Artist and sculptor Don Featherstone, best known for creating the world's most recognizable lawn ornament — a plastic pink flamingo — died on Monday morning. He was 79.
Featherstone created the flamingo for Union Products in 1958, shortly after graduating from art school. He continued to work at Union Products for 43 years.
Featherstone and his wife Nancy in Sept. 2012 at Harvard University.
Image: Charles Krupa/Associated Press
The pink lawn ornaments you know today were created using molds of Featherstone's clay sculptures, which he based on photos of flamingos found in National Geographic. The sculpting process took around three weeks. You can tell if your plastic flamingos are Featherstone originals by searching for the artist's signature on the flamingo's rear end. Read more...
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