Ruth Singer

Category: My work

  • Museum purchase

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    I’m delighted to announce that Shire Hall Gallery, part of Staffordshire Museums Service, are buying my whole collection of Criminal Quilts. The six textile pieces will become part of the museum service collection and will be displayed in the historic court room at Shire Hall. As an ex-museum person, having my work preserved forever in…

  • Wrapping and covering

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    I usually tweet or Pin when I’ve seen something interesting online, but I’ve decided it is time to start sharing things on the blog again as it gives things more status and it makes stuff easier to find again. So I’m planning a series on other artists’ work as I come across things I like…

  • New work in progress

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    If you are sharp-eyed on Pinterest, you will have noticed some new work popping up on this board. I’m working in collaboration with jeweller Alys Power  to create a new collection of work for an exhibition opening in March at NCCD. We’ve been working on collaborative pieces to create a Cabinet of Curiosities inspired by Calke…

  • Reinventing the paper piece

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    A couple of years ago I made this piece, my first in paper, constructed from book proofs. It has been a real trouper; a couple of exhibitions, some press and a lot of interest.  It is going out again for Colour, at New Brewery Arts in Cirencester, Sat 23rdMarch – Sun 12thMay 2013, along with this coat…

  • Commission for Shire Hall Gallery

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    Talking Textiles Shire Hall Art Gallery, Stafford 12 January – 10 March 2013 “This exhibition features work by 8 contemporary textile artists who explore how stories are represented through their work. Using a wide range of materials, techniques and processes each artist creates unique pieces which on further inspection reveal their fascinating stories. From life…

  • Award Winner!

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    I won the Craftspace prize at Unit Twelve open contemporary craft exhibition! I couldn’t be happier with this award from the lovely folks at Craftspace. It is exactly the creative boost I need to get cracking with some new work.The pieces, Monumental Folly that I entered in the show, and won the prize for, relate to a…

  • Creative Twinning Showcase

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    I took part a showcase event with Creative Twinning last week in Nottingham Contemporary. I put together a display of new and older work forming a new collection called Polonaise which includes some smaller pieces alongside the larger scale work like the quilt currently in the window at Designer Forum (photos below). I was quite pleased with…

  • Contemporary Craft Open exhibition at Unit Twelve

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    I am delighted to have be accepted to show two pieces of new work at this lovely craft gallery run by my good friend Jennifer Collier in rural Staffordshire. I’ve exhibited and taught there several times and it is a truly magical place to visit. Not only is there a great gallery with changing exhibitions, there are four…

  • Unit Twelve Craft Open Exhibition

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    I’m ever so pleased to have had my work accepted to the Unit Twelve open exhibition, and it sounds like I am in very good company, from the snippets I’ve heard… I’m showing two pieces from my Monumental Folly series and this will be their first proper exhibition outing. I am excited and nervous to…

  • Studio; Inspiration board and on the sewing table

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    I’ve started on a new body of work, so I gave my little workspace a spruce up and created a new inspiration board. My desk isn’t very big so I have filled up the whole space with lovely things and left myself a tiny gap to work in. More photos on Flickr.