It seems like some version of flip flops has been around for fifty or more years. In my childhood they were rubberish with a plastic Y-shaped toe-divider and sold for 10 to 25 cents. When I went to visit our oldest
son in college, they were the common foot attire on campus, but the plastic Y had been replaced with a heavyweight gross grain ribbon. Relatively speaking, the cost was still low - around 2 dollars, plus tax.
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| Flip Flips - .8 black Micron pen, pencil and Faber-Castill
Indian ink on 300 series Strathmore mixed-media paper. Click on image
to enlarge. |
As I was shopping for foot wear at the beginning of last summer, I was very surprised to see a moderately decorated flip flop with a very narrow Y band, still made of ribbon, selling for more that $45.00. Wow, I missed the interim inflation stages. I did a version that was very similar to the originals of "yesteryear," and still selling for under $5.00. There were many bins of embellishments near the bins of flip flop in the local craft store, which added the potential for a substantial financial investment.
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| Flip Flips - .8 black Micron pen, FW acrylic ink and Faber-Castill
Indian ink on 300 series Strathmore mixed-media paper. Click on image
to enlarge. |
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| Flip Flips - .8 black Micron pen, FW acrylic ink and Faber-Castill Indian ink on 300 series Strathmore mixed-media paper. Click on image to enlarge. |
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