Bright & Simple

Garden of Diana (black background) 36"x36"

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Garden of Diana 48 x 36 inches (120cm x 100 cm) Acrylic on canvas CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE

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The Wedding Gift

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Sea Anemones

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Acrylic on canvas 24" x 24" (60cm x 60cm)

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Window in La Boca

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canvas, paper, digital photo, acrylic paint, clear resin, hot glue, plastic from discarded bottles, fabrics, nail polish

Colectivos de Buenos Aires

2010-06-29T15:53:00.002-04:00

canvas, paper, digital photo, acrylic paint, clear resin, hot glue, fabrics, nail polish.

Veinte Poemas de Amor

2010-06-20T16:14:00.004-04:00

Fotografía, muñecos locos, resina poliuretano, madera. 28cm x 35 cm
Exhibido en Galería Romany Kramoris, Sag Harbor, NY 2009

Barrio de La Boca

2010-06-20T16:10:00.003-04:00

Fotografía, muñecos locos, resina poliuretano. Madera. 28cm x 35cm

Exhibido en Galería Romany Kramoris, Sag Harbor, NY, 2009.

Ventanas de La Boca

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Fotografía, muñecos locos, resina poliuretano, brillantina. Tamaño 30cm x 40 cm.
Exhibido en Galería Romany Kramoris, Sag Harbor, NY, 2009.

Origami Necklace and Earrings

2010-02-14T13:16:00.005-05:00

Each cube is an origami, folded using traditional Japanese washi paper, and then lacquered and filled with cotton. It takes about to a day to complete a necklace of around 40 pieces.

Muñeca Brava

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La familia crece...

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Una muñeca

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Clear Flower

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Size: 3.5"

Spring!

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Rose bloom

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Composition in Red

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Red bloom

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Composition in Blue

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Purple flower 2

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Purple Flower 1

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Cobalt Blue

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Two Flowers - brown and green

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Red Rose pin with felted center - colored with Milani nail lacquer

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Aprox. size: 5 inch. I made the center felting black wool with additional threads of brown and yellow. The flower is made out of Coke bottles and then painted using Milani nail lacquer. Some parts are burnt to convey the sense of a little withering.
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Pink flower pin colored with Milani nail lacquer

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Size: aprox 4 inch. Flower cutout and composed from a Coke bottle. Then painted using Milani nail lacquer. Click on the images to enlarge

Flower with sash

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Composition in blue and pink

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Intermingled green, transparent and brown layered flower on a vintage Italian dress

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Size aprox. 4.00 inches

Green and transparent poppy pin on a vintage Pucci dress

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Size aprox 4.50 inches

Brown and transparent orchid on a vintage Italian dress

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Size aprox 4.5 inches

An interview with Greenmuze.com

2009-03-03T23:30:00.002-05:00

Greenmuze.com is a virtual magazine based in British Columbia geared toward green news.
They published a recent interview where I speak about the Pet flowers. Here is an excerpt:

Plastic bottle flower pins by Laura Astor.
Just in time for spring, comes these beautiful flower pins made from recycled plastic bottles by American artist Laura Astor. We caught up with Laura to ask her a few questions about what it takes to upcycle PET bottles into stylish jewelry.

To read the whole interview, please visit www.greenmuze.com/art

I'm allergic to feathers!

2009-03-03T23:25:00.009-05:00

Unfortunately, I discovered the hard way that I'm allergic to feathers. Yesterday a headache turned into a terrible migraine and a red eye. Connecting the dots, I realized that I had been in a room full of feathers for two days, working non-stop with feathers. Well, I know I'm allergic to dog hair, cat hair... and "pillows". What's in a pillow? Feathers! All in all, I give up with feathers for a while!

Headband with Feather applique

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Feather Pendant in blue

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Size; 2.5 inches

Brooch with feathers

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Size: 2.5 inches

Feather Pendant

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I love working with feathers!
Size: 2.5 inches

Featured in Great Green Goods!

