Instead of planes or people waiting in lines, “flyer” brought to mind the American flag, stars, a moon, and a cow. I’ve loved the design of the American flag ever since I had to pledge allegiance to it – the colors, stripes, and blue field of stars. I modified a piece of wire mesh and wove in canvas strips cut from a painter’s drop cloth, some were left natural off-white, some spray painted red and blue, with stars masked out of the blue. I attached the weathered quarter moon and rusted star to add character and give a nod to one of our country’s greatest accomplishments. With the moon came the cow jumping over it, another nod to our frequent flyer astronauts. The large lettering was a gift from a friend – a damaged old hand-cut wooden sign that I modified to “fly.”