Art, it is all in the eye of the beholder so I’m told. And this form of art is definitely something you either appreciate or don’t. I find the use of a material that we would normally discard quite refreshing and the beauty that can come from such an item is incredible. Artist Ruby Silvious has opened my eyes to a whole new art form. She started to collect her used tea bags each day to transform them into majestic art pieces. Each teabag is slightly different and with the staining from the tea it has a unique quality right from the beginning of the process. In 2015 Ruby collated a series called 363 Days of Tea and has gone on from there to create several more series as well as Kimonos put together all with painted tea bags. Have a look at her website, she is extremely talented and depicts a variety of visual delights such as nature, landscapes, portraits and architecture. https://www.rubysilvious.com/
I found this quick YouTube clip to show just how beautiful this art is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J8lrXhW00I
Exquisite! Ruby Silvious 
Ruby Silvious ♥
Alka Mathur is another artist who uses teabags as part of her mixed media designs. Alka says her art is inspired by nature. She uses the actual teabag to stain parts of her art and has also taken to using the dried teabags as a sort of day to day diary; which has been integrated into her larger works as well as being displayed just as the entries. Have a look at this quick YouTube clip to see how it looks – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sipfmoOcbo
Stamping teabags is another way of creating art pieces using used teabags. Firstly have a cup of tea (personally my favourite part of the process), dry out your teabag(s) for a few days, cut along an edge to remove the tea leaves, using pigment based ink (so it won’t run if you paint over it) stamp a design onto the teabag surface. Go on to add to a mixed media piece of art, scrap-booking,make a card or create something completely unique. I would love to see any of your creations ♥
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Thea are beautiful and I haven’t seen them before. Thank you for sharing.
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Thanks for popping in Beth, I hope you drop by again ☕🙏
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These are incredible – the pieces are so tiny to create on to begin with.
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These are amazing, so very clever.
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This is incredible…gorgeous and so creative! Thanks for sharing this!
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Thanks so much for your kind words, I love them as well☕
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Wow! This is so cool. I don’t think I’ve seen anything like this. Beautiful work!
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Thank you so much for your kindness 🙏☕
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Something totally new, never seen this before. Thank you for sharing on SIPB. Tweeted
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Thank you
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Really interesting. I’d never heard of anyone using teabags in art before, but I think it’s great 🙂
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Me too, I was in awe of how beautiful they can look. Thanks for popping in ☕🙏
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For a textile graduate and tea fanatic this is the dream! I love the use of materials and art created. I’ve used tea to stain paper and fabric before but never considered using the actual bag. Thanks for sharing!
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Ooooo I hope you try it out one day. Would love to see 😊
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I love to paint on tea bags! I used to do it years ago and I want to create again a new tea bag watercolor paintings series! Right now I am actually collecting and drying my tea bags! 😉
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That sounds amazing. I would love to see them if you would like to share?
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Thank you of course I will share! When I will create the new series I will post my tea bag paintings when ever I paint one and I will let you know so that you can follow it!
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Fabulous thank you
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I heard somewhere about it but never get a chance to see them. Thanks a lot for sharing. And, same pinch on loving all things tea😀
– Sunshine
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Thank you ☕🙏
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Oh my gosh! I’m a huge tea fan, but had no idea about this art.
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Amazing isn’t it ❤️ thank you for having a look
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Wow! Those are so beautiful! I’ve never heard of this before. One of my favorite things to do, when I’m feeling artistic, is paint scenes on large rocks. We live in the woods, so they are easy to come by!
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Oh beautiful I have some gorgeous painted rocks that a friend of mine did for me, so nice seeing them popped in the garden 🌺
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Beautiful and so intricate. I love the print seeping through.
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Beautiful aren’t they, such a novel idea ❤️☕
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I absolutely had no idea that tea bags can turn out to be great art. Thanks for sharing this.
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Very welcome, I love discovering such things too
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This is one of the prettiest crafts I’ve ever seen done. You have so much talent and to have even thought about doing this amazes me. I don’t have a skill for painting, but you’ve inspired me to perhaps try with a simple drawing, maybe a sunflower or something. Thanks for sharing such a wonderful idea!!!
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How fascinating! I never thought of this, I am amazed! Thank you for sharing this.
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Isn’t it fascinating 🌺😁
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I really liked this!
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This is a gorgeous idea! I would never have thought to do this – thank you for sharing!
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Absolutely love this, thank you so much x
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Thank you so much 🙏
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This is very interesting and I can see and imagine that teabags and the stains they create can lend to some awesome designs and added to that some creativity, then all I can say would be WOW
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I loved these first time you posted. Pinned to try so thanks for the reminder. Hope all well.
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Thank you for sharing and your support 🙏
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