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GreatGreenGoods is a shopping blog. Everything featured there is created from recycled materials . Owner Liz Hincks says: "we find the ordinary as well as the unusual eco-friendly products created from previously used resources."
Liz found me on Etsy the day of my grand opening! And this is what she wrote in her GreatGreenGoods blog:

Made by artist Laura Astor from recycled coke and pepsi bottles, this wearable art is creative and inspiring. It is versatile, too, since the translucent nature of the recycled plastic gives the pieces new life depending on the colors and textures that are put behind them. Bold and bright, perfect for a taste of spring. Check out her blog for more adventures in recycled PET (Polyethylene terephthalate for the brainiacs in the room.)
Here is the link to this page:
http://www.greatgreengoods.com/2009/02/26/recyled-plastic-pet-bottle
Please visit GreatGreenGoods.com. They are making our way to the eco-friendly stuff so much easier as they take the pains to find the good products and put them all in the "storefront" for us to see. So please don't wait and pay a visit to GreatGreenGoods, they deserve a click and more.

Thanks Liz for my entry!

Choker

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On a pachmina or neckerchief...

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On a hat...

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Ikebana-like PET sculpture

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Size: 6 inches
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Withering...

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Size: 4 inches
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Sky blue pin with pearl

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Size: 3.5 inches
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Ultra-light three-flower pin

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Size: 4.5 inches
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Sky blue pin, ultra light

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Size: 3 inches
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Brown and clear pin

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Size: 2.5inches
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Brown and clear pin with golden & pearl findings

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Size: 3 inches
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Scul-PET-pin

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Brooche with three blue flowers

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Acquamarine Spring Bud

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Turquoise necklace

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Flower pin with Brown and Transparent petals

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Size: 4.50 inches.
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Acquamariene and transparent petal pin

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Size: 3 inches. Head of pin handmade by me.
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Cobalt Blue flower pin with golden pin

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Size: 2 inches. Head of pin handemade by me.

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Blue Orchid pin with blue bead

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Size: 4.25 inches. Golden center and blue bead.
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Blue orchid pin - 2 petal layers with golden pin

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Size: 4.25 inches. Head of the pin is handmade by ME.
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Four brown pins

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Flower size: 2" to 2 1/2" inches.
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Green flower pin with red bead

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Size of this flower: 2inches

Clear orchid with golden pin

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I'm proud of this one. I guess it came out almost perfect! It's 5 inches wide. The pin is hand made/painted. Use it on a neckerchief, cardigan, wool hat... believe me people will stop you on the street to ask you where you got it! (and then you'll tell them to visit my site!)Here are two more views of the same flower:

Clear flower with golden pin

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This 4inches wide flower will bring elegance to any blouse.

Cobalt blue flower with center pearl

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This flower is 4 inches wide, cobalt blue and a second layer atop, transparent. Finished with eylet, pearl, and pin. Ready to wear on a scarf or blouse. The colored flowers (not transparent) best show on fabrics like satin or silk.

Flowers in my wool hat!

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These flowers are 2.5 to 3 inches wide and can
be used on hats or scarfs.

Brown pin with pearl

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The size of this pin is 2.5 inches wide. There is a little pearl in the center, attached to a golden eylet and a back pin. Use it on a lapel, hat, scarf or neckerchief. The background of this picture is a silk fabric with pearl hue.

Blue orchid with faceted yellow bead

2009-02-06T15:58:00.011-05:00

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This pin is 5inches, cobalt blue. It's two layers of sturdy plastic worked from a soda bottle attached with a golden pin and small faceted stone. Use on a vest, scarf, hat, lapel...

Clear orchid with golden pin

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This orchid pin is 5 inches wide. Wear it on a scarf, blouse or lapel.

Clear flower with blue stone

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This is a 4inches wide pin.

I was in Manhattan the other day and had this flower in my lapel and a woman asked: "Where did you get this?" I said I made it from a soda bottle.

As a (past) biologist, I guess it's a good thing to do --recycle, care for the environment.

I love the material because it's strong and looks delicate.