Tag: embroidery
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Words About Women
Way back in 2022, as I was preparing the final version of Criminal Quilts exhibition for Llantarnam Grange, I devised a collaborative project to mark the end of over 10 years working with the stories of women in the criminal justice system in the 19th century. The idea was to create a collaborative artwork with…
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Hidden Histories online talk for Embroiderers Guild
On Thursday 9th November I’m giving a talk about my work for the UK Embroiderers Guild. Ruth Singer’s work is all about illuminating stories and histories that we might not otherwise notice, from Victorian women criminals to personal and emotional stories of loss, via museum collections and nature connection. Ruth loves sharing these stories through…
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Making Meaning Podcast Episode 33 with Barbara Burman
I’m joined today by historian and writer Barbara Burman who has just published a wonderful new book called The Point of The Needle, Why Sewing Matters which celebrates and explores the cultural and social importance of plain stitching, using historical sources and also the voices of people sewing today. I was asked to read a…
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Making Meaning Podcast Episode 29 with Kate Unwin
Making Meaning podcast by Ruth Singer with Kate Unwin
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Making Meaning Digital Journal
Last week I launched Making Meaning Journal with a pre-sale offer before I sent it to print, and then pretty much immediately changed my mind! I have been really reluctant about sending it to print so I interrogated my discomfort and self-mentored to work out what I wanted to do about it. In the end…
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Making Meaning Podcast Episode 28 with Lucie Bea Dutton
Making Meaning podcast with Ruth Singer with Lucie Bea Dutton
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Sharing Worn Stories
This weekend is re/action festival in Leicester city centre, where you can see our recent community project artwork, Worn Stories. Over the last few months, me and Mandeep Dhadialla have been working with a group of lovely people who are from sanctuary-seeking backgrounds and are supported by the Red Cross in Leicester. The completed art…
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Textile Traces Workshop
Over the weekend I ran my first in-person workshop in my garden studio! It’s was a bit of a squeeze with the exhibition on at the same time and lots of materials but we had a great time. The workshop was a chance to try some of the techniques I used for recording family textiles…
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Cultures of Care online talk & workshop
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I’ve had such a lot of interest over the last couple of months about my new Cultures of Care project – it’s been really heartwarming to hear from people about how this subject resonates. There’s a lot going on with the project already including a community project artist residency, supported spaces in my Maker Membership…
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Textile Traces workshop
Record and catalogue antique textiles, tell family stories and create artwork that does not damage the precious textiles. In-person and online workshops with Ruth Singer When I created my work Imprint, I knew I wanted to share what I learned from the process. Imprint is an artwork archive recording details and stories about a family…
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