Ruth Singer

Category: Community

  • Criminal Quilts and food poverty

    Criminal Quilts and food poverty

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    New case studies about women criminals and fundraising for Leicester’s new foodbank

  • Creative Communities

    Creative Communities

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    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…

  • Isolated Moments

    Isolated Moments

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    I have created an embroidery project for Fermynwoods Contemporary Art, inspired by my time in lockdown.

  • Textiles In Lockdown

    Textiles In Lockdown

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    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…

  • Step By Step

    Step By Step

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    One day at a time Not too long ago I had a wall planner diary for the whole year, I was waiting to hear about a 12-month project so I could fully schedule in my 12-18 month work plan around my holidays, teaching away from home, deadlines and exhibition touring schedule. I always have teaching…

  • Creating Community

    Creating Community

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    I’m always being asked what inspires me, where I get my ideas from, how those ideas go from thoughts to textiles, how I create exhibitions, what my next project will be and so much more…  With this in mind, I have come up with a behind-the-scenes mini magazine where you will be able to find out…

  • Libraries Live Artist Residency

    Libraries Live Artist Residency

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    I’m almost at the end of my two-month library artist residency. For the last few weeks I’ve been in the village library / community hub of Newbold Verdon in rural West Leicestershire. I’ve been talking to volunteers, running workshops for over 50s and getting a feel for why so many people volunteer and why they…

  • Criminal Quilts collaborative quilt

    Criminal Quilts collaborative quilt

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    Information regarding returning your quilt square including the address is all in the document below. Thank you collaborative quilt return form     CLOSED! Thanks for your interest but I’ve now had over 100 people register which already makes an enormous quilt! I am hoping to re-open this later in the year for exhibitions in…

  • Craft for Solidarity

    Craft for Solidarity

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      In a small but meaningful gesture of solidarity, hope, diversity and community, I am gathering knitted hearts to yarn storm public and community buildings in Leicester. Leicester (narrowly) voted Remain, of which I am enormously proud, but still many people from our wonderful diverse community in Leicester are feeling distressed and vulnerable this week, and…

  • Narrative Threads workshop for Gifted 15

    Narrative Threads workshop for Gifted 15

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    Precious objects Join me for a free, drop in workshop for adults during Gifted 15 at the National Centre for Craft & Design on Saturday 28th November 2015 10am-4pm. Bring along an every day object or piece of junk and transform it into a precious amulet with some simple textile techniques.