Miniature Watercolor Works by Ruby Silvious Are Painted on Stained Teabags

All images © Ruby Silvious, shared with permission

Ruby Silvious’s quaint seaside scenes and bucolic landscapes nestle between the torn edges and wrinkled folds of a used teabag. The Coxsackie, New York-based artist (previously) paints miniature scenes of everyday life on the stained paper pouches, leaving the string and tags intact as a reminder of the repurposed material’s origin. Silvious sells prints of her watercolor pieces on her site, and you can follow her latest projects and news about upcoming exhibitions—she will be showing her upcycled works in France and Japan in 2022—on Instagram.

 

Miniature Watercolor Works by Ruby Silvious Are Painted on Stained Teabags

Miniature Watercolor Works by Ruby Silvious Are Painted on Stained Teabags

Miniature Watercolor Works by Ruby Silvious Are Painted on Stained Teabags

Miniature Watercolor Works by Ruby Silvious Are Painted on Stained Teabags

Miniature Watercolor Works by Ruby Silvious Are Painted on Stained Teabags

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