Tag: Criminal Quilts
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The Power of Personal Stories
I was thinking yesterday, on a museum visit, of the power of personal stories in heritage and in art practice. I often use objects as my source material but the stories about real, named women are what has made Criminal Quilts so impactful. It’s been important to me all the way through this 12-year long…
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Making Meaning Podcast Episode 24 Highlights from Making Meaning Live.
Making Meaning podcast with Ruth Singer
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Making Meaning Podcast Episode 16 with Claire Wellesley-Smith
Making Meaning podcast with Ruth Singer
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Making Meaning Podcast Episode 15 with Louise Jones-Williams
Making Meaning podcast with Ruth Singer talking to Louise Jones-Williams, Director of Llantarnam Grange
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Words about Women co-creation artwork
Would you like to stitch part of a collaborative artwork for my Criminal Quilts project? Throughout the years I’ve research women in Stafford Prison, I’ve noticed the words used to label women. The nature of the prison documents means the words are quite judgemental and absolute. With this project I want to reflect on the…
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Criminal Quilts Exhibition Launch
My exhibition opens at Llantarnam Grange on Saturday 5th Feb. Join me for a live stream preview event on Friday 4th Feb at 2pm GMT I’m excited and sad to be showing my touring exhibition Criminal Quilts for the final time. The exhibition is open at Llantarnam Grange, Cwmbran, Wales from 5th February – 2nd…
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Gift ideas from Ruth Singer’s eclectic online shop
Do you have someone on your list who likes crime? What about concrete ? Maybe some silk ruffles to beautify a Zoom background? I’ve got quite a selection of unusual gifts in my online shop mainly under £50. A lot of my shop has been hibernating since I moved, so if you spot something that…
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New Criminal Quilts work
Back before I moved house & studio I did a bit of making and completed some new work and then they’ve been packed away and I forgot to share them. So this is one of them, to be shown in the new, and final outing of Criminal Quilts exhibition in Feb 2022. It seems to…
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