Category: research
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Antique textile repair
Alongside my own original creative work I occasionally get the pleasure of a repair job on an antique textile. I love being able to explore the insides, the seams, the reverse and the construction of the stitches. This is an ecclesiastical stole, still in active church use despite being about 100 years old. The silk…
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Fragments – Researching a new series of work
Small fragments of cloth combined to make a greater whole. Each stitch, each thread, each moment of the maker contribute to a broad canvas of narrative. I have been invited by the Quilt Association to showcase some work in their summer show and chose to spend time developing new work inspired by their collections. Fragments…
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Smocking
Smocking Past & Present One-day workshop with Selvedge. Saturday 24th June, 2017. Selvedge Shop, London. £120. Book here SOLD OUT Traditional English smocking has a very fine history from farming smocks of the mid-19th century to to Aesthetic Liberty gowns of the late 19th century as well as a revival in the 1970s. In this workshop we…
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Just one year
Working the way I do, I am always looking forward to the next exhibition, planning the next project, writing funding proposals and workshop outlines for months and even years ahead, I rarely get the opportunity to look back, consider what has happened and think about how to build on the successes and challenges of the…
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Creative Workshop With Helen Hallows
I treated myself to another creative experimentation day this weekend, trying new materials, techniques and ideas. I spent the day on a Mark Making workshop with artist friend Helen Hallows whose work and philosophy I have long admired. When you teach a lot of workshops you really appreciate all the hard work which goes into…
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Little Selves exhibition
Little Selves is an exhibition celebrating the portrait miniature showcasing exquisite pieces from the collections at New Walk Museum Leicester alongside new work by Leicester Society of Artists members and a schools competition. The exhibition takes place 25 March – 25 June 2017. Although I am no portraitist, I was intrigued by the potential it gave me…
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Postcard from Dublin
snippets of time out during the Knitting & Stitching Show water walking skies buildings museums wonderful exhibition of textiles from the Atlas Mountains Museums full of inspiring objects
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Postcard from Cornwall
exploring observing noticing inspiration in tiny fragments, stains, mosses, growths, folds, fissures, ripples, branches, rocks, lichens, leaves and rain drops. natural details found in Cornwall
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Harefield Centenary Quilt
The centenary quilt I made for Harefield Hospital last year is now on permanent display in the hospital’s main reception area. The quilt was created during a number of workshops for staff, patients and local community to celebrate 1o0 years of care on the Harefield Hospital site and uses archive and donated photographs, nurses…
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Anniversaries and Centenaries
Today marks eleven years since I officially became a self-employed artist. Last year I missed my 10th anniversary because of other things going on in my life and this year it feels a bit flat because of the state of my country and the Somme centenary today. Centenaries and anniversaries are important in my work and…
Ruth Singer 