SWAIA ARTIST Profile

Christy Ruby

Name
Christy Ruby
Tribe
Tlingit and Haida
Classification(s)
Textiles
Website

SWAIA Booth History

SFIM25
SFIM24
FR N 315
WIM25

2025 Best of Show Awards

First Place
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Second Place
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Honorable Mentions
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2024 Best of Show Awards

First Place
Best of Division in Contemporary Dress
Vid: Category 2501 - Garments in Textiles
Second Place
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Honorable Mentions
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Portfolio Example & Materials Statement
Christy Ruby

I harvest my own animals from the sea. I use traditional practices to salvage and donate the meat from my seal and sea otter harvests. I incorporate many other Alaskan furs with my seal and sea otter. I created colored sea otter in 2017 and now have collections in many different museums. All the pieces are tacked by hand and then machine stitched.