U.S. #5687
2022 10¢ Flags on Barns
Issue Date: April 14, 2022
First Day City: Halifax, PA
Type of Stamp: Definitive
Printed by: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd.
Printing Method: Offset
Format: Coil of 3,000 OR Coil of 10,000
Self-Adhesive
Quantity Printed: 30,000,000 OR 1,000,000,000
Jeremiah Logemann started his website FlagsOverWisconsin.com mostly by accident. He saw a picture of a reclaimed wood flag in professional football player JJ Watts's photo on Instagram. He started collecting wood from farmers' old barns until he got what he needed to recreate the flag.
Logemann never had formal carpentry training, but let his determination lead the way. He posted a picture of the flag online the night he finished it. By the next morning, he had received 10 orders. That inspiration has led Logemann on a journey from craftsman to artist.
He reclaims wood from forgotten barns that are being torn down. With the artwork, he also provides the history of the barn for his customers. He also provides the history of barns he's reclaimed wood from on his website.
Branching out from his Wisconsin-based art, he helped State Line Distillery reclaim barn wood for their new tasting room. There are parts from the roof that make up the walls, the rafters make up the tables, and the floor trusses of the haymow (where hay is stored) make up the bar top, drink rail, and window sills. The farmer whose barn the wood came from got to see his old barn get new life.