Category: Criminal Quilts
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Cultures of Care Gathering
A weekend of events exploring creativity, curiosity and care in the Leicestershire countryside on 19th & 20th July. To celebrate the end of my Cultures of Care project, I’m hosting a weekend of sharing and connection. The main event is free to attend although some activities will have a small charge to cover materials. You…
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Words About Women
Way back in 2022, as I was preparing the final version of Criminal Quilts exhibition for Llantarnam Grange, I devised a collaborative project to mark the end of over 10 years working with the stories of women in the criminal justice system in the 19th century. The idea was to create a collaborative artwork with…
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The Power of Personal Stories
I was thinking yesterday, on a museum visit, of the power of personal stories in heritage and in art practice. I often use objects as my source material but the stories about real, named women are what has made Criminal Quilts so impactful. It’s been important to me all the way through this 12-year long…
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Criminal Quilts out on show
Collaborative work by Ruth Singer & Tim Fowler on display in Leicester during May 2022
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Words about Women co-creation artwork
Would you like to stitch part of a collaborative artwork for my Criminal Quilts project? Throughout the years I’ve research women in Stafford Prison, I’ve noticed the words used to label women. The nature of the prison documents means the words are quite judgemental and absolute. With this project I want to reflect on the…
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Criminal Quilts Exhibition Launch
My exhibition opens at Llantarnam Grange on Saturday 5th Feb. Join me for a live stream preview event on Friday 4th Feb at 2pm GMT I’m excited and sad to be showing my touring exhibition Criminal Quilts for the final time. The exhibition is open at Llantarnam Grange, Cwmbran, Wales from 5th February – 2nd…
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Criminal Quilts final exhibition 2022
Criminal Quilts exhibition is back for a final outing at Llantarnam Grange 5th Feb – 2nd April 2022.
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Gift ideas from Ruth Singer’s eclectic online shop
Do you have someone on your list who likes crime? What about concrete ? Maybe some silk ruffles to beautify a Zoom background? I’ve got quite a selection of unusual gifts in my online shop mainly under £50. A lot of my shop has been hibernating since I moved, so if you spot something that…
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New Criminal Quilts work
Back before I moved house & studio I did a bit of making and completed some new work and then they’ve been packed away and I forgot to share them. So this is one of them, to be shown in the new, and final outing of Criminal Quilts exhibition in Feb 2022. It seems to…
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