I have been asked about my ideas and where they come from more than anything else in my 21 year career (although “How long did it take to make?” must be a close second).
It’s really hard for me to define where each idea came from but I’ve given it a go in this podcast.
All the work I am talking about in this episode is in my new book Tangled: Textile Stories of Care & Connection.
I also talk about Maker Membership, my collective of creative curiosity, where I support makers to explore their own creative ideas, build confidence in making research-led work and share their own ideas through stitch.
Tangled is currently available for pre-order now
Tangled: Textile Stories of Care & Connection (Pre-order)
Tangled answers the question I get asked the most: “Where do you get your ideas from?” This book includes essays on how I got to where I am now, how museums and heritage are threaded through my work and how the themes of care, connection and history continue to guide everything I make.
Tangled is 150 pages in glorious A4 paperback with photos of almost every piece I have made in the last decade. Printed in the UK.
This is a special pre-order price until 30th July
About Ruth Singer
I grew up with a love for history and a passion for textiles. I bring these two together in my practice as an artist exploring narratives, heritage and material culture. I create exhibitions, installations and commissions often using old cloth and hand stitch with subtle and intriguing hidden stories. My work explores human experience expressed through thoughtful and emotionally-engaged textile making. My subtle and delicate work references loss, memory, fragility and damage in both the cloth itself and in our personal lives, and the places in which we gather memories. My background as a textile historian and museum curator is woven throughout my work; I create pieces with a sense of history and a look of antiques but with a powerful contemporary story.
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