Tag: embroidery
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Developing a body of work
Creating a consistent body of work as a textile artist is really hard. I’ve been through it and now I want to share that process and learning through my Maker Membership.
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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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Isolated Moments
I have created an embroidery project for Fermynwoods Contemporary Art, inspired by my time in lockdown.
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Criminal Quilts Case Study – Fanny and Ada Riddle
Criminal Quilts is my an exhibition, research project and book. The textiles I have created are inspired by the stories of women who were photographed on release from Stafford Prison between 1877 and 1916. I was fascinated when I first saw the photographs from the 1870s where the women have their hands on their chests.…
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LSA Exhibition Prize
I have three pieces in the Leicester Society of Artists Annual Exhibition at New Walk Museum, Leicester, until 7th December 2019. I’ve also been awarded a prize for one of these pieces, Pierced. The Artist Magazine sponsored this prize which was selected by independent judges: Elizabeth Hawley-Lingham – Director, East Midlands Contemporary Visual Arts Network…
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Trapunto Quilting Research
My love of corded and stuffed quilting runs very deep. I first taught myself the technique about 15 years ago after seeing it used in 1930s couture garments at the V&A when I worked there. I later discovered the Tristan Quilt, a 14th century trapunto quilt, which is in the V&A but it wasn’t on…
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Criminal Quilts is back!
After a little pause on Criminal Quilts, I am pleased to say that we are back up and running! From January I will be working on new collaborations, community work and a symposium taking place in 2020-21. First up though, the exhibition is coming up very soon at Galleries of Justice, Nottingham from 7th December 2019…
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My Shop
Since my Textile Traces exhibition has closed, I have been doing a little studio housekeeping and sorting out a lot of work which needs to find a new home! My online shop has had a facelift and is starting to fill up with prints, textiles, collaborations, textile jewellery and other treasures appearing from the archives…
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Museum Purchase
Two of my recent artworks have been purchased by museums this year. I started my professional career working in museums, after doing a Masters Degree in Museum Studies. Museums are still my favourite places to spend time, particularly in textile and social history collections. I left my museum career aged 30 in 2005 to pursue…
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Commissions
In recent months I have completed a couple of commissions. The large panel is worked onto blue linen with scraps of antique fabrics including 18th century tapestry, 19th century embroidery and 17th century brocade. I’ve added lots of hand embroidery details and several found objects embellished with hand stitch and silk threads. The objects…
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