"From diminutive pieces of fine mesh, Ruby Silvious meticulously conjoins, stains, tears, and sculpts a range mixed-media collages and tiny paintings from repurposed teabags. She often incorporates other elements, such as sardine tins, thread spools, and cut paper elements. The bags are emptied and flattened and sometimes connected to form longer surfaces, often keeping the strings and tabs attached."
"Other times, Silvious further manipulates the soft paper substrate, creating life-size garments that possess an ethereal, even spectral quality."
"During the summer, she will be collaborating with Málaga-based artist David Seaton, whose abstract paintings inspired some of Silvious' recent paper pieces, followed by a show of both of their work in Rhonda, Spain."
Ruby Silvious transforms discarded teabags into intricate mixed-media artworks through meticulous processes of conjoining, staining, tearing, and sculpting. She empties and flattens the bags, often preserving their strings and tabs, and combines them with repurposed materials including sardine tins, thread spools, and cut paper. Her practice extends beyond small collages and paintings to creating life-size garments with ethereal, spectral qualities. Her work appears in multiple group exhibitions across Vermont, Maryland, Philadelphia, Massachusetts, and New York. She collaborates with Spanish artist David Seaton, whose abstract paintings influenced her recent paper pieces, with collaborative work shown in Rhonda, Spain.
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