For groups and guilds the most popular talk is about my career and work inspirations:
- Hidden Histories: Ruth Singer’s textile work, inspiration & influences
Talks for guilds & groups cost £95 for bookings in 2017 (£100 for bookings in 2018) plus travel (45p per mile) for a fully-illustrated, lively one-hour talk, with samples of my work to see and historic examples where relevant. I provide laptop, projector and screen myself, so all you need is people! Please contact me to discuss your requirements. I can combine talks with practical workshops too.
For other groups, the following talks are also available:
- Interlace: A collaboration in cloth & concrete
- Narrative Threads: The story behind Ruth’s 2015 solo exhibition and the work included in it.
- Criminal Quilts: A study of Ruth’s work about Victorian prisoners
- Fabric manipulation: historical and contemporary use of innovative techniques
- Collaborations: How working with other artists can develop your work
- Community work; textile art in non-gallery settings. Ideas, tips and inspirations
- Inspiration from historic textiles
- In the museum stores: working with museums for creative inspiration
- Using family history, photos documents and research in textile art
- Delicate Details: the use of decorations & trimmings on historic dress
- Textiles, craft and sustainability
Business development talks & training- for more information see here.
- Creating inspiring workshops
- Social media and blogging for creative businesses
- Publishing for craft makers
- Introduction to informal teaching
- Employability and creating a portfolio career in craft
I also teach fashion and textile history and can give one-off talks on any of the following subjects as well as full-day or longer courses.
- Introduction to fashion & textile history
- Medieval tapestry
- Medieval & Tudor embroidery
- Medieval & Tudor dress
- Dyes and innovations
- 17th century clothes & textiles
- 18th century clothes & textiles
- Spitalfields silk
- Lace, knitting & embroidery
- Asian imported textiles in Britain
- Traditional Japanese textiles
- Arts and Crafts textiles and William Morris
- Handbag history
- Victorian costume
- 19th century textiles
- 20th century fashion
- Make do and mend
- Contemporary craft textiles
