This One Man Has Transformed The Way We Look At The American Flag, And In Quite A Big Way!
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Everyone knows the look of the American flag, and you can bet your whole self that it’s themost goo-looking and valuable symbol this nation has.
You know that if you’ve been to a sports stadium where the flag gets a lot of exposure.This flag is the cornerstone of the American nation, and just looking at it makes crowds leap to their feet and has a ‘saluting-effect’ on every military personnel around at the time.
Now, someone just got more creative than the rest of us and did what no one else ever thought of. We pay homage to our country in our own ways, but John T. Unger’s way is too special to go unnoticed.
This artist, who hails from Hudson, New York, decided to get some 20,000 Budweiser caps and nail them to a piece of plywood.What he came up with is the most breath-taking imitation of the US flag ever! The flag even has such a beautifulname, “Old Glory.”
It’s good to say that John’s creation has received a lot of attention, even making a tour from New York to California.
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To start the project, John received 13,000 Bud Light Platinum caps, 10,000 Budweiser caps, and 5,000 Bud Light caps. The three boxes weighed over 130 pounds!
John used a projector to sketch out the image on large pieces of plywood that measured ten feet by sixteen feet. That’s 160 square feet of bottle cap art!
Before he could nail his caps down, John had to punch a hole in every single cap. John then staggered the caps so that they could be as close as possible to each other.
John was able to create the points of the stars by making several of the caps into triangles.
Once the stars were completed, John filled in the rest of the space with blue Bud Light caps. In order to fill in the gaps around the stars, some overlapping of bottle caps became necessary.
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When all was said and done, John used over 20,000 bottle caps. He writes on Bored Panda, “What I loved about the project, was how iconic it was — you can’t get more American than Bud caps.”
“Old Glory” was transported across the country to the Stagecoach Music Festival. John writes on Bored Panda, “I love that the artwork traveled from coast to coast.”
“It’s also amazing how bottle cap mosaics interact with the light. When you look at one or two caps from any brand, they’re generally not all that impressive. But when you group hundreds or thousands of them together and let them catch the sunlight, they truly glow.”
John was able to create “Old Glory” in just two months! He writes on his website, “Normally, I would want closer to a year to do a piece as large as this.”
But John was determined to have “Old Glory” ready in time for Stagecoach, and he succeeded! He writes, “I’m very proud of how well this piece turned out.”
This beautiful bottle cap mosaic was a smashing success at Stagecoach. John writes, “People lined up day and night to take their picture with ‘Old Glory.'”
“Old Glory” even inspired a short documentary by filmmaker Stephen Blauweiss to air on PBS. John’s art truly is a stunning and patriotic work of Americana!
To learn more about “Old Glory” and John T. Unger’s art, please visit his website here.
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