Category: Ruth Singer

I’m thinking about the future. About April to be precise. Five weeks away. That’s when the residency and the training course in London will both have finished. I’m loving both and getting so much out of them, but I am really looking forward to having some time for other things, including taking some time off.…

I ran the first school project on tuesday this week, in partnership with Claire Wintram. It was the first of two sessions with children from a special needs school, with severe learning difficulties. I’ve worked years ago with SLD children, and with adults with more moderate learning difficulties more recently. It’s always a challenge to…

Yes, its true, and its a great novelty. I actually had time to do some designing. Calling myself a designer-maker sometimes seems laughable, as I often spend my time doing marketing, teaching, learning and selling, but somehow very little making. The last two weeks have been a bit of a blur – lots of the…

This is me advertising the make a monster workshop – and a couple of the samples I made for it. And yes, the doll is not a monster, I know. This month I have run a couple of workshops for young people. In one we made corsages, both fabric and leather ones. It was interesting…

It’s my 32nd birthday day today. (well, Wednesday 7th, depending on when you are reading this). Yes, I know it’s hard to believe I am really a day over 25! I don’t quite know where my 20s went. At least my 30s are going a bit slower so far…It seems like a good time to…

Hi all, Here’s a quick snap of my cushion instructions in today’s Guardian Craft Guide (the whole thing looks interesting and I’m looking forward to reading the rest of it!) back soon

Back again from a couple of days at Bilston. I’ve been enjoying the lovely responses from all sorts of people about my collaboration with Enamore. The first few corsages are now available to view online ready for their London Fashion Week launch!I must say, working in eco-fabrics and in environmentally-aware ways is really paying off.…

Here’s a little update on my own work that is slowly progressing in between the workshops. I’m playing around a lot more with the leaves template, making it into a collar and possibly cuffs of a coat. I’ve also got plans for several more garments and accessories, but they may not all get finished by…

It’s almost the end of the first month of the residency – the first few weeks have flown by. I’m getting into my stride with the workshops (and the travelling) and it all seems to be going well. In the past week or so I have given workshops for several groups. These photos are of…

I’m really pleased to announce this exciting new venture. I have designed a range of corsages for Enamore – a fashion label working in organic and sustainable fabrics. More about the collaboration here. This is one of the samples – the final choices will be up on Enamore’s website in a few days and the…