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Artist Uses Tea Bags As Her Diary
Apparently, there are many different ways to keep a diary and this unique artist from New York, Ruby Silvious, has discovered an amazing one. While some of us tend to throw away used tea bags after finishing our tea, Silvious reuses them... as canvases for her miniature paintings.
"The used tea bag is not very attractive. But while you may see a soggy, stained tea bag, I see a blank canvas," the artist wrote earlier on Bored Panda. "The visual diary records my impression of the moment using the used tea bag as a medium, altered to create a new work of art every day. I draw, paint and collage moody, evocative and sometimes whimsical art on the used teabag paper."
Ruby Silvious began painting on tea bags in 2015 to push her creative practice and to share it on social media, hoping to spark a different kind of inspiration. "People have this notion of what traditional art should be. I think reimagining the discarded as art inspires new forms of creativity," claims Silvious. "I hope that people who view my art are changed in some way, perhaps with a renewed belief in the art of the possible."
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Erin Ordway 8 years ago
This lil painting is absolutely gorgeous. I can't imagine being this talented!
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Shruti Naik 8 years ago
I'd would love an enlarged framed version of this to hang up in my home!
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Sara Kate MacFarland 8 years ago
Her embellishments are so delicate and ephemeral...perfection!
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Birdgirl45 8 years ago
Funny how some paths could cross but don't. Lots to unpack here; love how deep this is
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Sara Kate MacFarland 8 years ago
haven't tried a KitKat bar with Constant Comment...but I will now!
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Gail McNamara 8 years ago
These tiny paintings are incredible & on tea bags. Amazing❗️ See all 20 of them❣️
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Captain Planet 8 years ago
Actually I think you can Kent. Arthur Danto once said: Art is anything that is created with thought/meaning behind it. Some people mereley criticise some artwork because they love a certain genre and it doesn't fall into that category. But that doesn't mean it's not art. Same as parents calling the music their kids listen to not music. Almost very parent in every age does that. While in reality it's all music but just a matter of taste and nostalgia.
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Captain Planet 8 years ago
Actually I think you can Kent. Arthur Danto once said: Art is anything that is created with thought/meaning behind it. Some people mereley criticise some artwork because they love a certain genre and it doesn't fall into that category. But that doesn't mean it's not art. Same as parents calling the music their kids listen to not music. Almost very parent in every age does that. While in reality it's all music but just a matter of taste and nostalgia.
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