Author: Ruth Singer
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Creative hen parties for stylish brides
Hen partiesCreative, enjoyable and stress‐free hen parties at Ruth Singer’s beautiful studio From £25 per person for half a day, £50 for a full dayParties for 6‐15 people available for evenings or weekends We can come to you too if you have a suitable spaceActivities include Corsages and fabric flowers, textile jewellery, pincushions, tea cosies, lampshade…
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Colour
I’ve been asked to exhibit in a couple of exhibitions around the theme of colour this Spring. At first I was a little puzzled as most of my current work is fairly lacking in colour; whites, sepia, washed-out and faded colours. Somehow I had forgotten that I usually work in bright and vibrant colours. I…
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Fabric Manipulation; 150 Creative Sewing Techniques
My new book is available for pre-order now! Signed copies will be sent out as soon as they arrive with me, early in June. I’ll be doing book signings, demonstrations and related workshops throughout the summer. Sign up to my newsletter for more information. There’s much more to come on this blog about the book…
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All the exhibitions in one day
Today I went to London and I….. Started at The Foundling Museum’s Fate, Hope and Charity exhibition. I’ve not been there before as I stupidly missed the textiles exhibition last year. The cafe was good too and National Trust members get in half price so it was only £3.25. Pottered down Lamb’s Conduit Street and looked…
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Contemporary Textiles Fair & SOCK
I’m exhibiting at two shows this month including The Contemporary Textile Fair in Teddington, West London this weekend. This show is one of the highlights of the year for fans of fabric. It is actually the first show I did, seven years ago and sadly I’ve not been back until now, but I am looking…
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Textile & Metal Jewellery; a collaboration with Alys Power
My collaboration collection with Alys Power is complete! I’ve enjoyed this partnership so much that I didn’t want to stop – we could have kept making things forever. We were keen that the collection was not entirely wearable but still had some elements of jewellery about it. Some of the pieces are wearable (necklaces, pendants,…
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Maidens’ Garlands
Jan & I installed our exhibition piece today. It has been a lot of work but I am delighted with how it looks in the gallery and how well Jan & I have combined our ideas. Jan installing her weaving Installing the petals stage 1 Petal growth growing.. Half way there… Complete! Synchronise opens on…
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Fabric Manipulation, 150 Creative Sewing Techniques
My new book will be published in June 2013 by David & Charles
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Collaboration with Jan Garside
I had a day working with Jan Garside today on our collaborative installation work for Synchronise, a Design Factory exhibition at NCCD which opens on 9th March and continues until 2nd June. Jan and I are working on a large groups of piece including her woven work, lots of petals that I am making out of…
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CRUNCH – Craft Lunch
CRUNCH ::: CRAFT LUNCH One-hour workshops in your lunch break! Do you work in the city centre or Cultural Quarter? Once a month, take a creative break and drop in to Ruth Singer Studio for a craft lunch. Bring your sandwiches, £10 and your creative spirit. There will be a new craft activity every month…
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