWdF6UvxBYeCIGVSBs6EUrYLnKHiEC3IJCZhFk6rL9VUsn0n5_uYV4PEHPLXfvGHqiVnstDBOHVbH1Usg5Qqydk7TV6G08kwYvJt5QxAVrQgcSq-2nG3yWyRcvX8ejMAdEgafK-Yg/s400/bike+chain+flag.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 326px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix1fJ02WyaIxaf_oMGbbrdSXSUlAUq6WDAxkHSDfEr_7uoZ8kWdbL9mrjHi-dfgiZ3y3IYXUb97oA0-FeZ1-MXy8LKqlpUMcjKO1tWY7vrjxx6AbLY4U4VjqtYVOU_yv9okrhyphenhyphenZcheTPk/s1600/bike-chain-flag2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625293169615284306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix1fJ02WyaIxaf_oMGbbrdSXSUlAUq6WDAxkHSDfEr_7uoZ8kWdbL9mrjHi-dfgiZ3y3IYXUb97oA0-FeZ1-MXy8LKqlpUMcjKO1tWY7vrjxx6AbLY4U4VjqtYVOU_yv9okrhyphenhyphenZcheTPk/s400/bike-chain-flag2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 396px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_9_NlBisgw6DEzmP62HeXNq3hDATTixY0dbWe-6mnfgOcDF56XTb12S7Zs6m-uH_VeBI2GRQ1buW5p5T87MNxnoBO_73BuvL9GBNxzIVgXW_lSn073pGB7eOESi0cqRARqdZrHKnzJwE/s1600/bike-chains-flag3.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625293076315470594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_9_NlBisgw6DEzmP62HeXNq3hDATTixY0dbWe-6mnfgOcDF56XTb12S7Zs6m-uH_VeBI2GRQ1buW5p5T87MNxnoBO_73BuvL9GBNxzIVgXW_lSn073pGB7eOESi0cqRARqdZrHKnzJwE/s400/bike-chains-flag3.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 395px;" /></a><br /><br />Giant Lego American Flags (for both the Nixon Library and Disneyworld):<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjdYICDPSSYNNon6tIwRan0e3JsMd-GbSNTbShU9hmO4q1mpX0xorl38BfjUfgDG1Bs-BfHlVPsPImr-0tBexy2SJCg9KtknEInKEU3ylWuVrrKEt2zW9YlD270QMVxsrve7fBGN7wOb4/s1600/american+flag+of+legos.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625295353199126130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjdYICDPSSYNNon6tIwRan0e3JsMd-GbSNTbShU9hmO4q1mpX0xorl38BfjUfgDG1Bs-BfHlVPsPImr-0tBexy2SJCg9KtknEInKEU3ylWuVrrKEt2zW9YlD270QMVxsrve7fBGN7wOb4/s400/american+flag+of+legos.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 358px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiRJ5fyqcLHuTm93_C13SJ3_rtgOxPfxM7LMlNLIkYyhaubE0-IurP10-Juj8dDcIGWuSDO-obWxuxQGWgus2LWvydWyWXp8gNZWEQEYfcNi25Qo2dNkvhYoIuWUkW25S5wjXJet3434Q/s1600/4143350768_0c1da25ab7.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625296162667183522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiRJ5fyqcLHuTm93_C13SJ3_rtgOxPfxM7LMlNLIkYyhaubE0-IurP10-Juj8dDcIGWuSDO-obWxuxQGWgus2LWvydWyWXp8gNZWEQEYfcNi25Qo2dNkvhYoIuWUkW25S5wjXJet3434Q/s400/4143350768_0c1da25ab7.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 397px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above photo courtesy of </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mynico76/4143350768/in/set-72157622897048838" style="font-style: italic;">mynico76 on flickr</a></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxSZlAt2PKAuxgzXeZEf6XtLdcY1_WTHne5tt4EgvMc5qvdlHv9fOdGFTRVIgp0FPp29cFy7tRbMNGCq8IRo0bO2sEKTsTd3aE8AjXuZ5_DQegcxrKZCP2W3chLse9JRGZLVALbgE5XOM/s1600/4474812782_6c951bd2c3_z.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625296552225018370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxSZlAt2PKAuxgzXeZEf6XtLdcY1_WTHne5tt4EgvMc5qvdlHv9fOdGFTRVIgp0FPp29cFy7tRbMNGCq8IRo0bO2sEKTsTd3aE8AjXuZ5_DQegcxrKZCP2W3chLse9JRGZLVALbgE5XOM/s400/4474812782_6c951bd2c3_z.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 527px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above photo courtesy of </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26692260@N03/4474812782/sizes/z/in/photostream/" style="font-style: italic;">Gotham Guy on flickr</a></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGs_ZdNEQQEfCE3K8TFOKCZD26MX2ERMVtIihj9KnfguuxRZBSHDFh25IpQ30tmS7EesnRSFoZhbnVnnjV4XooQYPedsOPdywvXpt0fReiXO9JbgX8HAT47JOh13L76sHV_dagRjhSbsw/s1600/disney-dan-flickr.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625295225415531906" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGs_ZdNEQQEfCE3K8TFOKCZD26MX2ERMVtIihj9KnfguuxRZBSHDFh25IpQ30tmS7EesnRSFoZhbnVnnjV4XooQYPedsOPdywvXpt0fReiXO9JbgX8HAT47JOh13L76sHV_dagRjhSbsw/s400/disney-dan-flickr.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 341px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above photo courtesy of </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/theverynk/2818056874/sizes/l/in/photostream/" style="font-style: italic;">Disney Dan on flickr</a></span><br /><br />And lastly, I love these composites of modern <a href="http://gan.doubleclick.net/gan_click?lid=41000000026683406&pubid=21000000000226422">chairs</a> making up the American flag made by <a href="http://gan.doubleclick.net/gan_click?lid=41000000035935735&pubid=21000000000226422">Design Within Reach</a> and sent out as e-mails to their customers:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQdcjqUvxExgPqD8dqXDMW50Qovjn0I9T8U3ZJ7xOjyRW_MhGEo0tuNPg-w88J1zQS0aV4vP4h1ZMAPmhcrnJqT-kjm9H_3M1Lphzj3z2n296DiNcBvJvuLMWB_uT52gFPExrDBB9L87M/s1600/dwDLzMzYP4FxAiMDEORmFien5uQk5qXmlxYzZJSUFFjp6xvqJRXoJeXkpxcX5JfoJefn6sdXFbrlFxoXpmYZJesHZ1vGl-R5FmSXe-o7QoG5r4V-cGpVhm56Rk6gRbZ-sYmBgb5JSUZ-WlZpTqVeVkE6AwA*.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625318624667564642" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQdcjqUvxExgPqD8dqXDMW50Qovjn0I9T8U3ZJ7xOjyRW_MhGEo0tuNPg-w88J1zQS0aV4vP4h1ZMAPmhcrnJqT-kjm9H_3M1Lphzj3z2n296DiNcBvJvuLMWB_uT52gFPExrDBB9L87M/s400/dwDLzMzYP4FxAiMDEORmFien5uQk5qXmlxYzZJSUFFjp6xvqJRXoJeXkpxcX5JfoJefn6sdXFbrlFxoXpmYZJesHZ1vGl-R5FmSXe-o7QoG5r4V-cGpVhm56Rk6gRbZ-sYmBgb5JSUZ-WlZpTqVeVkE6AwA*.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 460px; height: 522px;" /></a><br /><br />UPDATE! I just received this year's DWR flag composition made with Adirondack chairs and here it is:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG-g_PKjetQK6-80-WaFg_sB6FKfWwXsv10BowoiMRg_3Sms09qUtAG_hr85netkmgz9Do5tKzn_RMQ-QfdScgq4eR-Uijdjlv3oPtutyN0Pyac320f7kPFxCey3_N3NNydMJkTn7Fhk0/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-07-04+at+12.01.57+PM.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625574775998500530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG-g_PKjetQK6-80-WaFg_sB6FKfWwXsv10BowoiMRg_3Sms09qUtAG_hr85netkmgz9Do5tKzn_RMQ-QfdScgq4eR-Uijdjlv3oPtutyN0Pyac320f7kPFxCey3_N3NNydMJkTn7Fhk0/s400/Screen+shot+2011-07-04+at+12.01.57+PM.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 449px; height: 245px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related links of interest:</span></span><br /><a href="http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flagetiq.html">• US Flag Rules and Regulations</a><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States">• The Flag of the United States on Wikipedia</a><br /><a href="http://kristiangoddard.net/americanflag.html">• A nice article by Kristian Goddard on the Resilience of the Stars and Stripes.</a><br /><a href="http://www.usflag.org/">• A website dedicated to the U.S. Flag</a><br /><a href="http://www.usflag.com/">• US Flags and Flagpoles</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:180%;" >Forever may she wave. <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Happy Fourth of July!</span></span>

