Ruth Singer

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  • Visit Criminal Quilts (online)

    Visit Criminal Quilts (online)

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    While my Criminal Quilts exhibition is behind bars (in boxes), I have created a free online version of the exhibition. I’ve included lots of high resolution images including details of embroidery, quilting and showing textures and stitches as much as possible. All the exhibition panels, labels and other resources are also on my website for…

  • Creating Community

    Creating Community

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    I’m always being asked what inspires me, where I get my ideas from, how those ideas go from thoughts to textiles, how I create exhibitions, what my next project will be and so much more…  With this in mind, I have come up with a behind-the-scenes mini magazine where you will be able to find out…

  • Hand stitched textiles – creating cloth with meaning

    Hand stitched textiles – creating cloth with meaning

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    I am hosting a new three-day course at the lovely West Dean College, this June, one of only three workshops I am running this year. This art textiles course aims to be a relaxed and enjoyable adventure into creative textiles following the studio practice of textile artist Ruth Singer. Over the course of three days…

  • Refocussing towards social justice

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    Last autumn, on one of my many long work-related drives, I was pondering what kind of themes I wanted to explore in my work in 2020 and beyond. Two major projects had been filling my brain for months; Criminal Quilts and my personal work exhibitions Emotional Repair and Textile Traces. All of these had powerful,…

  • LSA Exhibition Prize

    LSA Exhibition Prize

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    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…

  • Trapunto Quilting Research

    Trapunto Quilting Research

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    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…

  • Criminal Quilts is back!

    Criminal Quilts is back!

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    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…

  • Creative Colouring – Patchwork Patterns book

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    I’ve made a colouring book! I created a sort-of colouring book for my library commission earlier this year, and really loved doing it. It reminded me that I wanted to make a patchwork pattern colouring book a few years ago, but never had the time. I’ve made the time and now it’s ready. My book…

  • Made in Leicestershire consultancy

    Made in Leicestershire consultancy

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    Earlier this month Creative Leicestershire was awarded a grant from Arts Council England to enable us (me) to do more on my Made in Leicestershire development project. I’ve been working on research and consultation for Made in Leicetershire for about 18 months and this grant has allowed us to extend until the end of September…

  • Selvedge blog post

    Selvedge blog post

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    Selvedge have included my museum sales news in their blog this month. It was a lovely surprise to read this in their newsletter while I was on holiday last week! Read the full post here.