Category: Ruth Singer
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Where do you get your ideas from?
Maker Membership with Ruth Singer, for textile makers who want to be inspired, creative, imaginative and make work with meaning. I get asked this question all the time, as though people are looking for The Magic Answer or trying to understand how I do my research and develop original ideas for my creative work. It’s…
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Textiles & Sustainability
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been thinking about the sustainability or otherwise of my own artist practice. I’ve been using Melody Vaughan’s sustainability audit to look at my working practices and think about things I could change. I’ve been very consciously working towards a sustainable practice throughout my nearly 16 years of making.…
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Precious Objects at the Contemporary Craft Festival
All set up at Contemporary Craft Festival ready for the private view tonight. I’ll be sharing more photos over the weekend on social media.
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Daily Make (17)
This week I’ve started a new commission for Harefield Hospital . and made some dye bundles at the first community workshop The patchwork continues to grow (on the cat, as usual!) I rarely get a day just stitching, so attending a workshop on Indian embroidery was a real treat this week. …
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Daily Make (14)
This week’s creative endeavours include decorating, curtain-making, skirt-making, patchwork and embroidery. Its been good to be making, almost every day.
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Daily Make (13)
Yet more hexagon patchwork, whilst hiding upstairs during building work at home. The work at home involved the installation of this: and dealing with the preparatory and subsequent chaos of furniture and dust everywhere.. then the inevitability of this: Its not been the most creative of weeks but it has been…
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Daily Make (11 & 12)
Week 11 was a complete whirlwind of final works and installation of Interlace exhibition which is now up and looking fabulous! I was also hurtling through finishing a quilt for a big birthday present at the same time as opening the exhibition. It was more than a little close to the wire getting it…
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Postcards from San Francisco – Birds
Sitting, quietly, this Sunday morning, watching new-visitor long tailed tits in my garden, has reminded me of the surprise delight of bird watching in San Francisco. We’d been there less than 24 hours before the purchase of a bird guide became essential. The sea shore is awash with birds, as are the many parks and…
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Daily Make (8 & 9)
Owing to a foul illness over the last week or so, recent daily makes have just been knitting and more knitting. Both the scarf and the illness are done now, I’m pleased to say. These #dailymake2015s also overlap with an artist in residence day so proper making has taken place too. …
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Daily Make (7)
I’ve recently been having a great time experimenting with screen printing, which I’ve not done since school! I’ve been printing on fabrics to make into more petals for Interlace, my collaboration with Bethany Walker. Our exhibition opens in less than 4 weeks time so there is lots to do…. Along with grey petals, I’m also…
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