The American Flag Made of Toy Soldiers, Sneakers, Legos, Eyeglasses & More.

above: detail from Dave Cole's American flag made of melted toy soldiers and paint. In honor of this year's Fourth of July, I'm ...

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Design Within Reach's Clever Patriotic Email: Old Glory Fashioned From Modern Chairs

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ5GJDs1nlim6mkTAQB8SOs69EyVLC8rfNZ1iXDSqzBZyQ4iTNijw6FaHuBMRqWYXHd16uxoRUQfaVQ2ZcsFKjftE0CNiBxPWp4WkZ-HN9GBiZCBPCLI3jfZ1MT71AZa4g08f64oFCklkI/s1600-h/Celebrate_EMAIL_DWR.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219920432828298354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ5GJDs1nlim6mkTAQB8SOs69EyVLC8rfNZ1iXDSqzBZyQ4iTNijw6FaHuBMRqWYXHd16uxoRUQfaVQ2ZcsFKjftE0CNiBxPWp4WkZ-HN9GBiZCBPCLI3jfZ1MT71AZa4g08f64oFCklkI/s400/Celebrate_EMAIL_DWR.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 297px;" /></a><br /><br />I just needed to share this cute e-mail blast from DWR. Yes, I have a thing for classically modern chairs and so when this American Flag fashioned from silhouettes of the iconic Arne Jacobsen Swan Chairs, Verner Panton Chairs and Eames eiffel tower shell chairs came in my mailbox from the folks at DWR (<a href="http://www.dwr.com/">Design Within Reach</a>) to wish me a Happy Fourth Of July, I was thrilled.<br /><br />Hope you enjoy it too!<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2010/05/saluting-design-army-of-military.html" style="font-weight: bold;">See other wonderful modern patriotic art here</a></span>

Design Within Reach's Clever Patriotic Email: Old Glory Fashioned From Modern Chairs

I just needed to share this cute e-mail blast from DWR. Yes, I have a thing for classically modern chairs and so when this American Flag f...

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