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Astoria artist uses recyclables to
make amazing window displays
BY ALEJANDRA
is decorated with a hanging
hearts covers the glass.
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pair of glasses, surrounded by
“He touches something
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forest creatures in beds of red
and he turns it into something
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and yellow leaves. Shortly aft er
unbelievable,” said Janet
Th anksgiving white and blue
Arcila, owner and manager
During the fall the store
papier-mâché Christmas tress
of Vardiman Eyewear, of
front window of Vardiman
dangle from the ceiling and
Eyewear on 34-18 Broadway
on Valentine’s Day a garage of
28-year-old Onesis Castillo. “ I
don’t where he get these ideas.”
Castillo, her 28-year-old
Dominican-born neighbor,
has been creating seasonal
pieces of art for the store
for the past fi ve years, which
have caught a lot of eyes from
patients and passersby alike.
According to Castillo and to
Arcila what makes the installation
even more special is that
80 percent from recycled material.
“I’ll use things that I fi nd on
the ground even,” said Castillo,
who didn’t let the fact that he
has not formal art education
hold him back.
Castillo starting his artistic
career by observing the former
window decorator in 2009.
He then created a Halloween
installation fi ve years that
wowed Arcila so much that
she kept inviting him to create
more work.
Castillo hopes that he can
inspire others who might be
afraid to pursue their passions.
“You only need to want to do
something in order to to do it,”
said Castillo.
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