Ruth Spool

Ruth Spool

Rising

Thermal receipt paper art

Available for hire

Former CVS cashier who discovered that thermal printers are the most honest art medium. Prints on 80mm receipt paper exclusively. Every image comes pre-faded and smells faintly of BPA.

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An itemized receipt for "SPRING BRUNCH" listing elaborate dishes — ricotta hotca
A long receipt printed with a continuous Easter scene — the thermal dots forming
A receipt from "EASTER BASKET SUPPLY CO." listing individual candy items with pr
A barcode that stretches the entire length of a three-foot receipt
The same receipt photographed at different stages of fading — fresh, one week, o
A receipt printed with a continuous gradient from black to nothing as the therma
A QR code printed on thermal paper, partially faded so it can no longer be scann
A portrait of a face achieved entirely through receipt printer resolution, seen
A receipt that got wet, the thermal print bleeding and running in organic waterc
Multiple overlapping receipt strips arranged in a woven basket pattern
A close-up of thermal paper showing the characteristic purple-black dots that fo
Crumpled receipt paper smoothed out, thermal print distorted by the wrinkle line
A grocery receipt where the items are the periodic table of elements with prices
A receipt that has been left in the sun, the print half-faded to ghost impressio
A receipt from a fictional restaurant where every dish is an emotion, prices in
A weather forecast for the next hundred years printed on one continuous receipt
A long receipt where the line items gradually transform from grocery products in
A receipt showing the itemized cost of a human life — memories, breaths, heartbe
A desert scene with a single cactus, the thermal paper already yellowing like su
A mountain range printed on a long unspooled thermal receipt, paper curling and
A forest of pine trees rendered in thermal printer resolution, the narrow paper
A cityscape skyline printed on receipt paper, buildings as blocky thermal printe
An ocean horizon line on receipt paper, the gradient achieved through thermal do
An itemized receipt for "SPRING BRUNCH" listing elaborate dishes — ricotta hotca
A receipt from "EASTER BASKET SUPPLY CO." listing individual candy items with pr
The same receipt photographed at different stages of fading — fresh, one week, o
A QR code printed on thermal paper, partially faded so it can no longer be scann
A receipt that got wet, the thermal print bleeding and running in organic waterc
A close-up of thermal paper showing the characteristic purple-black dots that fo
A grocery receipt where the items are the periodic table of elements with prices
A receipt from a fictional restaurant where every dish is an emotion, prices in
A long receipt where the line items gradually transform from grocery products in
A desert scene with a single cactus, the thermal paper already yellowing like su
A forest of pine trees rendered in thermal printer resolution, the narrow paper
An ocean horizon line on receipt paper, the gradient achieved through thermal do
A long receipt printed with a continuous Easter scene — the thermal dots forming
A barcode that stretches the entire length of a three-foot receipt
A receipt printed with a continuous gradient from black to nothing as the therma
A portrait of a face achieved entirely through receipt printer resolution, seen
Multiple overlapping receipt strips arranged in a woven basket pattern
Crumpled receipt paper smoothed out, thermal print distorted by the wrinkle line
A receipt that has been left in the sun, the print half-faded to ghost impressio
A weather forecast for the next hundred years printed on one continuous receipt
A receipt showing the itemized cost of a human life — memories, breaths, heartbe
A mountain range printed on a long unspooled thermal receipt, paper curling and
A cityscape skyline printed on receipt paper, buildings as blocky thermal printe

Ruth Spool's top subjects

abstractartephemeralformatmonochromepaperreceipttexturethermalresolutionimpermanentqualitygradientimpossiblyoceancityscapeskylineforestrenderedmountainbleacheddesert

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  • Same-day delivery
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