Ruth Singer

Making Meaning Podcast

Making Meaning. A podcast by Ruth Singer exploring the meaning behind what we make.

One of the things I love most about my working life is talking to other artists and creative people about what they do and why. I love delving into the stories behind theirwork, hearing about what matters to artists and how they choose to share their thoughts through their creative practice. I am fascinated by research-focussed work and what goes on in the creative brain to develop artistic or creative work from concepts, ideas, research and thinking. The artwork I love most has a complex, often personal set of stories and narratives behind it, and often we don’t talk so much about those deeper meanings. I love bouncing ideas off other creative minds. So I have created a podcast so I have the excuse to talk to artists and creative people whom I admire and who have fascinating stories to tell about the meaning behind their making.

Making Meaning is now available in all podcast apps, on the link below and on Apple podcasts.

Most recent episodes

#63: Introducing Material Histories with Deb McGuire – Making Meaning

Making Histories is a new mini-series of Making Meaning Podcast with special guest co-host Deb McGuire. Deb is a brilliant historian, specialising in emotional histories of quilting, but she's incredibly knowledgable about all kinds of things. We have so many overlapping interests and things we really want to talk about in the world of textile making, textile histories and human stories. I've been thinking about a podcast co-host for a while, and when I talked to Deb for episodes 48 and 49, I just wanted to carry on talking! So we've made that a formal arrangement now and I am delighted to share the first episode of our conversations. I absolutely love talking to Deb and I am sure you will enjoy it too. In this episode we talk about the things we are both working on at the moment, the narratives and research we are each exploring and where they cross over in a project about hands and making. Find out more about my Maker Membership Join my email list Visit my website Find out more about Deb's work:  http://www.plainstitch.co.uk http://www.withintheframe.co.uk Instagram.com/plainstitchdeb
  1. #63: Introducing Material Histories with Deb McGuire
  2. #62: Reading & Writing
  3. #61: Accomplishments and Imagined Mementoes
  4. #60: Reflections on Mary Linwood
  5. #59: Making Meaning with Rachel Whitworth

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“I also wanted to say thanks again for the wonderful podcast.  I started listening to series one earlier this year to boost myself to do more creative work, and it has been really inspiring.  I really appreciate the conversations you have with different makers, and the connections you make between meaning, process, materials, and place.  Wading back into embroidery and book arts has been helpful for me in creating a sense of balance. Listening to your podcast feels like I’m getting that part of myself back.”

Liz Winchester

Making Meaning is edited by the brilliant Making Space VA.

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