Ruth Tabancay
Adapting to New Substrates 2.1, 2021
Plastic bags, bubble wrap, styrofoam trays, face masks, plastic cups, straw, vegetable tags, embroidery floss 32" x 42" x 2"
My hope is that bacteria, fungi, and larvae or maggots will evolve to digest the increasing amounts of discarded plastic overwheming our planet.
Ruth Tabancay
Hyperbolic Space, 2019
Acrylic yarn 108" x 72" x 36"
Crocheted hyperbolic planes and pseudospheres
Ruth Tabancay
Lifeline, 2018
Acrylic yarn 132" x 120" x 60"
Ruth Tabancay
Quadrilateral I, 2019
Fabric, thread 18" x 18" x 1.5"
Ruth Tabancay
120°, 2019
Cast sugar 1/2" x 96" x 96"
Cast sugar hexagons arranged in 6-fold symmetry
Ruth Tabancay
What’s In You and On You: Normal Flora and Pathogens 1.2, 2019
Fabric, embroidery floss, glass Petri dishes 1" x 20" x 28"
Ruth Tabancay
Purl 322X, 2017
Cotton yarn, embroidery floss 21" x 25" x 0.5"
Ruth Tabancay
Nylon Knee Highs 156X, 2018
Scanning electron micrograph print on watercolor paper, embroidery floss 13" x 16"
Ruth Tabancay
Colony, Collaboration with SDA Member Jessica Cadkin, 2018
Deconstructed artificial flowers, fabric, embroidery floss, beeswax, 168" x 120" x 72"
Ruth Tabancay
My Corona, 2020
Needle caps, needle sheaths, polystyrene 6" x 6" x 6"
