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blueasterstudio.bsky.social
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Nature-inspired art and gifts by David and Jennie. Bloomington, Indiana.

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Had a terrific weekend at the Ohio Wildlife Rehabilitators Association conference at Deer Creek Lake State Park. David gave a talk on Sunday about our story, what we've learned over the last nine years, and the current challenges facing small art businesses.🐡🎨
The Blue Aster Studio booth of nature art and gifts Blue AsTer Studio mini screen prints display A wooden bison ornament hanging in front of a display of magnets Blue Aster Studio magnet display with a variety of wildlife puns and nature conservation messages
November 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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New in our shop! A collection of cute wooden wildlife ornaments, laser cut and screen printed by hand in our studio. Choose from gray squirrel, box turtle, opossum, turkey vulture, bison, and saw-whet owl! 🎨🐡

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A gray squirrel wooden ornament A box turtle wooden ornament A Virginia opossum wooden ornament A turkey vulture wooden ornament
November 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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We just finished printing some creatures of the night on this Halloween... 🎨🐡
A table of fresh screen printed artwork of an opossum walking across a fence at night. A rabbit and luna moth are in the yard below.
October 31, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Do they look cute in the daylight? We think so! 🐡🎨

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Two stickers displayed on a green mossy background: snaggle toothed anglerfish with a shining head lure and a flying squirrel with patagia outspread
October 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Heads up! We just added two new glow-in-the-dark stickers to the shop: Anglerfish and flying squirrel.

Pro-tip for all you Bluesky followers: 20% off sale starts tomorrow!
A green glowing sticker of an anglerfish A green glowing sticker of a flying squirrel
October 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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The Blue Aster booth is ready for action at #esa2025! Come on by starting tonight at 6:30pm.
An art and gifts booth with stickers, stationery, tote bags, magnets, buttons, and art prints.
August 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Printing a new edition of our beavers. 3 colors down, two to go... 🎨🐡🦫
A screen print with layers of light blue, green, and warm brown in the vague shape of three beavers, foliage, and a fallen tree
August 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Here's a close up of this lil' guy. 🐡🎨🪲
Close up of the image from my previous skeet - a black and brown rhinoceros beetle surrounded by forest floor litter.
July 21, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Another new screen print! We've got a sweet little forest floor scene with a toad 🐸 and rhinoceros beetle 🪲. Measures 10" by 4.5", edition of 30. 🎨🐡
A wide format three color screen print in rusty brown, yellow, and black. An American toad sits on a leaf surrounded by forest floor litter with a black rhinoceros beetle in the background.
July 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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We spent a good part of this long weekend printing... A not so fearsome foursome. 🐡🎨🪶
Two wide pieces of paper showing two screen printed layers: one has only blue ink, the other has gray added. The gray reveals that this print is of four birds perched on a tree limb Two more sheets of paper of the same print, one with the blue and gray ink. The other has black added, showing the forms of four black vultures.
July 7, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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When you learn that an armadillo's armor is made up of keratin scales called scutes, the obvious next step is to draw an armadillo line dancing

Right?! Or maybe that's just us... 🤷🤷‍♀️
A rounded rectangle magnet with an Illustration of an armadillo in western wear dancing. Text reads Boot Scute n' Boogie.
July 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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We brought our children's books to this show, and sold out of Mammoth is Mopey. We still have a few copies of Tiger is Tangled! 🎨🐡
An illustration of a warthog standing on two legs in a rainstorm An illustration of a frowning sloth in a barren landscape of felled trees An illustration of an ostrich with wings spread and head thrown back in song The book Tiger is Tangled by David and Jennie Orr, the cover features a Bengal tiger tangled in vines.
June 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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This weekend we are selling at the American Society of Mammalogists meeting at Purdue University. We have a bunch of new mammal designs including this trio of new stickers! 🎨🐡
Three stickers decorated with illustrated mammals. One features a badger and coyote with the text Teamwork makes the Dream Work, another is a weasel with the text Small but Deadly, and one is an armadillo in western wear with the text Boot Scute n' Boogie The blue Aster Studio booth with stickers, magnets, buttons, books, and stationery for sale
June 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Signing and numbering our new kitty cat screen print. Halfway through. 🎨🐡🐱
A four color screen print of a mountain lion stalking through long grass, approaching and looking directly at the viewer.
June 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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FLASH SALE!

Our perfect boy Wallace is going in for an MRI and possibly spinal surgery on Tuesday. Use coupon code WELOVEWALLACE for 20% off thru Monday ❤️

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A scruffy little black and white dog lounging happily in the sun
June 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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A new pair of mini screen prints, 4 inches square. Wolf! Turtle! Good things come in small packages! 🎨🐡
Two square screen prints. One is a wolf standing in the mountains under a full moon. The other is a black and yellow turtle on a log in a marsh.
June 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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It's autobiographical!
A triangular sticker reading Slow Moving Hiker
June 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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New print alert! Indiana Dunes National Park, 8" by 10" art print. blueasterstudio.com/products/ind...
An illustration of a beach with scattered patches of grass. A red boat speeds over the water as a gull circles above and the skyline of Chicago sits far on the horizon.
June 3, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Indiana Dunes Birding Festival's Migration Marketplace is open for business! If you're attending the festival, don't miss all the amazing vendors at the national park visitors center!
Blue Aster Studio art booth featuring displays of tote bags magnets, prints, stationery, buttons, and stickers Two rectangular Indiana Dunes magnets, one a beach scene and the other a plover
May 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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We're back in NW Indiana! We're excited to be back at this year's Indiana Dunes Birding Festival. Find us in the big tent next to the national park visitors center, Thursday through Sunday!
A selection of prints: a blue jay holding an acorn and two original screen prints of a blue feather on an olive background and an acorn on a blue background.
May 15, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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You may have seen our buttons, stickers, and magnets popping up in some of your favorite gift shops and nature centers! If you know of a gift shop, nature center or other retailer who you think should carry our products, let us know!
A grid layout of rectangular magnets, all brightly colored and illustrated with cartoony animals A grid layout of round pin back buttons with bright colors and illustrations of cartoony animals A spread of stickers featuring illustrations of various birds, mammals, reptiles, and insects
May 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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ICYMI, we're on the road this week. Catch us at the Biggest Week in American Birding #bwiab until Tuesday evening. Then, we'll be at the Indiana Dunes Birding Fest Thursday through Sunday. If you're at either event this week, be sure to say hello! 🐡🎨🪶
An art print of a red tailed hawk perched on a fence post with a field, tree line, and rural road in the background.
May 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Blackburnian warbler magnets have been the most popular of the new bird collection at #bwiab this year. Will be interesting to compare to the IN Dunes Birding Festival later this week! 🪶🎨🐡
A rectangular magnet of a Blackburnian Warbler, a small bird with black and white wing and back , black marks around the eyes, and bold orange and yellow head and throat
May 11, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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We made new bird magnets for the two May birding fests we are doing, 10 birds picked from the BWIAB 2024 species list. I think they're pretty cute!
A collection of rectangular magnets on a board, featuring illustrations of North American birds such as white pelican, blackburnian warbler, hooded warbler, black throated blue warbler, and northern flicker.
May 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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It's ya boy David checking in at the BIGGEST WEEK IN AMERICAN BIRDING in Ohio. Our booth is here til next Tuesday so if you're out here looking for cool birds, say hi!
Selfie giving the peace sign. White, middle aged, bearded fellow in front of some prints of birds
May 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM