Author: Ruth Singer
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Criminal Quilts and food poverty
New case studies about women criminals and fundraising for Leicester’s new foodbank
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Textiles in Lockdown Commission – ebook and podcast
A little bit of background about the making of Textiles in Lockdown
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New Edition of Criminal Quilts Book
Criminal Quilts is an arts & heritage project by Ruth Singer exploring the stories of women photographed in Stafford Prison 1877-1916. Buy the book direct from the author.
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Fifteen Years
This summer I marked (but not really celebrated) 15 years of running my own creative business. I was hoping to bring out a new book this year covering what I’ve done in those years but this year has of course not gone remotely according to plan! I should have it ready next year. In the…
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Creative Communities
Working on your own as a creative maker or artist is hard enough in normal times and it’s even more challenging this year, both financially and personally. Isolation and struggling alone is very real. It can be hard to connect with friends and make new ones when you aren’t doing exhibitions, shows, teaching or other…
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Isolated Moments
I have created an embroidery project for Fermynwoods Contemporary Art, inspired by my time in lockdown.
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Textiles In Lockdown
I am delighted to be working with Gawthorpe Textiles Collection to create a Textiles In Lockdown commission. We are living through a significant moment in history which has seen a huge resurgence in craft activity with groups and individuals coming together to support the creation of PPE for the health and care services. Others have taken the…
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Criminal Quilts talk
Textiles Inspired by Women Photographed in Stafford Prison 1877-1916. Friday 24th July 2020 4-5.30pm BST In this talk, I will look at the background to this project which I started in 2012, creating textiles about the stories of Victorian and Edwardian women prisoners. As well as showing the textile artworks from the touring exhibition, I will…
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