Plastic Lawn Flamingo
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(New page: Image:Plflamingo.JPG '''Common Name:''' Plastic Lawn Flamingo<br> '''Scientific Name:''' Phoenicopterus festuca plasticus '''Size:''' 52 inches (132cm) '''Habitat:''' North America...) |
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'''Size:''' 52 inches (132cm) | '''Size:''' 52 inches (132cm) | ||
| - | '''Habitat:''' North America; in the southern United States and in the west (Los Angeles). Found on suburban lawns. | + | '''Habitat:''' North America; in the southern United States and in the west (primarily Los Angeles). Found on suburban lawns. |
| - | '''Status:''' Least Concern. Global Population: 1,000,000+. The persistent threat of the change in cultural tastes may someday bring this species closer to extinction. | + | '''Status:''' Least Concern. '''Global Population:''' 1,000,000+. The persistent threat of the change in cultural tastes may someday bring this species closer to extinction. |
'''Diet''': Unknown. Lawn Flamingos do not appear to feed. | '''Diet''': Unknown. Lawn Flamingos do not appear to feed. | ||
His next project would prove to be his most famous. He couldn't get his hands on real flamingos, so he used photographs from a National Geographic in its place. He sculpted the original out of clay, which was then used to make a plaster cast. The plaster cast, in turn, was used to form the molds for the plastic. The original design called for detailed wooden legs, but they proved to be too costly and were replaced by the metal ones still seen today. While the exact date was never recorded, the first pink flamingo was born some time during 1957. | His next project would prove to be his most famous. He couldn't get his hands on real flamingos, so he used photographs from a National Geographic in its place. He sculpted the original out of clay, which was then used to make a plaster cast. The plaster cast, in turn, was used to form the molds for the plastic. The original design called for detailed wooden legs, but they proved to be too costly and were replaced by the metal ones still seen today. While the exact date was never recorded, the first pink flamingo was born some time during 1957. | ||
| - | Since then it has become an icon of pop culture, and won Don Featherstone | + | Since then it has become an icon of pop culture, and won Don Featherstone an ig Nobel Prize for Art in 1996. |
After the release of John Waters's 1972 movie “Pink Flamingos”, plastic flamingos came to be the stereotypical example of lawn kitsch. | After the release of John Waters's 1972 movie “Pink Flamingos”, plastic flamingos came to be the stereotypical example of lawn kitsch. | ||
In a famous 1979 prank by the Pail and Shovel Party, then controlling the Student Government Association at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the slope of Bascom Hill was covered with over 1000 plastic flamingos the morning of the first day of classes. The book “If at All Possible, Involve a Cow: The Book of College Pranks” used a photo of the flamingoes on its cover. In 2009, the city of Madison, Wisconsin Common Council designated the plastic flamingo as the city's official bird. | In a famous 1979 prank by the Pail and Shovel Party, then controlling the Student Government Association at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the slope of Bascom Hill was covered with over 1000 plastic flamingos the morning of the first day of classes. The book “If at All Possible, Involve a Cow: The Book of College Pranks” used a photo of the flamingoes on its cover. In 2009, the city of Madison, Wisconsin Common Council designated the plastic flamingo as the city's official bird. | ||
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| + | '''Found in [http://hivewire3d.com/songbird-remix-flamingos.html Songbird Remix Flamingos'''] | ||
