Author: Ruth Singer
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Narrative Threads Masterclass January 2016
Alongside my Narrative Threads exhibition at the National Centre for Craft & Design, I am running a weekend masterclass on 9th & 10th January 2016 (rescheduled from December). Spend the weekend immersed in creative, slow, experimental techniques inspired by my work. The workshops include simple, experimental natural dye techniques, embroidery and using found objects. You can create a…
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Seeing the Beauty in Everyday Things
Slowing down. Looking. Listening. Re-finding myself. Learning to love where I am. Right now.
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The Dreaming House : Art Textiles in Historic Houses
The Dreaming House, an exhibition of art textiles from the collections of Nottingham Museums is currently on display in Newstead Abbey, ancestral home of Lord Byron. The exhibition is only open at weekends (12-4pm) and for a few weeks only, and seems to have almost slipped under the textile press radar. I’ve seen little about it…
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Criminal Quilts at Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford
My first series of Criminal Quilts is now on display at Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford. These pieces were inspired by photographs from the Staffordshire Archives of women criminals (below), commissioned by Shire Hall Gallery and later purchased for the museum collection and display outside the historic courtroom. The six Criminal Quilts in Stafford are shown…
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Harefield Hospital Quilt Commission
I recently completed a really enjoyable commission for Harefield Hospital NHS Trust to celebrate their centenary. There’s a brief background on the project here. This quilt is inspired by a 1915 quilt made as a fundraiser for the first hospital on the site and the new quilt tells the story of Harefield Hospital since the First World War…
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Festival of Quilts
The Festival of Quilts at Birmingham NEC starts on Thursday 6th August and runs until Sunday 10th. This year I have a stand (E6) where I will be displaying some of my recent work, collecting textile memories and showing work in progress. I’ll have books, fabrics, trapunto quilting supplies and kits for sale too. The Harefield…
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Interlace at Synchronise II
My collaboration with Bethany Walker will be shown in Synchronise II at The National Centre For Craft & Design from 4th July – 6th September.
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A Stitch In Time at the British Library
UPDATE: I’m not able to be there after all, unfortunately. I’m sure it will still be great though! At rather short notice I’m busy preparing for a fantastic event this weekend at the British Library, celebrating embroidery. A Stitch In Time day of embroidery events celebrates the new Cornelia Parker Magna Carta commission. I’ll be there…
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Narrative Threads Artist in Residence at NCCD
During my residency day at NCCD in April I tried some further experiments with recording dye processes using video, this time using my iPad set up on a plate stand, which seems to work quite well. There’s more to be done on this but it looks promising and I hope a film can be included in…
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Daily Make (17)
This week I’ve started a new commission for Harefield Hospital . and made some dye bundles at the first community workshop The patchwork continues to grow (on the cat, as usual!) I rarely get a day just stitching, so attending a workshop on Indian embroidery was a real treat this week. …
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