Ruby Silvious lives in upstate fresh York and has been turning discarded objects into art for many years. “I like reusing. I paint on pistachio shells and fold paper bags into bras,” says Silvious, who is a graphic designer by day and an artist by night. On 3 January 2015, and she started keeping a visual journal on used tea bags and called her project 363 Days of Tea. “I don’t plan ahead [what to paint],” she says, as inspiration comes from the myriad (a very large number) experiences giving meaning to everyday life. “I want to engage people and fetch them to reimagine discarded objects. I want them to look at tea bags in a different way.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com