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The art of flag throwing dates back to medieval guilds (principally in Italy). A guild's banner or flag was considered a symbol of purity, and as such it was not allowed to touch the ground.
. In acrobatical flag throwing, the thrower uses both hands to move the flag in a sitting, laying, or kneeling posture.The tradition of flag throwing is thought to have arisen from medieval battle, the ensign carrier being one of the most important soldiers on the field of battle, carrier of the symbol of the army, expected to defend the flag with his life and rally the troops to its colours. In the event of his being overcome, he would throw the flag to a comrade and so began the practice of hurling the banner high in the sky to land safely in the hands of another.
Never too sure about the football element of the St George Day parade, especially the No Surrender slogan on this flag.
'Black Flag' at 'Melkweg, Oude Zaal', Amsterdam on Saturday, 10th of August 2013.
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I do get the odd sewing job and some are quite odd.
This job was to back 2 cross-stitched maritime flags so that they can be used as table decorations at a wedding.
I didn't do the cross-stitching - I hemmed, made channels for the 'flag poles', and I stitched shiny white lining fabric at the backs ...
Here you can see the cross-bars I made with thread to stop the flag-poles going too far. Got the idea from looking at my books of lace-making ... needle lace and this is about close to needle lace making as I'm ever going to go. That is one craft I actually don't want to learn!
Found a new program to butcher, er, filter images. This program makes images look like something Peter Max would have drawn...
Trying something different. A portrait of the day.
Flags in the wind at the Ganpati beach shack, at the southern end of Zandvoort aan Zee.
Best seen in large, and with a computer that does proper colour management.
Anyone who knows me, knows I like taking photos of flags, esp. the US Flag. And I love taking photos of our public art - the bigger the better - trying to find a perspective that accentuates the piece, while giving it context without too much detraction from surroundings.
The new art piece on the side of the old Beloit Iron Works was something I had to try ASAP. This is my first attempt at taking photos of it. I can't really decide which one works the best so you get to see them all...
This is made from hardwood patterns used to cast paper machinery parts in the old Beloit Corp/Beloit Iron Works foundries. I machined a lot of parts made from some of these very patterns in the 21 years I worked as a machinist in this same building.
Flag of Spain:
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