Ruth Becker
Chevy Chase, Maryland
Ruth Becker creates layered, dimensional artworks exploring how practice shapes perception. Her work blends material precision with conceptual clarity
MessageCollection: Layerings
Intricately cut and progressively stacked, these dimensional works on paper and plywood explore transformation through repetition, variation, and sequence. Beginning with a simple form—a circle, a waveform, a teardrop—each design evolves through a digitally guided process of subtle change. Each layer represents a discrete moment in that unfolding, cut from a separate sheet and assembled into a single, cohesive whole.
Like tree rings or geological strata, the final structures offer a visible history of their own becoming. Light and shadow give shape to the layered progression, revealing complexity through accumulation and form.
Like tree rings or geological strata, the final structures offer a visible history of their own becoming. Light and shadow give shape to the layered progression, revealing complexity through accumulation and form.