Gorgeous Peacocks Made Of Beauty Supplies by Laurel Roth

San Francisco-based artist Laurel Roth builds these Peacock sculptures using recycled beauty products.

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Regalia - 2011
mixed media including fake fingernails, nail polish, barrettes, false eyelashes, jewelry, walnut, swarovski crystal
40" wide, 22" deep, 63" tall

From a distance, the pieces have new-products shine to them which gives each sculpture a gorgeous glow. Many of the products are expired or donated from overstock from companies like OPI and Scunci, or collected from thrift stores and estate auctions that Roth attends.

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Beauty - 2011
mixed media including fake fingernails, barrettes, false eyelashes, nail polish, costume jewelry, walnut, swarovski crystal
46" wide, 36" deep, 67" tall

"These peacocks borrow human mating plumage, anthropomorphically showcasing our adaptations and natural orders as their own. They are made of fake fingernails, barrettes, nail polish, false eyelashes, and jewelry to represent the choices involved in biological processes that are unique to humankind."

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Plumage - 2010
mixed media including fake fingernails, nail polish, barrettes, false eyelashes, jewelry, walnut, swarovski crystal
61" tall, 37" wide, and 22" deep

"I use art as a medium to examine biological ramifications of human behavior. My work juxtaposes traditional craft and artisanal techniques with non-traditional materials to examine mankind’s drive to modify itself as well as its environment. By playing with the convergence of biology and product design to create new cultural artifacts, I try to question social constructions of need, design, and individual desire."

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Beholder - 2010
mixed media including fake fingernails, nail polish, barrettes, false eyelashes, jewelry, walnut, swarovski crystal
24 x 36 x 59"

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Birds of Paradise - 2009
mixed media including fake fingernails, nail polish, barrettes, false eyelashes, jewelry, walnut, swarovski crystal
50" diameter by 50" tall



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