Tag: women’s history
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Criminal Quilts and food poverty
New case studies about women criminals and fundraising for Leicester’s new foodbank
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New Edition of Criminal Quilts Book
Criminal Quilts is an arts & heritage project by Ruth Singer exploring the stories of women photographed in Stafford Prison 1877-1916. Buy the book direct from the author.
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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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Criminal Quilts : Sketchbooks
In between archive visits I have begun working on a sketchbook to gather my thoughts and ideas for the new work I intended to make for the Criminal Quilts exhibitions starting in summer 2018 – which is suddenly really quite soon! I’ve created a sketchbook for sharing with people when I do talks about the…
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Criminal Quilts research – October 2017
The research and development phase of Criminal Quilts is now well underway. I have been spending time in residence at Staffordshire Record Office exploring archives and finding out what resources I have to explore during this project and planning what the workshops for volunteers and participants will involve. Stafford Prison photograph albums from the late…
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Criminal Quilts on the Radio
Yesterday I went into the Radio Leicester studio to talk about my Criminal Quilts project and the new work I am starting to develop for exhibitions next year. You can listen to me on the programme at about 51 minutes in. I’m working on new partnerships and projects for 2018 which will be announced in…
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Embroidery commission for Jan Garside
I recently completed a small embroidery commission for my friend, the weaver Jan Garside, who I’ve collaborated with before. She asked me to make some pieces based on Elizabethan embroideries at Hardwick Hall for a commission she was working on. Jan & her finished pieces. Find out more about Jan & her work here. This…
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