Tag: learning
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What we should be doing in creative business
Spoiler: it’s whatever you want to do. Neither me or anyone else can tell you want you should be doing. Find Your Focus can help you figure out what you really want to be doing. I’m not sure its possible to avoid comparing ourselves to others. As artists or creatives, we engage with the world…
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Find Your Focus
A gentle, supported reflection on the past year and a guide to finding your focus for the new year Find Your Focus is my annual course, running again in January. I developed the first version, Gentle Goal Setting in late 2020 and ran in for a couple of years, supporting dozens of creatives to be…
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Making With Care
Maker Membership online exhibition exploring themes of care and creativity I’m so pleased to share this years Maker Membership group exhibition. Every six months I set a creative theme for the members to follow if they wish. We’ve just concluded Making With Care and some of the members have chosen to share their work. The…
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Reflecting on Reflective Writing
New versions of my Reflective Writing for Creative Practice are available now Course 1 – Creative Practice wide explorations for any creative person Course 2 is focussed around making and artist practice, ideal for artists and as a follow-on from course 1. I’ve created two version of the course now – the original (Course 1)…
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Mapping our personal histories
Places & Traces project has moved indoors after a summer of walks and wild workshops. We are now looking at maps and documents to plan our own tactile map of emotional histories of Charnwood Forest. The final two meetings of this year are in Loughborough library where we are looking at historical maps and talking…
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Freestyle embroidery
I recently got to revisit this embroidery I made a few years ago to write a post for my Textile Study Space about freestyle, no rules embroidery. The post (for subscribers) is about techniques, experimenting and finding your own style and about knowing what feels right and what doesn’t. I ended up getting very self…
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Let’s talk about Maker Membership
I truly believe that connection and community are vital to creativity. It’s hard to be making work on your own without conversations, feedback and inspiration from others. I created Maker Membership, my online community, during the pandemic to bring makers together to share, talk and be inspired. One of the problems of running an online membership…
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Professional Development Workshop
I’m running a professional development day for artist and makers at Llantarnam Grange Art Centre on Saturday 20th October. 10am-3pm. £20. Join artist Ruth Singer to explore research-led craft making; about creating original work with a meaningful narrative behind it. Find out about Ruth’s research and development process; explore, develop and test your own ideas…
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Makers In Museums Symposium
I’m running a symposium for textile artists and makers at Gawthorpe Hall, part of my Emotional Repair exhibition programme. The event on Wednesday 6th June is designed for makers, particularly textile makers, who want to develop their work inspired by and in partnership with museums and heritage. Tickets for students and artists are just £12*…
Ruth Singer 