Ruth Singer

Author: Ruth Singer

  • Natural Dye :: Comfrey

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    On holiday I picked masses of comfrey, growing abundantly on the canal bank in Staffordshire. I brewed it up in the enamel pan again and the initial colour looked very promising. I left a scrap of silk organza in the dye pot while it was brewing and it came out a bright, olive green –…

  • Natural Dye : Avocado

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    After about 15 years break, I’ve come back to experimenting with natural dyes.  I am not sure what took me so long. I suppose my old studio wasn’t set up for wet work, and for many years I lived with other people who would not appreciate messy dyestuff in their kitchens. For the last few…

  • New Work :: New York

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    I’m slightly astonished at the amount of new work I am churning out at the moment. I usually work on one project at a time, but suddenly, this autumn, there are lots of exhibition deadlines which is pressured but wonderful. My latest completed work is for a Design Factory showcase in New York at the…

  • The Making of Metamorphosis

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    More images of the whole piece here A few months ago I saw an opportunity advertised locally for artists to make work using the idea of metamorphosis and using an object in the collections of New Walk Museum as inspiration, as part of a conference in the School of Museum Studies at Leicester University.  I…

  • Shadow embroidery

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    I’ve been working on a new style of work using negative space and dense stitching.   The piece on the left, Grandad’s Tool Shed, is part of a new body of work for an exhibition at Llantarnam Grange later this year. The piece on the right uses Jan’s garlands as the design detail, part of the collaboration…

  • Embroidery commission for Jan Garside

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    I recently completed a small embroidery commission for my friend, the weaver Jan Garside, who I’ve collaborated with before. She asked me to make some pieces based on Elizabethan embroideries at Hardwick Hall for a commission she was working on. Jan & her finished pieces. Find out more about Jan & her work here. This…

  • Bright & Bold

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    The Circles Coat is to be exhibited again. This coat, created jointly by me and by visitors to the studio and events attendees, has been accepted into Pedestrian open exhibition called Bright & Bold.  Pedestrian is based at LCB Depot in Leicester (just down the road from the studio) and you can see the show  6 – 27th…

  • Exhibitions at Waddesdon

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    There’s textile delights aplenty at Waddesdon Manor at the moment. I particularly wanted to see Sacred Stitches, an exhibition of ecclesiastic textiles from the Rothschild Collection which is reviews in Embroidery magazine (July / August).  I love Medieval church textiles so was excited to see examples that have not been displayed before, and I was…

  • Regeneration

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    I’ve just started work on a new project to create a site-specific installation for my own studio building, as part of a new exhibition called Regeneration.  Ten members of Ornamentum are working on a show inspired by the regeneration of local area, the history of hosiery factories and new beginnings. My work explores new growth…

  • Selling craft in the fine art market

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    I recently attended “Making it in the fine art market” a Cockpit Arts Making It seminar and made the following notes. Event chaired by Susan Mumford Be Smart About Art, with panel including  and Sarah Myerscough. Breaking into the fine art market Clear, consistent body of work, suitable for the market. Pricing should reflect fine art…