Crafts CouncilDirectoryRuth SingerTextile artistLoughborough, EnglandTextilesSocial practiceEmbroideryCraft researchMixed mediaCraft educatorSocial justiceWebsiteE-mailInstagramTwitterFacebookAboutInfoNewsVideosHaving started my professional life in museums, I find myself drawn to creating work with a narrative, often based around objects, history, people and places. I work mainly with textile, often old cloth or simple natural materials, and favour traditional hand techniques of appliqué, quilting and embroidery, used in contemporary ways. I often work collaboratively with other artists and makers as well as installations in response to historical materials in archives and museums.Focus:Heritage and narratives, community and social justiceCV:Download documentStockists:Ruth Singer online shopTextiles in Lockdown29 August 2020Ruth Singer has been commissioned by Gawthorpe Textiles Collection to create a digital archive and resources showing professional and hobby textile practice during lockdown 2020. Ruth will create a podcast and ebook of her research which will be launched in October.Criminal Quilts exhibitions29 August 2020Ruth Singer's innovative art and heritage project Criminal Quilts continues touring from 4th September 2020, firstly at Shire Hall Dorchester then Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre in 2021.Museum Acquisitions13 August 2019Two of my recent works have been purchased for museum collections. 'Memorial Sampler' has become part of the Gawthorpe Textiles Collection, Lancashire. 'Repeat Offender' is now in The Brampton Museum, Staffordshire.Rare & UnusualAboutHaving started my professional life in museums, I find myself drawn to creating work with a narrative, often based around objects, history, people and places. I work mainly with textile, often old cloth or simple natural materials, and favour traditional hand techniques of appliqué, quilting and embroidery, used in contemporary ways. I often work collaboratively with other artists and makers as well as installations in response to historical materials in archives and museums.InfoFocus:Heritage and narratives, community and social justiceCV:Download documentStockists:Ruth Singer online shopNewsTextiles in Lockdown29 August 2020Ruth Singer has been commissioned by Gawthorpe Textiles Collection to create a digital archive and resources showing professional and hobby textile practice during lockdown 2020. Ruth will create a podcast and ebook of her research which will be launched in October.Criminal Quilts exhibitions29 August 2020Ruth Singer's innovative art and heritage project Criminal Quilts continues touring from 4th September 2020, firstly at Shire Hall Dorchester then Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre in 2021.Museum Acquisitions13 August 2019Two of my recent works have been purchased for museum collections. 'Memorial Sampler' has become part of the Gawthorpe Textiles Collection, Lancashire. 'Repeat Offender' is now in The Brampton Museum, Staffordshire.VideosRare & UnusualWebsiteE-mailInstagramTwitterFacebookProjectCriminal QuiltsProjectThe Beauty of StainsProjectHarefield Hospital Centenary Quilt CommissionProjectGarment GhostsProjectGenetics ResidencyProjectNarrative Threads Solo ExhibitionProjectPrecious ObjectsProjectFragments exhibitionProjectMaker MembershipProjectEmotional Repair solo exhibitionProjectMaking Meaning PodcastProjectTextile Traces solo exhibition
Textiles in Lockdown29 August 2020Ruth Singer has been commissioned by Gawthorpe Textiles Collection to create a digital archive and resources showing professional and hobby textile practice during lockdown 2020. Ruth will create a podcast and ebook of her research which will be launched in October.
Criminal Quilts exhibitions29 August 2020Ruth Singer's innovative art and heritage project Criminal Quilts continues touring from 4th September 2020, firstly at Shire Hall Dorchester then Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre in 2021.
Museum Acquisitions13 August 2019Two of my recent works have been purchased for museum collections. 'Memorial Sampler' has become part of the Gawthorpe Textiles Collection, Lancashire. 'Repeat Offender' is now in The Brampton Museum, Staffordshire.
Textiles in Lockdown29 August 2020Ruth Singer has been commissioned by Gawthorpe Textiles Collection to create a digital archive and resources showing professional and hobby textile practice during lockdown 2020. Ruth will create a podcast and ebook of her research which will be launched in October.
Criminal Quilts exhibitions29 August 2020Ruth Singer's innovative art and heritage project Criminal Quilts continues touring from 4th September 2020, firstly at Shire Hall Dorchester then Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre in 2021.
Museum Acquisitions13 August 2019Two of my recent works have been purchased for museum collections. 'Memorial Sampler' has become part of the Gawthorpe Textiles Collection, Lancashire. 'Repeat Offender' is now in The Brampton Museum, Staffordshire.