Category: Projects
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Creative confidence through mentoring
Mentoring for artists, makers and creative business owners Recently my friend and mentor Melody Vaughan shared a series of blog posts about mentoring / coaching within a craft context. She has generously included me in one of her posts, as well as Sharon Adams who is also an artist-mentor. Melody reflected on the importance of mentoring and also…
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Making Meaning Podcast Episode One – Welcome
An introduction to the first episode of Making Meaning, a podcast by Ruth Singer exploring the meaning behind what we make.
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Developing a body of work
Creating a consistent body of work as a textile artist is really hard. I’ve been through it and now I want to share that process and learning through my Maker Membership.
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Criminal Quilts Exhibition at Erewash Museum
Ruth Singer’s Criminal Quilts exhibition is open at Erewash Museum, Derbyshire UK
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Find a Maker
I’m now a member of Find a Maker, a lovely new website from Craft Festival for connecting with craft makers. There are also loads of other wonderful makers and lots to discover and it’s great to be part of a new community of makers whilst we can’t meet up.
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Protest Pincushion
Protest Pincushion is a craftivist approach to activism and protest, making clear my objection to the proposed Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill. I have used textile techniques and a gentle kind of object to make my point. I wanted to use text in textile, reflecting protest banners but in a small and personal way.…
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Caring for unframed textiles
I’m currently selling some of my archive pieces of my older work: manipulated textile wall panels and hoops, as well as newer embroideries and other pieces. The question I am always asked about is how to keep them clean and safe. I’ve had many of these on my studio walls for years with no damage…
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Sew What? Podcast with Ruth Singer
I’m on Sew What? podcast talking about my work, museum, history and my enduring love for historic textiles.
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Gentle Goal Setting For Myself – part one
What I have learned from a wholistic creative practice review Late last year I started playing around in my journal with reviewing my year to date. I have read so much about reviewing and explored plenty of thoughtful analysis monthly, quarterly and annually, but never had it seemed so important as in 2020, the year…
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