women – Ruth Singer

Moving The Needle

Aug 10, 2025

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in creativity, History, Mary Linwood, Projects, research, textiles, writing

The under-appreciated originality of Mary Linwood (1755-1845) This essay is inspired by the prompt of Originality, posed by Beth Kempton on Substack for the Summer of Substack Essay Festival. You are welcome to subscribe to my substack but for now I intend to keep copying my writing over here on my website, so you could…

Words About Women

Mar 8, 2024

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Ruth Singer

in Collaborations, Criminal Quilts, History, Projects, research, Ruth Singer, Social Justice

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…

Making Meaning Podcast Episode 28 with Lucie Bea Dutton

Sep 10, 2023

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Ruth Singer

in career, creative business, podcast

Making Meaning podcast with Ruth Singer with Lucie Bea Dutton

The Power of Personal Stories

Feb 23, 2023

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Ruth Singer

in Criminal Quilts, Inspiration, Maker Membership, My work

I was thinking yesterday, on a museum visit, of the power of personal stories in heritage and in art practice. I often use objects as my source material but the stories about real, named women are what has made Criminal Quilts so impactful. It’s been important to me all the way through this 12-year long…