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- In this episode we are talking about what it means to work from the home, to work alongside domestic life and how that worked for women makers in the past. We both share our very different experiences of home / work life and how our domestic environment impacts the creative choices we make.
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Please join my email list for more: Email - In August I launched my new self-published book Tangled. It's been a long journey from idea in 2018 to finally having the books in my hands in 2026. In this episode I'll read extracts from the book, explain how it came about and respond to some questions asked in my online and in-person book launches about my work, the book and the making of it.
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Please join my email list for more: Email - This episode is the second of the occasional mini series Material Histories with Deb McGuire. In this one we have a wonderful wide-ranging conversation starting with what we look for in quilt shows but covers far more than that. We talk about the power of connecting through making and about showing and sharing textile works.
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Please join my email list for more: Email - This week I reflect on 21 years working as an artist and writer.
(Oops, I realised after I recorded this that I talk about it being episode 64, when in fact it's episode 65!)
Tangled is available for pre-order now: Tangled: Textile Stories of Care & Connection
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Please join my email list for more: Email - I have been asked about my ideas and where they come from more than anything else in my 21 year career (although "How long did it take to make?" must be a close second).
It's really hard for me to define where each idea came from but I've given it a go in this podcast.
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About Making Meaning
Making Meaning is a podcast exploring the meaning behind what we make. Artist Ruth Singer talks to creative people about why they make and create. Ruth loves finding out how artists, writers, coaches, researchers and others use challenging and complex stories within their work. She is interested in what matters to them and why they choose to create what they do.
Ruth Singer has been making textile art professionally for 18 years and before that worked in the museum sector and has wide ranging interests in all kinds of creative practice. Words are really important to her; she writes books, shares a lot of her work online and loves talking about creative practice to other people who get it. Ruth also works as a mentor to artists and creative businesses and is always learning about what drives creative people to make interesting and complex things.
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