Tag: textiles
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Making Meaning Podcast Episode Eight – Ekta Kaul
An introduction to the first episode of Making Meaning, a podcast by Ruth Singer exploring the meaning behind what we make.
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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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Criminal Quilts Exhibition at Erewash Museum
Ruth Singer’s Criminal Quilts exhibition is open at Erewash Museum, Derbyshire UK
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Textiles In Lockdown Online Talk
Join Ruth Singer to hear more about the textiles in lockdown project with Gawthorpe Textiles Collection, Monday 18th January. Textiles in Lockdown was a commission from Gawthorpe Textiles Collection to gather stories about textile making during the first UK lockdown in March-June 2020. I worked with them over the late summer to collect stories from…
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Mini Prints
I want my work to be accessible to as many people as possible, so I have started producing mini prints from professional photos of my pieces. These are professionally-printed on high quality archival paper and each print is around 6x8inches (or a little smaller depending on borders) so somewhere between postcard and A5. These three…
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Digital Print on Textile
My artist statement says that I prefer to use old cloth in my work, enjoying the history embedded within the textile, and I have tried throughout my 15 years of practice to use sustainable textile techniques. It isn’t the whole story as I do also use digital print on new fabrics for specific projects. I…
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Visit Criminal Quilts (online)
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…
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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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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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