Leominster Champion
As a foot and a half of freshly fallen snow surrounded him on the Leominster Common, Featherstone the pink flamingo was looking ahead to spring.
A handful of people gathered on the common Tuesday morning, Feb. 2, for the sixth annual event featuring the lawn ornament that made the city of Leominster famous. They wanted to know whether Featherstone would see his shadow. If he did, spring will be coming early. If he did not, there will be six more weeks of winter.
Once the group counted backwards from 10, and after Leominster Mayor Dean Mazzarella blew a pink vuvuzela, he announced the answer.
History of blow molds
By Lorna Hart - Special to OVP
Hundreds of blow molds are part of the Christmas display at the Parsons’ residence near Forked Run State Park.
Courtesy photo
Courtesy photo
OHIO VALLEY Thanks to the wonderful displays of Holiday blow molds by the Davidson and Parsons families in Meigs County, there has been an interest in learning more about them.
To explore the history and manufacturing of blow molds, we need to begin with flamingos and art school graduate Donald Featherstone.
Featherstone graduated from the school of the Worcester Art Museum in 1957 and accepted a job with Union Products, a maker of plastic lawn ornaments. His position involved sculpting three dimension animals that would be used in making molds to produce the ornaments.
History of blow molds
By Lorna Hart - Special to OVP
Hundreds of blow molds are part of the Christmas display at the Parsons’ residence near Forked Run State Park.
Courtesy photo
Courtesy photo
OHIO VALLEY Thanks to the wonderful displays of Holiday blow molds by the Davidson and Parsons families in Meigs County, there has been an interest in learning more about them.
To explore the history and manufacturing of blow molds, we need to begin with flamingos and art school graduate Donald Featherstone.
Featherstone graduated from the school of the Worcester Art Museum in 1957 and accepted a job with Union Products, a maker of plastic lawn ornaments. His position involved sculpting three dimension animals that would be used in making molds to produce the ornaments.